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Hello members need your expert insights, I recently purchased Hanover L B Sheppard Shell LWBs from eBay, they are gorgeous pair of shoes and have full leather heels with v-cleats. Which I have not seen on Hanover shells, I have 3 Hanover shells and they all have rubber heels. Help me to find the age of these shoes...pictures
v-cleat heels without MADE IN U.S.A.
http://www.t-8intl.com/ds/ds816.html
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NWOB-Hanove...es-size-9-5-B-AA-/162071855441?orig_cvip=true
rubber heels without MADE IN U.S.A.
http://www.t-8intl.com/ds/ds815.html
http://www.t-8intl.com/ds/ds991.html
http://www.t-8intl.com/ds/ds883.html
http://www.t-8intl.com/ds/ds1273.html
http://www.t-8intl.com/dress/dress1053.html
v-cleat heels with MADE IN U.S.A.
http://www.t-8intl.com/wingtip/wingtip597.html
rubber heels with MADE IN U.S.A.
http://www.t-8intl.com/ds/ds1089.html
http://www.t-8intl.com/ds/ds785.html FD
http://www.t-8intl.com/dress/dress1386.html FD
A History of Long Wing Bluchers
1963 Allen Edmonds
https://issuu.com/allenedmonds/docs/1963-catalog
1959 Nettleton
https://news.google.com/newspapers?...v9XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HfcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1655,3592368
1954 Roblee (Brown Shoe Company)
http://blog.dancestore.com/2013/09/05/1954-roblee-flying-wing-mens-shoe/)
1950 Florsheim
The VIKING. Extended Wing Tip Blucher in Golden Brown Random Grain, Storm-welted full double soles. $22.50
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/97412401/
1948 British Walkers (J.P. Smith Shoe Company)
A RICH BROWN SUEDE SHOE with the new long wing-tip styling, leather sole and heel : (top left) $19.05
http://www.bambootrading.com/proddetail.asp?prod=1463
Let me know when you guys find out the first appearance of each shoemaker's LWB, especially older ads than British Walkers. I'd appreciate it.
Dave, those are really beauties. What was your primary method of cleaning?I just cleaned up a pair of vintage Shell Cordovan Florsheim Imperial 93606 PTBs. The date code wore off but I believe the pair is from the 1960s based on the heel.
You can see why old Shell is sought after. It develops an amazing depth of color with age. In the last photo, I put a modern Allen Edmonds Shell Cordovan MacNeil 9097 for color comparison.
Hello members need your expert insights, I recently purchased Hanover L B Sheppard Shell LWBs from eBay, they are gorgeous pair of shoes and have full leather heels with v-cleats. Which I have not seen on Hanover shells, I have 3 Hanover shells and they all have rubber heels. Help me to find the age of these shoes...pictures
The shoes were in decent shape when I got them. I used Venetian Shoe Cream. On the front, I also used the back of a spoon (with VSC as a lubricant), to ease some of the rolls.Dave, those are really beauties. What was your primary method of cleaning?
Reading Eagle, 1959
https://news.google.com/newspapers?...aYhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SJoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2057,3276823
The New Yorker, 1980
Rare masterpieces created by the skillful hands of the finest British craftsmen combined with one of the world's rare exotic leathers into soft, supple, yet durable , classic footwear with full leather calfskin linings. Exclusively yours from Church's, where these all leather classics are available in black or brown "Genuine French Cordovan".
Ocala Star-Banner, 1958
https://news.google.com/newspapers?...1YFPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_gQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4830,550725
BATES 1965 Fall Winter Catalog
https://issuu.com/vegtan/docs/bates_1965fw
Wonderful stuff. I look forward to following the URLs you listed. I do have a 1960 catalog from AE for the MacNeil and it has the same image as the one you used for the 1963 catalog.
Nice ads.
I didn't live through the era but looking at old ads but I believe the long wing style (blucher with medallian, broguing, double leather soles, storm welt and extended cap toe), became popular in the late 1950s. The first mainstream ad for one that I have seen was an 1951 Esquire ad for a Florsheim Viking S-1405.