Buckle shoes

**Rollo** · 14th July 09, 07:03 AM

I justreceive these buckle shoes from Jas Townsend & sobs (indication of Matt Newsome). How do you find them ?

**JSFMACLJR** · 14th July 09, 07:23 AM

They are extremely nice looking shoes for formal wear. I like them a lot.

**McMurdo** · 14th July 09, 07:25 AM

I would have to agree with Sandford these would work wonderfully for formal wear not really right with a polo shirt.

**Splash_4** · 14th July 09, 07:26 AM

Those are really very nice.

**BobsYourUncle** · 14th July 09, 07:41 AM

Very nice for formal wear. Are they straight lasted, and are they comfortable? Cheers!

**Rollo** · 14th July 09, 08:13 AM

Yes indeed, it's for formal dress, but it was to hot for wear another dess than a polo !
I only wanted take a photo of these shoes !!!
They are straight lasted and very confortable !

billmcc · 14th July 09, 08:15 AM

Very nice shoes.

**Dall_Piobaire** · 14th July 09, 09:01 AM

I think, my taste, I prefer these to the patent leather with the lower buckle! Maybe even to the ghillie for all around.

Technically speaking, wouldn't they be more traditional than even the pumps? They would have been circa 17th and 18th centuries?

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 14th July 09, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by Dall_Piobaire

I think, my taste, I prefer these to the patent leather with the lower buckle! Maybe even to the ghillie for all around.

Technically speaking, wouldn't they be more traditional than even the pumps? They would have been circa 17th and 18th centuries?

Certainly in the mid-to-late 18th century gentlemen would have worn pumps, sometimes called slippers. Generally speaking a gentleman would remove his boots and slip on his pumps when entering a friends home to avoid tracking in mud and muck. Because shoes were "blacked" (a mixture of tallow and soot) a gentleman would also slip into his (lacquered) pumps for an evening of dancing, out of consideration for the shoes (and feet) of his partner.

Both shoes are now considered "traditional" for evening wear, although for dancing many gentlemen still prefer pumps. When I am next in Oregon I intend to have a pair of very light buckle and strap shoes made for wearing to Highland balls.