You could sell those pairs individually & just buy a new pair of Tassies wirh money left over...
The shape on these is doo-doo, but that's a good deal if you don't really mind the shape.
Ya my point exactly. These are hard to come by and soon will be almost impossible to cop for any reasonable price.
If that convenience is worth it to you, it's completely your call. However, I wouldn't be too fixated on looking at (recent) footwear as "stocks & bonds". It's always amusing to see people put a price on used/new shoes in recent years as if they'll exceed/maintain that value (especially used). Footwear has a shelf life. Although the market makes limited footwear more grandiose than it truly is, the bubble will eventually burst. I buy/sell/trade as a hobby, but I wouldn't look that far into it in regards to long-term, monetary value...
Not gonna lie, im just lazy
I agree. It seems as if he's open & willing to take the hit as the Tassies are worth more to him on a personal level than market value. Granted, that's nice & how we should all look at collecting, but I'd rather go the route of purchasing the Tassies outright as opposed to inevitably paying/trading more than necessary. If footwear continues the way it's going, don't be surprised if you see a re-release (especially of the Tassies). I sold both my pairs at peak value & would gladly do that trade if I still had them...
I was so down to buy these but I'll pass for a pair of made in usa
Not sure you can do much about it. I dont have it in my daytonas but do see a little of it in my mints. It seems to be the way the leather was pulled and glued from the factory. I have tried stuff with socks and everything else but at the end of the day it will just come back. I just take it as is when dealing with these super soft suede toe boxes.
I wouldn't say it's creased in the usual sense, like the small creases that you see from wear. It is a much larger "crease" you could say that shows up when the toe box is unstuffed. That's why I'm describing it as an indentation... Sorry if this is confusing. I will try and post pics of it later today.
Yeah I figured it would keep coming back... Just wish there was something I could do. I'm not going to iron it, I'm afraid to even moisten the suede that it might stain or to use a hairdryer since it might dry out the suede too much. Thanks for your response though. Repped.
its more like wrinkling or rippling of the leather. Its very common on my Made in the USA pairs from NB.
I wore my Daytonas during last week. Someone stepped on it and it made a big dent on the left toe box. Every time I walk, you can visible see the dent/crease on left toe box. I stuffed bunch of factory paper to toe box area, and took white t-shirt that I don't wear it anymore and cover it around the toe area and use iron back and forth in dent area.... now I don' even see the dent anymore. I walked around the house and don't see the dent/crease. Maybe take some walk when all this snows melt and see how it goes..
You're a brave man, going the iron route. How many layers of your shirt was over the area? Once, twice? And what setting did you use on it? This route would be last resort for me I think...
yeah... i still wear it as beaters tho
I had one layer of my shirt cotton. Iron was on cotton mode, but I didn't put any pressure iron to the shoes. I kept tapping tapping press steam button twice.. If you put too much pressure to iron to shoes, it's going to make ugly mark..
