Vintage Florsheim Royal Imperial 97626 Kenmoor Brown Shell Cordovan LWB 9.5D

Description: From the Classic Shoes for Men website:The cordovan leather chosen for this masterpiece is from a deep rich oxblood colour, a fine, even textured, close-grained hide of unsurpassed and unsurpassable quality. Tanned by the world’s best cordovan tannery, Horween of Chicago, it shows a depth of colour that will only improve with polishing Moreover, a shoe of this build quality, with double sole, is a gift from the gods for a big or a heavy man or any man who is hard on shoes. You will be wearing this pair long after you have walked out of several other pairs of less substantial pairs.. Look closely at the massive oak-tanned channeled double sole and the additional “split reverse welt” (the so-called “storm welt”). Compare this or any Florsheim Imperials to a pair of Church’s, Crockett & Jones, or Alden’s Brogues (all of which I myself sell) and you will see what a bargain this superior Florsheim Imperial is. Cordovan shoes are a typically American tradition and Allen Edmonds and Alden, two American shoemakers, are the premiere contemporary producers of cordovan shoes. Others (Crockett and Church’s in England; Vass, Dinkellacker, Reiter in Germany and Hungary), responding to the popularity of this material, have begun to produce cordovans too, and some very good ones. Still, among the cognoscenti, Florsheim, with its ironclad Imperials (while a few are still to be found on the after-market) remains the most loved “vintage” producer of Cordovans and their Full Brogues like this one remain unsurpassed.https://classicshoesformen.com/the-collection/new-florsheim-royal-imperial-shell-cordovan-brogue-cir-1985-us7-5-8-wide/

Price: 179 USD

Location: Princeton Junction, New Jersey

End Time: 2024-11-30T17:46:24.000Z

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