Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

[suitforcourt]

Possibly, but my money would be on Brown of Canada at the old Perth Shoe Company factory in Perth Ontario. Sisman made a lot of steel toe shoes as well, but I don't think they are the culprit in this case

I will always defer to you

 

[Vincent George]

I have owned all 4 of these, so I will toss in a few practical thoughts other than fitment which others have mentioned. The Florsheim and Hanover pairs are obviously older and now and one needs to watch out for shell that has dried out and is now weak. As a EEE wearer, I found it difficult to locate wider shoes in shell from Florsheim and Hanover, but not impossible. I also noticed the Leeds gives the appearance they may be discontinued. The AE website only shows a few pairs in select widths in size 5 and 16. Gives one the feeling they are not taking orders for the other sizes to remove them from their line. Fortunately, they made the Leeds forever and this makes finding a pair on Ebay easier. The Alden is still made and as a stock shoe it is usually available new within a few months and some dealers may even have some pairs in stock. But Alden made far fewer pairs than AE and they may be harder to find on the used market. If I had to keep just one, it would be the Florsheim as it took me 7 years to find.

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I just wanna go on record that I miss hearing from Doc every day...

 

[LaundryRoom]

I'll post some more photos once I get them cleaned up...

 

[smfdoc]

Wonderful input, thank you. Do you find that vintage Florsheims and Hanover are sized similarly to modern shoes?

For me they fit the same.

 

[smfdoc]

Happy thanksgiving to my forum friends.

 

[suitforcourt]

Spoke to some high school students so wore my vintage Canadian made Ritchie shoes.

The snow is arriving today so I'll be in boots for a while.

 

[Vincent George]

Happy Thanksgiving, Vintage Pals

 

[friendlygoz]

AE Brantley for Thanksgiving Dinner…

 

[actionjbone]

Spent all day cooking and all night co-hosting a 40+ person friendsgiving, all wearing these 93605s. Now, taking a breather, off my feet for the first time in hours.

Been a good day.

 

[Humpty_Dumpty_Rises]

Good morning! In the train, commuting to work.

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Very nice. Maker and Last ?

 

[Humpty_Dumpty_Rises]

Happy thanksgiving to my forum friends.

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Very stylish. Maker and Last?

 

[mormonopoly]

Here's a pair I've been wearing recently. These are 1950s Freeman U-Wings.

 

[mormonopoly]

Here's another unworn pair in the collection. These are custom ordered Nettleton shortwings from 1959.

 

[smfdoc]

Very stylish. Maker and Last?

They are Florsheim Imperials, style 93602. Not sure the last had a name. These were originally brown and stripped them to change the color to approximate the Golden Harvest model.

 

[friendlygoz]

AE Brewton with patina by yours truly. Last two pics show pre-patina look.