weejun  those playgoys look like the round toe sanders in new york only difference is that little blue tag on the side cut. how much is that in american dollars.

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Couldn't make that up Weejun. Well done you and Klook. Snuff, nice.

^ Beautiful boots.

Weejun : those new Sanders you bought from John Rushton - is that not the same boot John Simons was selling with the narrower toe shape but in a nicer paler brown - tobacco/cola? How much? £150? Nice.

g.g.

The bottom pair in the drawing are almost certainly chukkas judging from the two eyelet design which differs from the main picture.

I'm not sure if they licensed their patent method or the patent got broken. My Trickers 1960s boots that came unstuck allowed me to see how they were made (as described by mr Cox on here) - there's a thin crepe welt sewn onto the edge of that rolled leather welt, that drapes around the edges of the shoe soles and heel and onto that the crepe foxing is fixed by chemical bonding - rubber cement for example or simply beating with a soft hammer which creates friction heat that bonds the two parts together. At least until they come apart 40 years later and need the oven treatment.

I still haven't dared wear them since I fixed them, although even the gaping split soles have 'healed' after dripping rubber cement into the cracks.

klook: nice vintage post brings back memories. mookey; good look i check out that site and they dont do overseas shipping just like denmark where they have the originals. i will wait for mikes they will come in after labor day the suedes round toe sanders