Let us talk about shoes. Yes, shoes. There will be no mention in this article of the 19 word or unrest or politics. There are many other sources for that. We will discuss vintage shoes. Classic American shoes. Shoes made with leather. From a horse. The horse might have been from France or Quebec but … Continue reading Nettleton Traditionals 0208 Deconstruction
The US government may still be shutdown but vcleat.com has reopened. Finally. Sorry. I could give excuses but I won’t. This post is about fixing up a pair of Nettleton Traditionals Shell Cordovan long wings. Model 0208. I found this pair on eBay. The listing had a few issues: the photos were poor; the size … Continue reading Nettleton Traditionals 0208 Restore
Like my guides for Florsheim and Hanover Shell Cordovan models, I have wanted to put together a guide for Nettleton models. The Florsheim and Hanover guides were put together by tracking ebay sales over a two year period and augmented by model information listed in vintage Florsheim and Hanover shoe catalogs. Below is the Nettleton … Continue reading Nettleton Shell Cordovan Models
I would like start out this post by apologizing. The photos are true. I am sorry. I did grope the shoes. I manhandled them. It was a moment of weakness. How could resist conditioning them? Brushing them. The vcleat.com board of directors are meeting next week to discuss corrective action and my fate. I am … Continue reading Nettleton Traditionals 0205 Restore
This week I was trying to release a new section of the blog. But I didn’t finish it. I have been working on the new page but sometimes I get distracted by tweets by someone we all know. Then I read articles of about the tweets. Then the comments section on the articles about the … Continue reading Nettleton Wingtip Balmoral 1231
We just had our annual Christmas party here at vcleat.com. It went well but the staff seemed disappointed that the bonus this year was an old pair of shoes. They said they were hoping for cash. I told them, “less is more”. I read that somewhere and it sounded good at the time. Sort of … Continue reading Nettleton Traditionals 4063 Shell Cordovan Restore
The new Star Wars trailer just came out. Rogue One. My first impressions? They went retro. Its 1977 tech again … Uh oh, not another Death Star … Hmm, more bad guys with capes … Why are the Storm troopers such bad soldiers? … They have Star Destroyers but haven’t invented smartphones … and selfie-sticks. … Continue reading Nettleton Traditionals 0205 and 0206
Two more pairs of vintage shoes. Just two pairs. Which might be a lot of shoes to people with one pair of shoes. I have obviously more than a few pairs of shoes. I won’t reveal how many pairs of shoes I have because you might see it as a problem. You might become concerned. … Continue reading Nettleton Traditionals Algonquin
Last year my neighbor’s boyfriend asked me about the shoes I was wearing. He is an older gentleman and probably in his late 60s. Nice guy. I was wearing a pair of brown longwings (or is it long wings?). He told me he use to have a similar pair years ago but would never go … Continue reading Heavy Shoes
I could comment on the crazy US Presidential Primaries but instead I am going to focus on shoes. Which is both easy and hard because I want to talk about politics. But I won’t. Instead I will continue on my quest to be the Nate Silver of Made in USA, vintage men’s dress shoes from … Continue reading Nettleton Algonquin Strip Down
