I had noticed the Scene website - is it my imagination or do they add some extra stuff too?

It's not over, BIBI, but it's bubbling away in the background.

1966's Eaton Clubmans featured earlier in the thread have been given to a factory to dissect and see if they can make some samples. Because of so much hand work in the shoes there is a balance between quality and cost, so we'll see whether it's possible.

I'm quietly confident, although if you check the photos from earlier in the thread of the Japanese colours of Sanders PBs you'll see that even they have some problems with overglueing the foxing and getting it on the suede.

I see that British Walker Playboys are now available through their site britishwalkershoe.com - I ordered the beige pair, will see how they are.....

Will let everyone know when they arrive......

Colour wise it looks similar but "stead snuff" is a very specific English tanned suede.

will check out mikes and see what he got.im from new york and im still here.checked out citi shoes and got a pair of sanders from them.nice and comfortable.been buying playboys since 1967 when the original hutton playboys were in town.they cost 22.50 back then.I used to buy them at leftcourts on madison ave. midtown.had to work at the carwash in the bronx on the weekends to buy them.     the good old days,when the playboys were for real.   those days are gone

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Good info Mookey, gotta have that real crepe. 

BIBI - you and these shoes go way back eh? Fascinating, I'd love to hear you reminiscing some more. Have you always been hunting for these Playboys?

BIBI if you're asking me about Playboys the answer is no.I was turned on to Playboys by my friends that told me I needed to forget about the British Walkers since they were not making original styles anymore and we were not feelin the ones like those on the britishwalkershoesite(the suede tieups are O.K.),My friends told me they were gonna make a PB man outta me and they did, not before I traded my man a pair of new deadstock Davanzati Playboys for a pair of new deadstock 80s British Walkers. Davanzatis were on ebay this time last year for over a month and I didnt know the rarity of them so I thought, 'I'll get another pair one day' only to find this site and realize the value of them. I found this site checkin out the pics of Steve Mac and was so happy to find so many Playboy heads with a wealth of knowledge about the shoe sharing info like we once did on the British Walker page of inthe80s/com and if you really wanna know the truth when I found the value of the Davs(a month ago on here) I emailed the Chinese dude and I said 'hey buddy I'll take a couple pair of those Davanzatis in an Eleven' he said 'O.K. I'll let you know I usually get em every ten years or so you'll be the first'! I felt like a fool lol. Hard Bop the Rust is more of a Orangey Yellow, the color for each shoe/boot is dead on they have a very good camera. 66 I told you I would post pics of the Original British Walkers but have yet to figure how to upload pics to the site. Later Brothers...

Yeah BI,those were the good ole days indeed Alpacas Blythe shirts shark skins pants etc. Im 45 my uncles used to wear playboys even the winged tip joints I copied from them but when my turn came British Walkers were hot they were a step up from the Beige Clark type mocs everybody used to wear in the 70s, in B-More we called em Easy Walkers. British Walkers, you had to have em not the Tom Mchanns(remember them) or you were a square. The thing I realized in the last year as I dug for Puma Clydes Sheepskin coats Members Only Leathers,Mock necks and even Cortifiels is... its all about the nostalgia man the gear was fresh and hip and made to last but its 'the good ole days' being an 18 year old or even a twenty something year old dude was sure fun man I tell you and every once in a while we wanna step back if just for a moment. By the way I love those as we call em, Barber shirts or Italian gangster shirts. Peace,Brothers