Thread: Casual Shoes - Allen Edmonds

Ivan, judging from your pics I bet you are right, they are selling seconds.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

So your casual shoes are nicer than my dress shoes, which are these Timberland - Men's City Adventure Stormbuck Refined Plain Toe Waterproof Oxford. I guess that's why you work at a university and I work at a high school.

Now I know nothing about nice shoes, but my Tim's have held up for a few years now, and they are waterproof to boot.

That may be so, but only as far as just a bit lower than ankle height.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

Just how much nickel do you get for five cents? Do they come coin shaped at all?


Mick

Might as well be invisible, or shaped like a something that fell out of the back end of that buffalo on the newer ones. Can't buy anything for a nickel anymore.

Back in the day of the REAL buffalo nickels you could buy a pack of gum or a nickel pack of Black Cat firecrackers.

OK, back to shoes.. LOL

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

So your casual shoes are nicer than my dress shoes, which are these Timberland - Men's City Adventure Stormbuck Refined Plain Toe Waterproof Oxford. I guess that's why you work at a university and I work at a high school.

Now I know nothing about nice shoes, but my Tim's have held up for a few years now, and they are waterproof to boot.

Yeah, and Jimmy wears his converses to work at the kindergarden

BTW dress shoes are supposed to be balmoral/oxford, but nowadays, especially in US a derby/blucher is commonly substituted. I've tried the more common stuff in the past, I think I had Sketchers, Rockport, etc., but they're just not well made - they're not particularly comfortable or durable. Kenneth Cole was better, but again it's just not as good as say AE or Church's, so now that it's dead I'd rather replace it with something better.

I just prefer having really good shoes that I wear a long time (I expect decades, potentially with a resole), rather than several pairs that I replace every one to three years. For example my casual Armanis (don't know who the actual shoemaker is) are still going very strong, looking great, more than a decade later, despite being my most worn pair.

I don't care much for booths. I don't have to go through deep mud etc. on a regular basis, so a goodyear welted shoe is perfectly good as far as weather resistance goes. When I go serious hiking I do wear military boots, but these days that's so rare I'm ashamed just to think of it.

Originally Posted by MickR

That may be so, but only as far as just a bit lower than ankle height.


Mick

Meh, they get me from the door to the car to the classroom alright. I have a pair of Mickey Mouse boots for the Rochester winters.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

I have a pair of Mickey Mouse boots

Hey, those are exclusively for wear in the white van parked by the playground

I won't 'Like' that comment, but I did find it amusing...But then I thought of the not so funny side...But then I figured it was just a joke anyway, and I found it amusing again...But only just a little bit.


Mick

Originally Posted by gugi

I just prefer having really good shoes that I wear a long time (I expect decades, potentially with a resole), rather than several pairs that I replace every one to three years.

Me too. Then again, my wife would buy new shoes every year anyway, so I'd rather she buys cheap ones that don't last longer.

I have 2 pair of mirror polished combat boots that are my casual shoes and after a few hrs gettign them to shine they are the best shoes i could think of. I have 6 pair in total some that look like they have seen wore 1 thats just for checking traps and 1 pair just for work and then my 2 nicer casual boots.

A nicely spit polished Army boot is a joy to behold, esp when you use a really traditional method of boot polish ('Kiwi' or 'Nugget' brand), spit, and a cloth and cotton wool...

The old Australian 'AB's' (abbreviation for Army Boot believe it or not) with the leather sole worn with gaiters were really nice only after you went through the bayonet assault course in them first, and then spent the next week polishing them...