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    Skulls on Wing Tips

    For those of you who read and remember the Couture Kilt thread, here is a pair of shoes to match perhaps. :smirk: This find courtesy of the Boing Boing blog. http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/08...tip-shoes.html

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    Yikes! At $750 as well.

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    ONLY $750.
    Fit me for a pair in each color please.

    [FONT="Georgia"][B][I]-- Larry B.[/I][/B][/FONT]

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    Great looking shoes but at $750, I dont think so?

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    Why would anyone who could afford those shoes want to wear tiny skulls on their feet anyway? Would it be some sort of semi-secret rebelliousness...the kind in which only the wearer knows that he's rebelling? Hmmm...very interesting!

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    Quote Originally Posted by pipesndrumsnun View Post
    Why would anyone who could afford those shoes want to wear tiny skulls on their feet anyway? Would it be some sort of semi-secret rebelliousness...the kind in which only the wearer knows that he's rebelling? Hmmm...very interesting!
    Apparently the skull and bones is from an old English cavalry regiment. So it isn't a sign of rebellion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chef View Post
    Apparently the skull and bones is from an old English cavalry regiment. So it isn't a sign of rebellion.
    Would you be thinking of the 17th/21st Lancers, by any chance?

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    Just to play devil's advocate. I find it interesting that when deciding to pay well for good materials, and hand taylored quality in kilts, $500, $600, or what ever price is warrented, but that does not prove true for other items? :confused: Don't flame the messenger now, just like to throw this stuff up as I find it, and am curious in the reactions and responses, especially since I cannot see the items for myself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Toddo View Post
    Just to play devil's advocate. I find it interesting that when deciding to pay well for good materials, and hand taylored quality in kilts, $500, $600, or what ever price is warranted, but that does not prove true for other items? :confused: Don't flame the messenger now, just like to throw this stuff up as I find it, and am curious in the reactions and responses, especially since I cannot see the items for myself.
    We each make a cost/value/craftsmanship/utility decision from the perspective of our own means and experience.
    There are items that we cannot afford.
    And there are some that we might afford but will not choose.
    At the far end of those judgments is a line that is “beyond the pale” (if you will excuse the expression).

    The price of those shoes crosses that line for me.
    [FONT="Georgia"][B][I]-- Larry B.[/I][/B][/FONT]

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    Quote Originally Posted by Larry124 View Post
    We each make a cost/value/craftsmanship/utility decision from the perspective of our own means and experience.
    There are items that we cannot afford.
    And there are some that we might afford but will not choose.
    At the far end of those judgments is a line that is “beyond the pale” (if you will excuse the expression).

    The price of those shoes crosses that line for me.
    Well said and thank you.

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