Last edited by Yuca (2017-05-20 02:45:35)
Split toe loafer. Interesting. Will swing by their shop and grab a quick look.
A bit too busy and a bit too clunky. Loafers are supposed to be light. I'm not totally opposed to them - they're passable. At that price I'd want more than passable.
Last edited by Tomiskinky (2017-05-20 07:12:44)
Not keen on beefroll. I have had them unravel in the past.
I will take 'refined' though even if it can be a bit Roger Moore. Berwick loafers from discount shoes in Strutton Ground. Round about the £100 mark. Look a bit like C & J - made in Spain.
The C&J Boston/Harvard loafers are the same shoe, one is lined the other is not, can't remember which is which.
The Harvard is the unlined version, yes same last but subtle style differences.
I had to check them out in flesh first, those Pembury are really ugly.
Way too much stitching involved all round, a fake stitched in 'beefroll' and the split toe looks like it was done by a blind cobbler.
If your going the 'split toe' loafer route and are spending £300+ , the JM Weston and Cheaney are much better options.
The beefroll on the Church's is strange.
Berwick 9628 (in burgundy though)
http://www.thetannery.co.uk/p/6837/Loafer-9628-Tan
Shooman, loafers are not gunboats.
Last edited by Leer R. (2017-05-23 06:49:26)
I think of loafers as a decent looking beater shoe so not really looking to spend more than a couple of hundred on them and then Sebago, Bass, Florsheim do the job.
Not has that issue with Sebago - still on same pairs five years on and look great even now.
I saw two Sebago loafer models side-by-side in Tokyo and noticed quite a bit of difference between them, maybe a 50% or more difference in price.
Sebago have a number of ranges in the same style - handsewn, Cordovan etc
I am about five years in on two pairs of handsewn which are perfect apart needing new soles.