Today's Shoes

JM Weston split-toe bluchers in dark tan calfskin with a fudge welt and double leather soles (Ref. 598 demi-chasse). My shoes aren't blue suede like the 598s in the picture above, but I wish they were. Those blue suede shoes are sweet.

Today's Shoes

JM Weston demi-chasse bluchers in dark tan calfskin with a fudge welt and double leather soles (Ref. 598). The picture to the left is from Sky Valet, and excellent shoe store in Washington DC. Notice the metal tip at the toe of the sole, which manfully resists wear but makes a heck of a racket in the process. Weston also makes a couple of models that have steel plates instead of rubber strips in the corner of the heel, too. That prevents heel wear but can damage wood floors and cause the wearer to slip and fall on his butt when traction isn't perfect.

Today's Shoes

Day

Edward Green bespoke adelaide diamond-tip bals with pie crust-style throat, counter, and toe cap stitching in dark brown aniline-dyed calf with single leather soles with steel plates in the toe. These shoes are one of the original Gaziano-Girling shoes -- Tony Gaziano was the lastmaker and clicker, and Dean Girling was the maker -- but they were made when Tony was still with Edward Green. I have been wanting to have Tony make another pair for me (I'm thinking a wholecut monkstrap with reversed seams), but, alas, he hasn't come close to this part of the country since these shoes were completed. I'd like him to see these on the foot so that he can determine if any last adjustments are needed. In addition, I think that the next pair will be on a round-toe last, and I'd like to discuss the last and the design of the shoe with him in person. So maybe next spring...

Evening

JM Weston demi-chasse bluchers in dark tan calf with double leather soles (598 model).

Today's Shoes

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Gravati split-toe monskstraps in Radica 03 calfskin with a combination rubber/leather sole (17194, 697 last).

Evening

JM Weston's canonical demi-chasse blucher in dark tan calfskin (Ref. 598).