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[CTYGGG]

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Cigar, Ravello & Whiskey

LHS:

Whiskey, #8 & Ravello

Chukka:

Whiskey, Cigar, Ravello, AoC Brown Calf & Frans Boone Black Shell Six Eyelet

Suede:

Winn Perry Little Tanks, LS Safari (Sold) & LS Snuff NST

CXL:

Winn Perry Indy Shoe & LS CXL NST

Shell Boots:

Blackbird Chemist Boot, Leffot Cigar Indy & #8 WT (Sold)

Whiskey Indy & #8 Indy

Leffot #8 NST & #8 WT (Sold)

PTB:

LS #4 4x4 & Cigar

Whiskey & Unlined #8

Calf:

Leffot Westsider & AoC Brown WT

LS #8 Saddle NST & LS #8 Ranger

Ravello Medallion Captoe & Whiskey LWB

Think that covers everything, apologize for some pics that have been used before & for the two pair that I sold being included in the pics.

Bonus pics:

#8

Ravello:

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Nice collection.

Thank you SFTG!

 

[MickCollins1916]

Great day for whiskey

 

[jbcohen]

Geeze when do you ever get to wear each pair of shoes. Great collection.

 

[CTYGGG]

Just wanted to say thanks for everyone who shared their Alden collection pictures. There are some outstanding Alden collections both big & small in this thread.

I don't speak often in the Alden thread, for I let my pic's do the talking, but I wanted to say thanks for all the kind words on my Alden collection. It was this thread that inspired my Alden purchases, with special thanks to Mac.

That is all and I won't clog the thread up anymore today for I'm guilty of my own pet peeve today & that is by not using the multi quote button.

 

[PhiPsi32]

Geeze when do you ever get to wear each pair of shoes. Great collection.

You can easily wear two to three pairs each day. Loafers for the airport; quick change to calf/shell balmorals for the meeting on the other end, and then another quick change (shoes and clothes) for dinner and drinks. In a given year, you can readily wear about a 1,000 different pairs shoes at least once without too much fuss.

 

[ReppTiePrepster]

All: quick fit advice question, and I apologize in advance as I know this has all been done to death.

For starters, I like the way my Barrie lasted chukka and LWB fit me in 10d. I have an unlined Leydon suede chukka in 10.5d which fits but is quite snug in every direction. What are the chances that a 10.5 Aberdeen would fit me? I'm assuming it's a d width also.

It should work well. Best of luck my friend...

 

[ReppTiePrepster]

Wow, some incredible grails in these collections. Hope to find some of them one day. Outstanding collections gentlemen.

Didn't get a chance to post this yesterday but here is my collection shot to throw into the mix.





Back Row: #8 Monk, #8 WTB AOC, #8 NST JGilbert, Cigar LHS, Cigar Cap Boot AODC
Front Row: Ravello LWB, Ravello NST, Whiskey LWB, Whiskey LHS, Natural CXL Epaulet Briixton WTB

Excellent collection my friend... I need some NST!

 

[ReppTiePrepster]

Thank you SevenFoldTG...

 

[Alcibiades]

Good stuff Don L

All of these photos of excellent cigar LHS made me finally pull the trigger on the 9.5EE from The Shoe Mart. Let's hope they fit.

 

[MrDV]



Back Row: #8 Monk, #8 WTB AOC, #8 NST JGilbert, Cigar LHS, Cigar Cap Boot AODC Front Row: Ravello LWB, Ravello NST, Whiskey LWB, Whiskey LHS, Natural CXL Epaulet Briixton WTB

Great collection donl. I like the light n dark shades of exotics in your group.

 

[sevenfoldtieguy]



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st up is the stuff that I have in storage.

1. Plaza pebble captoe boot, indy, BBBF pebble LSW, black cordo indy, BB #8 monks, NCXL wtb, AAAC wingtip, brown wtb.
2. Brown CXL ptb on commando, BB #8 wingtips, black calf 6 eyelet boot, NCXL PTB, black plaza captoe boot, ravello chukka, suede indy,
cigar captoe, 6 eyelet boot, suede/walnut lwb, brown jcrew lwb, sand chukka.
3. Blue suede chukka, black lwb on flex, blue suede indy, #8 Indy, walnut lwb on flex.

Missing: sand suede wingtips on commando, #8 Grant captoe boots, kudu chukkas, NCXL LWB.

Current rotation.

1. Black cordo wtb, cigar wtb, #4 captoe boots, black modified captoe boots, #8 lwb, ravello lwb, whiskey indy, ravello nst boot,
whiskey ptb, cigar indy, #8 punch cap boot
2. #8 chukka, unlined black lhs, #8 lined lhs, whiskey lhs (flash makes them look two tone), whiskey lwb, cigar ptb, cigar lwb, #4 ptb,
sand suede nst, snuff v-tip.
3. BBBF Pebble calf chukkas, snuff suede lwb on leydon, snuff lhs, NCXL nst, Epaulet Obscura "homage", scotch grain NST.

I was going to do this outside but it just started to rain

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Nice collection.

 

[Don L]

 

[Kwaker]

Impressive collection of footwear over past dozen pages ... the pride of ownership is so clearly demonstrated with the use of shoe trees, edge-dressing and generous application of the mac-method.

Is it fair to conclude that shell has the potential to age much more gracefully than calf ... perhaps I've just become biased to shell?

 

[MoneyWellSpent]

Impressive collection of footwear over past dozen pages ... the pride of ownership is so clearly demonstrated with the use of shoe trees, edge-dressing and generous application of the mac-method.

Is it fair to conclude that shell has the potential to age much more gracefully than calf ... perhaps I've just become biased to shell?

I think that's more of a fact than a bias. Preference is bias... but longevity, durability, and graceful ageing are the main reasons for why shell is so prized.

 

[TactileOne]

Whiskey day.