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Trickers don't make the stunning models like they used to 20 years ago.
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Been wearing a huge Trickers double soled monk for my slippers in recent months too. A big ugly brute build like a tank, and to last decades. Have already had it 20 years and it looks to have another 100 years left in it.
 
Gaziano and Girling with Tom from the Rake. You can see they connect with Tom much better than with Kirby. Interesting.



Look at Tom's bespoke corduroy suit, heck...must have a lot of good suits. A real bespoke junkie.
 
My favourite shoe.
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It is my favourite because:

1). it has an incredible rich patina and depth, but sadly not picked up in photos. Absolutely striking in real life. The natural patina is far superior to any man-made one.
2). it has a unique feel and comfort
3). it has a leather quality rarely seen on shoes.

The leather soles are available to very few shoemakers, ie Berluti bespoke, Lattanzi, but very few others. Big daddy soles and heels, and big daddy silky uppers.
 
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The Shooman said:
My favourite shoe.
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It is my favourite because:

1). it has an incredible rich patina and depth, but sadly not picked up in photos. Absolutely striking in real life. The natural patina is far superior to any man-made one.
2). it has a unique feel and comfort
3). it has a leather quality rarely seen on shoes.

The leather soles are available to very few shoemakers, ie Berluti bespoke, Lattanzi, but very few others. Big daddy soles and heels, and big daddy silky uppers.
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Glad to see it' s topied. Many years left in the sole. But it is close to needing a re-heel.
 
Sammy Ambrose said:
Glad to see it' s topied. Many years left in the sole. But it is close to needing a re-heel.
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and l can't wait until it gets re-heeled. Why? Because it is getting 1950's vintage oak bark tanned Australian leather on it, the highest quality leather of them all. Forget Bakers or Rendenbach or Martin, that stuff is rubbish in comparison. I get a custom heel with vintage leather with a unusual small rubber top piece, and it wears forever (they only do those for me because l am a BIg daddy....everyone else gets rendenbach).
 
The Shooman said:
and l can't wait until it gets re-heeled. Why? Because it is getting 1950's vintage oak bark tanned Australian leather on it, the highest quality leather of them all. Forget Bakers or Rendenbach or Martin, that stuff is rubbish in comparison. I get a custom heel with vintage leather with a unusual small rubber top piece, and it wears forever (they only do those for me because l am a BIg daddy....everyone else gets rendenbach).
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An 'unusual rubber top piece', eh! Interesting. More details would be great.
 
Sammy Ambrose said:
An 'unusual rubber top piece', eh! Interesting. More details would be great.
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Here is the custom heel they make for me using 1950's aussie oak bark tanned leather and a rubber top piece. Both wear harder than anything on the market. The leather is so tough that a knife can't cut it.

 
Sammy Ambrose said:
Now, those are very nice. Never worn it would appear.
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must have lost his fortune

Would be nice to buy all these types of shoes as samples to put on shelves in a huge shoo room. If l had my way my shoo room would be a red wood room of this size, but far more beautiful
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and it would be packed with all of the best makers in the world. I'd buy up all the John Lobb bespokes etc from ebay and put them on my shelves. I'd stock over 1,000 pairs. In the old days l could have drank alcohol in the shoo cave and looked at all the pairs in amazement for hours on end.
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Where has ole shooey gone?
He's gone to the shoo cave and he'll be back many hours later.
 
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If l had my way i'd have a:

- bespoke sportscoat cave
- hat cave
- shoo cave
- sock cave
- cashmere jumper cave etc

Just imagine having a sock cave. It would be full of the world's best sox.
 
The prices of Berluti rtw shoes are insulting these days. 4K aussie dollars for the average pair. This LV group really sricks for what they are doing....mediocrity for huge $$$$

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Have wanted to buy a pair of these for ages, but without the big price tag. Found a lightly used pair of these and decided to get them. Nice `eh?
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Thruth said:
Nice boots. I’m not much for the toe gunk though
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I hear you Thruth Thruth , l am long over the toe gunk trend too. Fortunately my pair isn't near as bad as the ones in the photo.

I'll never forget ole Beancooker at S.F, his brain must have been cooked that day when he come up with the daftest idea ever conceived on a forum, ie, to cover his shoos with toe gunk and completely ruin his shoos. Here is the thread where the ole Cooker puts his hair-brained ideas into action:

Patina on my shoes

So, I had some shoes that were rather boring. I thought it would be fun to try to apply a patina to them, so I picked up some deglazer and some dyes. Tried to patina them. First pair came out okay, second pair better, and third pair came out quite nice. The last pair (double Monk Strap) I forgot...
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Here are the patina shoes l want to get. These would be perfect if they had a lower heel. Don't know my sizing though. Would need a sample pair, but so much messing around, but none of them compare to Lattanzi, so l couldn't be bothered when l already have the bees knees of shoos.

The purple goes really well with some outfits, and the like galaxy blue patina would be a great spring and summer colour with the right type of clothes.



 
Lattanzi car shoes for 10,000 euro. Really makes you think about some of the clients he must have.
www.silvanolattanzi.com

CAR SHOES - Silvano Lattanzi

DIOR ALLIGATOR
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Here is a stunner, check out the alligator shoe in the middle,wow a masterpiece. Lattanzi offered me that for 18,000 euro about 4 or 5 years ago. Best shoo ever, but still.....
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Wish l owned these. Best loafers ever.
www.silvanolattanzi.com

41074 - Silvano Lattanzi

STARTING PRICE: € 4,200.00 FIRST OFFER:
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Most people these days (iGents talking shoes, Leather Jacket Daddies, Purse Mummies, Watch Heads and Jewelry Snobs) who throw around the word “Patina” have no idea what it is. They think it is some mystical property that gets infused into an item over time. Imbuing it with authenticity that only comes with age. Many will look for short-cuts to fake it or buy pre-faked from the maker.

It’s fucking dirt. Maybe with some wax and other build up.

Take care of your valuable things and clean them properly so they look clean and new and so that they will last.
 
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Call me basic, but my EG Dovers are by far my favorite shoos. Beautiful, sober, go great with jeans, good with gray separates, and amazing with blue suits. I don’t need anything fancier or more colorful, patina’ed, alligatored, or the likes.
 
Dropbear said:
Most people these days (iGents talking shoes, Leather Jacket Daddies, Purse Mummies, Watch Heads and Jewelry Snobs) who throw around the word “Patina” have no idea what it is. They think it is some mystical property that gets infused into an item over time. Imbuing it with authenticity that only comes with age. Many will look for short-cuts to fake it or buy pre-faked from the maker.

It’s fucking dirt. Maybe with some wax and other build up.
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Patina is a mystery thing because so many things can cause it. Sunlight can patina leather, and certain leather is much more prone to patina, ie, some parts of the leather colour more than other parts. It is so much more than dirt or some build-up. Most shoes don't develop the great patinas, but a small number of shoes do.
 
belinmad said:
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Call me basic, but my EG Dovers are by far my favorite shoos. Beautiful, sober, go great with jeans, good with gray separates, and amazing with blue suits. I don’t need anything fancier or more colorful, patina’ed, alligatored, or the likes.
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The main thing is that you enjoy them. Not a fan of the Dover, it has a cold clinical factory look.

It is amazing you wear it with blue suits, l would never do that. I'd wear a shoo like that with cords and a jumper.

Not any criticism, we just thing very differently about these things.
 
The natural patina occurs in vegetable tanned or mixed leathers. It's not dirt, it's oxidation, friction, creams, waxes, oils...
These leathers are hardly used for shoes today, they scratch easily. We all already think that this is a sign of poor quality, when in reality it is not. Do you use a mahogany table for outdoors? Does that mean it's a bad wood?
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Enrile said:
The natural patina occurs in vegetable tanned or mixed leathers. It's not dirt, it's oxidation, friction, creams, waxes, oils...
These leathers are hardly used for shoes today, they scratch easily. We all already think that this is a sign of poor quality, when in reality it is not. Do you use a mahogany table for outdoors? Does that mean it's a bad wood?
Enrile
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Agreed. Those leathers scratch easily and patina incredibly well, but those leathers are rarely seen on shoes sadly, but they are some of the most beautiful leathers in existence. Enrile Enrile knows, and it was about time someone said it.
 
Dropbear said:
Most people these days (iGents talking shoes, Leather Jacket Daddies, Purse Mummies, Watch Heads and Jewelry Snobs) who throw around the word “Patina” have no idea what it is. They think it is some mystical property that gets infused into an item over time. Imbuing it with authenticity that only comes with age. Many will look for short-cuts to fake it or buy pre-faked from the maker.

It’s fucking dirt. Maybe with some wax and other build up.

Take care of your valuable things and clean them properly so they look clean and new and so that they will last.
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Given that reasoning, almost all shoes should have a patina over the years, but most don't.

It's not about the dirt, it is about the leather. How do l know? Because certain leathers patina within months where-as most other leathers don't get much of a patina even after years of wear.
 
The Shooman said:
Given that reasoning, almost all shoes should have a patina over the years, but most don't.

It's not about the dirt, it is about the leather. How do l know? Because certain leathers patina within months where-as most other leathers don't get much of a patina even after years of wear.
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Certainly not - not all leather is the same. Some is more porous and contains less shell than others (as well as many other factors), which make it more susceptible to discolouration from dirt, wax, oils, sun and other crap. Chromexcel is incredibly hardy and resists staining, whereas something like Shinki horsehide is more prone.
 
Why does anyone give shit or waking thought about patina other than what you do or don’t do to attain it? I do nothing. Expect nothing.

i don't give one shit about patina i polish me boots when i think they ned doing.
 
Thruth said:
Why does anyone give shit or waking thought about patina other than what you do or don’t do to attain it? I do nothing. Expect nothing.

i don't give one shit about patina i polish me boots when i think they ned doing.
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That is the best way, not to think about it. I think about it though, but I am not obsessed like so many igents are because know most leathers won't patina that much, so l let it go and go with the flow. BUT many igents are obessed, and they use different colour polishes to get patina, and some even paint their shoos, AND they all buy tan shoos because they think that tan will develop a great patina, hence so many wearing tan shoos with clothes that don't work.

I spent years wishing my tan shoes would patina, but decades later l gave up hoping. But l still like the patina because l see natural patinas on some of my special shoos that look like a work of art, and once you see that it is hard to give it up. Sometimes I like to have a coloured patina - fun in the sun.

I thought my Grampa KISS bandaid shoos would patina, but they never did either.
 
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