A really nice Balmoral Captoe in #6 Shell Cordovan with Natural Inking:



A boot without the shaft
Classic Longwing Derby in #8 Scotch Grain Shell Cordovan with Storm Welt and heavy sole:


2 Years in the making……much too long, for sure, but now that we have the pattern, I like this enough that I might have the pattern developed for sizes and put this on the hit list:




A 2-eyelet Plaintoe derby in Antiqued Whiskey Shell Cordovan:

Finally, a Captoe Derby with slightly larger Perfs and metal eyelets in, well, we’ll call it ‘Antique Bordo’. Notice the interesting topline:


Not a bad day……till next time -
Ron