All-leather brown Oxford shoes by City Craft?

[Anthony Jordan]

English-made shoes, retailed by "City Craft" of whom I have never heard. However, they appear to be nicely finished, with channelled soles, all leather heels, etc.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Great!

Size?

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[Anthony Jordan]

8 1/2 UK - about an "F" width fitting - it is marked as "6", which is a width convention that, as far as I know, only Tricker's use amongst English makers these days. I was a bit nonplussed when they arrived, as I didn't think I was getting vintage! They are very handsome, I'm just a bit reluctant to use them, they are so pristine...

 

[The Wingnut]

WOW, those are nice.

Given the color, if it weren't for the cap toe, they'd work well for US Army officer's low quarters.

...then again, a lot of guys fudged the regs all over the place back then. There's a shot of Jack Ilfrey wearing monk strap shoes with his Class A uniform.

 

[BellyTank]

Keep looking... cowboy boots... loafers...

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Sarp Shoes

English-made shoes, retailed by "City Craft" of whom I have never heard. However, they appear to be nicely finished, with channelled soles, all leather heels, etc.

Those are similar to a beautiful pair of black ones I bought not long ago from a guy in NYC. They have leather so good it now has a mirror shine like those you see on the mapvintage site. The slightly spade sole is also a good look. Where did you get 'em?

 

[Anthony Jordan]

I bought them at online auction; I was actually looking for an ordinary pair of good quality brown Oxfords to add to my rotation and was slightly nonplussed to get what looks like vintage deadstock/unworn - had I seen a picture of the inside I might have guessed!

 

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Like eBay or a different auction:eusa_doh: :eusa_doh: - they were obviously not listed in the vintage shoes section - a real find congrats!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[Anthony Jordan]

Yes, that's right, on eBay but just listed amongst the regular shoes. I'm currently treating them with some neutral dubbin to ensure that they are nice and supple before I try and wear them.

These are another pair, this time by Barratt's of Northampton:
http://uk.geocities.com/anthony_hugh_jordan/vintage_oxford_shoes.html

The interesting thing I find is that with vintage shoes, even makes which were probably fairly inexpensive in their day offer the sort of styling that you need to pay quite a lot of money to obtain today.

 

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Vintage Shoes

Yes my ones are a deadstock replica of those....you are right about the styles when compared to the awful stuff you see in the shops for the big dosh..