And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
My father wore wingtips most of his adult life until edema took them away. Having been born in 1923, he was old-school, taught me the proper way to polish a shoe with a pair of them, and bought me a pair of my own as a very young man. I miss him dearly, but still have the memories of my dad and his wingtips.
Accept my condolences for your lack. My dad was the most moral man I knew (he and some of his mates walked out of a Bob Hope show in the Pacific islands during WW2 because the New Zealander air force guys thought Bob was crude) and was much respected by his peers. A good bloke and devoted husband and father. I miss him still and its been a long time - I was too busy to give him all the time he wanted in his last days and while other family members stepped up I didn't do all I should have. My choices haunt me still and I'll carry my shame to my grave.
I mastered it with a single nylon stocking. After you buff, just rub the stocking over the front of the shoe. Viola! You can see the cracks in your teeth with the reflection.
To Anon talking about lacking those memories I spoke of. Those of us who have those memories are indeed fortunate, but those of us who do not just have to work harder to make our own. Get busy making your own! None of us will be around forever!
My father wore wingtips most of his adult life until edema took them away. Having been born in 1923, he was old-school, taught me the proper way to polish a shoe with a pair of them, and bought me a pair of my own as a very young man. I miss him dearly, but still have the memories of my dad and his wingtips.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to hear someone who has cherished memories if their father. Sadly, I lack that.
DeleteAccept my condolences for your lack. My dad was the most moral man I knew (he and some of his mates walked out of a Bob Hope show in the Pacific islands during WW2 because the New Zealander air force guys thought Bob was crude) and was much respected by his peers. A good bloke and devoted husband and father. I miss him still and its been a long time - I was too busy to give him all the time he wanted in his last days and while other family members stepped up I didn't do all I should have. My choices haunt me still and I'll carry my shame to my grave.
DeleteGreat shine. At military school could never master a spit-shine.
ReplyDeleteI mastered it with a single nylon stocking. After you buff, just rub the stocking over the front of the shoe. Viola! You can see the cracks in your teeth with the reflection.
DeleteYou are correct, nothing like a pair of pantyhose in the shine kit.
DeleteSpit shine reflection or Mike Lavallee flame job?
ReplyDeleteI've spit shined my New Balance 654s for countless hours but I could never get a decent shine.
ReplyDeleteGot a pair slightly lighter in color. Great shoes.
ReplyDeleteTo Anon talking about lacking those memories I spoke of. Those of us who have those memories are indeed fortunate, but those of us who do not just have to work harder to make our own. Get busy making your own! None of us will be around forever!
ReplyDeleteAlexander Nurulaeff at Dandy Shoe Care, Parma Italy did the finishing, possibly his pattern Bixbite.
ReplyDeleteThe base shoe might be a bespoke custom, or a pair of the John Lobb's Nurulaeff often uses as a basis for his art.
Typically the base shoe for this sort of project will be USD $2K and upwards, with the finishing potentially being that again.
The amount of handwork at both the base shoe fabrication and all this artistry is impressive, as are the skills.
Often if you are in the market for this type of footwear you will have your feet and gait studied to develop a personal pair of lasts.
There are not all that many shoe room finishers at Nurulaeff at Dandy's level, so likely you will wait.
https://lenoeudpapillon.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-quick-chat-about-patina-with-dandy.html
I forgot to mention that these look absolutely fabulous!
ReplyDeleteWore my Allan Edmonds wingtips most of my working life. Those and some Bass Weejuns loafers. Sadly, I miss dressing for work.
ReplyDeleteProperly shined and turned out.
ReplyDelete10/10.