Help me find a shoe
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Hello all,
With all the excellent boot options available, I still find it very difficult for me to find a really good shoe for my purposes. And despite a ridiculous amount of research over the years, nothing quite hits the bullseye for me. So I ask for help. I got a boat shoe - great. I got a quoddy moc - also great. But I need a casual shoe, that goes with IH's and the like.
Love these
and these
and these
All great, however there's a problem. The flipping soles. The zig zag ones I think are called shark soles? I have them on a pair of hiking boots and they are perfect on a pair of hiking boots
And I'm not a big fan of the white christy soles, dark coloured ones I can deal with maybe
From what I've read on the forum Dainte soles are not an option either, I live in a very green ie wet country so need a commando type sole I think. When running to catch a plane I literally flipped in the air on the street on a rainy day on leather soles, crashed flat on my back and could have done a lot of damage. I am also very hard wearing on the tips of either end of the soles, with the way I walk. Vibram works well. So maybe something kind of like this or chunkier is fine.
Yuketen, Viberg and the like I can stretch to cash wise , but custom jobs I cannot, esp as I live in Europe and the import taxes. Any suggestions please? This has been bugging me for a long time.
Many thanks Ciaran
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When I was at the IH party in the summer there were a ton of Wesco samples, one of which was a lace to toe oxford which was stunning, maybe @Giles can assist with some Wesco oxford make ups?
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Just as an addendum, I know Tricker's many colab models should be my go to…
but standard brogue detail is just a bit too OTT for my tastes outside of formal shoes. A bit is fine just not the whole palava
many thanks
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When I was at the IH party in the summer there were a ton of Wesco samples, one of which was a lace to toe oxford which was stunning, maybe @Giles can assist with some Wesco oxford make ups?
thank you sir, I will enquire
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"ripple" is the name of those detestable soles fwiw
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Re Wesco, I did a preliminary search, found some on Rakuten and found some lovely shoes, the soles though… mmm, moonwalker shoes.
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I would think that you could choose any sole you wanted on a custom make, I favour the mini lug for an oxford.
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WESCO - JH Classic with Packer Upper, MP last, 269 Vibram Sole, maybe burlap leather…
Or ask for a 3" height Foot Patrol??
