Today's Shoes

Continuing with the theme from yesterday, Gravati split-toe double monkstrap shoes with twin-needle stitching on the apron and toe seams (which, of course, aren't really seams) in a medium brown super-soft lightly-grained calfskin (16617, 671 last). These shoes are yet another special order, and when they originally came in, they lacked the apron and toe stitching, just about the only time that I can recall the Gravati factory ever making a mistake. Not to worry! Back to the factory they went for the twin-needle stitching, which, remarkably, could be done without the shoe being disassembled. This shoe is a nice companion to my Edward Green double-monk Fulhams, although the Fulham is a chasse while this shoe is a demi-chasse.