Carmina Shoes - Definitive Thread (reviews, advice, sizing, etc...) - official thread.

Farhad19620 · Feb 19, 2013

Hello, yes they are but I called and spoke to Betty a few times before ordering them. Great boot and yes they are a great colour.

dddrees · Feb 19, 2013

Just recieved my first pair of Carmina's and they are on the Forest last. These were the Faulkner Shortwing Natural Chromexcel from Epaulet. It appears as these are just right in my typical shoe size. So I was wondering is the Forest last Carmina's widest last?

upnorth · Feb 19, 2013

The forest last comes in 2 fittings and i believe the wider fit is the most generous carmina last widthwise.

I think the regular width forest is a great last and a good starter choice (due to the trueness of its size i.e. subtract 1 from US sizes) for carmina shoes as long as you do not have high instep. Carminas last in general, do not favor those with high instep especially with balmorals.

dddrees · Feb 19, 2013

upnorth said:
The forest last comes in 2 fittings and i believe the wider fit is the most generous carmina last widthwise.

I think the regular width forest is a great last and a good starter choice (due to the trueness of its size i.e. subtract 1 from US sizes) for carmina shoes as long as you do not have high instep. Carminas last in general, do not favor those with high instep especially with balmorals.

Good to know, thanks for the information.

Swede66 · Feb 19, 2013

Farhad19620 said:
I just received my first pair of Carmina boots today and I am impressed. They come up a slightly bigger then my Edward Green Galway on the 82 last but are perfect with a pair of thicker walking socks or a insole.

Very nice!

Joshua Lee · Feb 19, 2013

Farhad19620 said:
Hello, yes they are but I called and spoke to Betty a few times before ordering them. Great boot and yes they are a great colour.

Farhad,

Is the first picture the closest match to the boots true color?

sinnedk · Feb 20, 2013

diglett said:
Farhad, are those from the web shop? And is the sole leather? If they're the webshop pair, then that cognac came out great.

Farhad19620 said:
Hello, yes they are but I called and spoke to Betty a few times before ordering them. Great boot and yes they are a great colour.

is the sole leather?

Farhad19620 · Feb 20, 2013

sinnedk said:
is the sole leather?

Yes the sole is leather and also expensive to resole, Euro 200 ouch!

Farhad19620 · Feb 20, 2013

Joshua Lee said:
Farhad,

Is the first picture the closest match to the boots true color?

Yes Joshua, the first picture is the correct colour they are much darker then what they look like in the second picture. I have to admit I have several pairs of EG, JL's and Berluti's but the colour on these boots are the best I have ever seen, this may be because the are shell Cordovan but honestly the colour and feel of the leather is very nice in the real.

I will post better picture if I can later on the weekend

Frank the sheep · Feb 20, 2013

There has been a lot of talk about doing a Carmina tassel loafer MTO.

I´m doing a tassel MTO at Skoaktiebolaget...PM if interested.

I´m also doing a suede longwing MTO...

stevent · Feb 20, 2013

Frank the sheep said:
There has been a lot of talk about doing a Carmina tassel loafer MTO.

I´m doing a tassel MTO at Skoaktiebolaget...PM if interested.

I´m also doing a suede longwing MTO...

Details on the longwing?

Frank the sheep · Feb 20, 2013

Model: 532
Last: Forest
Suede: Loden green
Sole: Middle thick (it´s like 1.5 times a single leather sole) ,natural edge
Open eyelets.

sinnedk · Feb 20, 2013

Farhad19620 said:
Yes the sole is leather and also expensive to resole, Euro 200 ouch!

just vibram/topy the sole and its way cheaper to replace

stevent · Feb 20, 2013

Frank the sheep said:
Model: 532
Last: Forest
Suede: Loden green
Sole: Middle thick (it´s like 1.5 times a single leather sole) ,natural edge
Open eyelets.

Damn this sounds good, though with green maybe brass eyelets would work? I prefer a chunkier shoe most of the time, rest of the details sound amazing. Now just need to find that 3400 SEK. I'm in for sure regardless

Concub1ne · Feb 20, 2013

Frank the sheep said:
There has been a lot of talk about doing a Carmina tassel loafer MTO.

I´m doing a tassel MTO at Skoaktiebolaget...PM if interested.

I´m also doing a suede longwing MTO...

I was going to suggest a loafer MTO for summer. PM sent, though I don't think it could hurt to discuss it here seeing how much interest there has been in the epaulet thread.

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