Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

[friendlygoz]

What are these?

J&M Hand Made 100s

 

[friendlygoz]

Pretty sure they're Johnston & Murphy Handmade Regency, spade-sole wing-tips.

Johnston & Murphy 1992 Catalog | vcleat

vcleat.com

Indeed. Sorry. Somehow I forgot to caption the pictures.

 

[Nobleprofessor]

For WTW: A rare blast from the past. I have seen VERY few pair of Vintage suede Florsheim LWB. I have another pair from the 60’s. And I have seen pictures of only two others. These are likely from 1981.

 

[ccpl14]

Florsheim shell for WTW

 

[Nobleprofessor]

View attachment 1958405 View attachment 1958407

Holy crap! Those are amazing! That spade sole!

 

[sam67]

Florsheim shell thrift find

 

[suitforcourt]

Florsheim shell thrift find
View attachment 1959323

This is the kind of "pick me upper" that has no equal in terms of adrenaline rush.

I guess this is only true for us vintage junkies.

 

[mormonopoly]

1988 Allen Edmonds Macneil for wingtip wednesday. I thrifted these in unworn condition several years ago.

 

[sam67]

foutje

 

[sam67]

1988 Allen Edmonds Macneil for wingtip wednesday. I thrifted these in unworn condition several years ago.
View attachment 1959457 View attachment 1959459 View attachment 1959461 View attachment 1959463

Was that shoe made on another last besides the 7? If so, know when?

 

[JFWR]

1988 Allen Edmonds Macneil for wingtip wednesday. I thrifted these in unworn condition several years ago.
View attachment 1959457 View attachment 1959459 View attachment 1959461 View attachment 1959463

Grain leather is such an underappreciated choice for footwear, especially on a brogue style like this and in that nice brown.

 

[suitforcourt]

1988 Allen Edmonds Macneil for wingtip wednesday. I thrifted these in unworn condition several years ago.
View attachment 1959457 View attachment 1959459 View attachment 1959461 View attachment 1959463

Your one pair of LWB gunboat?

 

[eTrojan]

1988 Allen Edmonds Macneil for wingtip wednesday. I thrifted these in unworn condition several years ago.
View attachment 1959457 View attachment 1959459 View attachment 1959461 View attachment 1959463

I’ll raise you a pair of 1968-1972 MacNeils with the “owl eye slug” heel.

 

[Bopper]

Very casual WW Nettleton's.

 

[mormonopoly]

Was that shoe made on another last besides the 7? If so, know when?

I’m actually not sure what last they were made on, is that somewhere in the code inside the shoe?