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Hi Guys Just for the record, if you want an almost instant responce from EG always contact Robert Willis at the JS shop, he is very professional and organised. Hilary tends to have her finger in many pies and does not get much time to anwser many e-mails, especially as she gets about 200 a day. It's...

Dear DDM

Sorry, i have pictures of all new shoes and i intend to put them on the LL but they are PDF form and the LL photojournel will not except them, so i am trying to get sombady to convert the photos to an eceptable format, i'll let you know when they are on the LL.

Kind regards

Tony

Dear Gentlemen My next visit to the Untied states will be in March, please note my dates,places and times below:- HUNTINGTON HOTEL, 1075 California Street, Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA 94108 Telephone no. (415) 474 5400 18th March 9am – 6pm HOTEL CRESCENT COURT 400 Crescent Court, Dallas, Tx 75201 Te...

Dear Gentlemen Unfortunatley due to work commitments i have been away from the forum for somtime, i realise that some of you may have posed some questions in my direction over the past 2 months that i have not replied to, i run the bespoke service myself with no help and i find it hard to find time ...

This colour is quite complicated to produce, i first used some spirit to take the die out of the leather, the under colour is mostly white, i applied the spirit in almost a rag rolled fashion, not leaving the spirit on too long as it may damage the leather. I then use a black shoe cream to fill all ...

Hi Jan

The monks and slip-on are a great shape and the cut of the patterns are beautiful.
I would be proud to have have made these myself.

Love the toe shape very much and the polishing is beutiful.

Tony

I think it depends on the company, from what i gather Lobb st james are quite difficult to deal with anyway, so it wouldn't supprise me that a customer would not be able to obtain his last, in contrast if you approached Fosters or Cleverley i don't think that you would have a problem obtaining your ...

Thanks for the enthusiamsm, they are all new models and are quite interesting, there is even a new boot.

The Winchelsea is not amonst them as it was a development from last season, great shoe though and has become very popular.

It's ALL about the tease Jan

Hi Jan Actually nobody should have seen those shoes until there released at Pitti Uomo in January, they are only prototypes and we have not tooled up for them yet, our sales manager Susie should not have taken them as we are not quite ready to take bulk orders yet. in fact there are around 6 new sty...

Thank you TVD, thats a very interesting idea, i'll mention it to our MD and let you know if there are any developments.

Tony

Hi Guys Just to clarify, the 606, 202 are the same family and the 888,82 last are the same family, the last that was produced for Fosters was the 88 last and the 32,33 last were the parents of the 202,606. so the EG last order goes like this. first the 32 round toe last second the 33 square toe vers...

Hi David

Unfortunately everything about this style is bespoke, the leather,style,last etc....
Maybe the closest ready made style would be Newbury on the 888 last.

Kind regards

Tony

Hi Murali

Yes all elastic looses its tension at some point, It is quite hard to replace especially if the elastics are covered by leather strips, but it can be done.

So when yours need replacing or if they already do please let me know

Kind regards

Tony

:) Thanks. In my experience it is normally cork which causes squeaking in goodyear welted shoes. Cork is inserted between the insole and the sole to:- A/ fill a cavity B/ give extra cushion when walking. Occasionally the cork breaks up and rubbs against itself causing a squeak very much like polysty...

Wigmore is good fitting shoe as are most gusset shoes, the gusset allows for all of the different positions your foot is in when walking, whereas a lace up is tightened to a certain tension and can become a little tight or loose though wear, a gusset shoe is also great at accommodating for the chang...