Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

[madhat]

All of these were seconds.

Natural HMs: burnishing made quarters significantly darker than vamp. That’s exactly what I wanted, so they were perfect.
Black suede HMs: were brown, flaw was they were built with dainite rather than trans lug. Great pair otherwise.
Choco Liverpools: wrinkle in shaft liner; I don’t feel it.
Black Fifth Sts: ??? scuffs I think? Easily fixed.
Green shell HMs: ***** ass that used to post on here rejected them for very minor blemish on toe despite everyone telling him it was barely noticeable.

these are just my boots. I’ve got/had several other pairs of boots/shoes that were just fine.

 

[Thrift Couture]

Outside of the trunks shows, I don’t think I have ever purchased a pair of firsts. Lbvs!

 

[nes1us]

Got tired of the black edge on my shell Leeds, sanded the edges and applied brown edge dressing.

 

[anonymouz]

Well. I wanted to take advantage of the F2 sale and I just received a pair of F2 shell Patriots. The right shoe is pretty and it fits PERFECT. The left shoe toe upper sewing is majorly jacked up and made the shoe a full size too small. I can't get my foot in it. AE Garbage. View attachment 1488690

Are they waiving the restocking fee?

 

[FatTuesday]

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Green shell HMs: ***** ass that used to post on here rejected them for very minor blemish on toe despite everyone telling him it was barely noticeable.

And that is how you ruin it for everyone.

I was chasing those too! I remember the complaining. Sorry state of affairs.

 

[FatTuesday]

Green shell gunboats...

 

[bluejazzmonkey]

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[Shoenut]

Was going to go Woollymok today but these were just staring me down.

 

[Thrift Couture]

Was going to go Woollymok today but these were just staring me down.
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Bradley is such a bully!

 

[vdubiv]

Most of my AE seconds look like firsts. I’ve got a few that aren’t perfect, but not bad. If that’s truly your seconds experience, then I suggest you work with one of the recommended shoe bank SAs.

The vast majority of my AE shoes are seconds, other than the seriously loose grain on my Daltons, I would have to point out the blemishes that I found which I think made them "seconds". It would have to be another shoe person to understand the issue as well, because if I tell my wife I got a great deal on the Daltons because they have some loose grain, she will be confused and have no idea what I am talking about, hell it's only since I've been posting on here that I even know what loose grain is ?

I know some people are more picky than others, but if the price of a second HM is appealing to you get it!

 

[munchau]

Fuddy Duddy Day.

 

[JFWR]

Not wingtip wednesday, but some American made shoes named after Thomas Jefferson seemed patriotic for election day!

 

[audog]

AE Factory 2nds are similar to having 10 thousand paper cuts all over your body and then jumping into a swimming pool that is full of lemon juice...

I've had, over the years, pretty decent luck with ShoeBank 2nds, and using a SA. A few pair have had some glaring defects, but the vast majority had things I can live with. Worst ever were the MassDrop chukkas with shaft heights that were about 1 inch different, sold those. All that being said, stuff from eBay is often not 2nds, but 3,4,5ths IMHO.

 

[audog]

Not wingtip wednesday, but some American made shoes named after Thomas Jefferson seemed patriotic for election day!

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Well played, sir!

 

[DawgPound]

Got tired of the black edge on my shell Leeds, sanded the edges and applied brown edge dressing.

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Those look great! I did that once and am thinking about doing it again to another pair. Sharp!