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Beautiful. If skoak ever has another GMTO for these with 25% down it's instakop. This and the dovers are probably going to be my first EGs. Can't seem to find anything else that compares to them.
 

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^ You're on the right track my friend. My first EG acquisitions, in order:

1. Galway 82 boot (burgundy/red berry suede)
2. Wells 82 captoe blucher (d.oak)
3. Dover 606 (d.oak)
4. Dover 202 (gold delapre)
 

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popped along to the EG factory shop in Northampton today and picked up a couple of pairs of shoes

first off a pair of chelsea in 82 dark oak antique

700
 
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I envy.

You are so lucky for finding them in your size + that price .. It's a steal .. More than a 50% off MSRP.

In John Lobb Factory Shop cheapest Oxfords are 440 GBP, and they do not look as nice as Chelsea.
 
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aw, thanks brother

weirdly they're actually different sized shoes. the 82 is a half size smaller than the 202. but they fit almost identically. you don't really notice a difference until you get to the toe box, and then you can tell that the 82 has slightly less room as it subtlely pinches in more to a cone shape.

i am expecting at some point to prefer the fit of one more than the other. but in the meantime i'm feeling happy with both purchases.
 

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aw, thanks brother

weirdly they're actually different sized shoes. the 82 is a half size smaller than the 202. but they fit almost identically. you don't really notice a difference until you get to the toe box, and then you can tell that the 82 has slightly less room as it subtlely pinches in more to a cone shape.

i am expecting at some point to prefer the fit of one more than the other. but in the meantime i'm feeling happy with both purchases.


Have you purposefully laced the Chelsea's rather loosely? I would expect an Oxford to appear tighter at the lacing point.
 

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