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#1 2011-10-12 08:13:17
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Nikolaus Tuczek shoes, Circa 1950 - perhaps the best maker ever!
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#2 2011-10-12 10:32:50
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Great shoes and an interesting narrative on Tuczek. Thanks Shooey.
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#3 2011-10-12 14:18:36
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shooey, you forgot scheer.
"I'd give all the Champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him(Eric Cantona) in a big European match at Old Trafford." George Best(1946 -2005)
#4 2011-10-13 07:54:05
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^Foster & Son are probably the current world No 1:
http://www.foster.co.uk/semi-brogue-oxford
Terry Moore was apprenticed at Peal & Co 1565-1965. Yes, that is 1565: Their 20th C client list ranged from: Humphrey Bogart to the Aga Khan; Marlene Dietrich to the Little Dook; Fred Astaire to Louis Mountbatten; Cary Grant; Charlie Chaplin; Doug Fairbanks Sr.; David Niven; Laurence Olivier; Steve McQueen and Dean Martin; even JFK.
Foster & Son also own Henry Maxwell and its library of lasts - probably Henry Maxwell (1759) was even above Hoby The Great (the inventor of the Iron Duke's Wellington boot) and Old Man Thomas in boot-making - OMT showed the job-seeking young John Lobb the door.
Eric Cook worked at Tuczek's and Henry Maxwell's and dismissively calls George Cleverley Tuczek's 'front-of-house man':
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?q=eric+cook+shoes&hl=en&rlz=1T4SNYK_enBR355BR355&biw=1280&bih=633&tbm=isch&tbnid=SfhGQ5vh7k57FM:&imgrefurl=http://www.stijlforum.nl/SMF/index.php%3Ftopic%3D39.1500&docid=_2Kt9KLXg5Zy1M&imgurl=http://www.finchsquarterly.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/black-shoe.jpg&w=500&h=666&ei=jeuWTufBBcaftge2spXlAw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=176&vpy=117&dur=228&hovh=259&hovw=194&tx=99&ty=135&sig=106673590568819528818&page=1&tbnh=138&tbnw=110&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0
Anello & Davide are not that widely known - great picture of MM:
http://www.handmadeshoes.co.uk/index.php
Excellent at delicate work.
Delos looks good too, I have to say.
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#6 2011-10-14 06:25:18
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On Foster & Son: I have been told that, when the late 'Lucky' Lord Lucan went walk-about, Foster's shop was, for some reason, one of the the first ports of call for the Fuzz.
#7 2011-10-14 07:05:20
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#9 2011-10-14 08:59:40
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"I'd give all the Champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him(Eric Cantona) in a big European match at Old Trafford." George Best(1946 -2005)
#10 2011-10-14 09:13:53
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"I'd give all the Champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him(Eric Cantona) in a big European match at Old Trafford." George Best(1946 -2005)
#13 2011-10-14 09:38:49
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^
Now...now....Calm down ladies....!!!!!!!!!!!
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#14 2011-10-14 09:47:48
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http://sunheadlines.blogspot.com/2008/11/classics-up-yours-delors.html
#15 2011-10-14 09:56:06
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"I'd give all the Champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him(Eric Cantona) in a big European match at Old Trafford." George Best(1946 -2005)
#16 2011-10-14 09:59:54
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"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
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#17 2011-10-14 10:11:06
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The Foster ready to made oxfords look first rate, you can see instantly the finish and the lasts are superior to the likes of C&J.
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#18 2011-10-14 10:33:57
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"I'd give all the Champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him(Eric Cantona) in a big European match at Old Trafford." George Best(1946 -2005)
#21 2011-10-14 12:42:44
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"I'd give all the Champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him(Eric Cantona) in a big European match at Old Trafford." George Best(1946 -2005)
#22 2011-10-14 13:04:30
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#23 2011-10-14 14:36:41
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#24 2011-10-14 15:43:57
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#25 2011-10-14 15:52:40
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