C&J Highbury's

ajd_007

After visiting Crockett and Jones this week to have a look at some Highbury shoes and the Tetbury boots, I ended up walking away with a pair of Highbury shoes. The Tetbury's are on backorder at the moment and I have been told its a 4-6 week wait.

Very happy with my purchase, they are exceptionally well made.



Andy

othertravel

Very nice. Was thinking of the same purchase myself.

welshboy78

They are very comfy!!!

ajd_007

welshboy78 wrote:

They are very comfy!!!

I know, I couldn't believe it when I tried them on. It felt like they had already been worn in.

RAINbowTRAIL

Looks good! How is the dainite sole?

ajd_007

RAINbowTRAIL wrote:

Looks good! How is the dainite sole?

Very impressed with it. Its been a lot more stable than the leather or wooden shoe soles in the current climate.

Matt S

ajd_007 wrote:

RAINbowTRAIL wrote:

Looks good! How is the dainite sole?

Very impressed with it. Its been a lot more stable than the leather or wooden shoe soles in the current climate.

Dainite soles are amazing! I find that they can be a little stiff compared to leather at first, but they have great traction and look nice too. Your Highburys are beautiful shoes! I've been thinking of having some of my Crockett & Jones shoes resoled with Dainite. Where do you find shoes with wooden soles? Some leather soles are painted to look like wood, but no good shoemakers do wooden soles.

ajd_007

Matt S wrote:

Where do you find shoes with wooden soles? Some leather soles are painted to look like wood, but no good shoemakers do wooden soles.

I have some Oliver Sweeney boots, which seem like they have a wooden sole.

Matt S

ajd_007 wrote:

Matt S wrote:

Where do you find shoes with wooden soles? Some leather soles are painted to look like wood, but no good shoemakers do wooden soles.

I have some Oliver Sweeney boots, which seem like they have a wooden sole.

Are you sure they aren't leather? Oliver Sweeny's leather soles are painted on the sides to look like wood, as many good shoemakers do. If they are indeed wood, be careful with the splinters when the soles wear down!

ajd_007

They differently feel like wood, I could be wrong though. However, they are about 6/7 years old now and they have withstood some abuse. )

RAINbowTRAIL

Matt S wrote:

ajd_007 wrote:

RAINbowTRAIL wrote:

Looks good! How is the dainite sole?

Very impressed with it. Its been a lot more stable than the leather or wooden shoe soles in the current climate.

Dainite soles are amazing! I find that they can be a little stiff compared to leather at first, but they have great traction and look nice too. Your Highburys are beautiful shoes! I've been thinking of having some of my Crockett & Jones shoes resoled with Dainite. Where do you find shoes with wooden soles? Some leather soles are painted to look like wood, but no good shoemakers do wooden soles.

In the phases of walking there is a Stance phase and a Swing Phase. Your foot will undergo 5 phases duing stance. Heel strike, Early flatfoot, Late flatfoot, Heel rise, and finally Toe off. For the first 3 phases during stance, the shoe needs to be rigid. However for the final 2 phases the shoe needs to be flexible, but only in the distal 1/3 part of the shoe so you can flex the MT joint.
To keep the heel rigid many bootmakers use either an iron clip (C&J, JL, ect.) or wood (VASS for example). Sometimes this wood remains visible... -{

The only complete wooden shoes I know
http://www.nederlandseklompen.nl/news.php?news_id=45

Remmert007

If anyone needs some wooden soles, let me know, we're famous for it in Holland )

ajd_007

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JTM

As this is one of the very few discussion not sale threads on here for C&J shoes, just going to resurrect it quickly with a couple of questions, hopefully someone can help out.

I recently managed to pick up a pair of brand new Highbury's for an excellent price online. In my rush to grab them before they were picked up by someone else however, I didn't wait around and message the seller with any questions or ask for any further pictures. This was a bit of a rookie error as the listing did not have any pictures of the soles but as the description said Vibram rubber (and I thought the Highbury's only came with the one sole) I just assumed they were dainite. When I recieved them the other day though, I saw they were C&J's rubber EVA soles.

eg: <– Not Highbury’s

It was a bit disappointing at first—and quite surprising as I didn't think the Highbury's came in anything but dainite—but hey, while the soles aren't SA, they can't be seen and they can be changed down the track if I wanted so it doesn't really bother me. Anyway my question! Has anyone had experience with this type of EVA soles on C&J or any other shoes?? How well do they last? How's the grip? etc

Asp9mm

Are you sure they’re Highburys? They certainly don’t look it, the shape is wrong completely. The toe should be narrow and squared, not wide and rounded. The sole on a Highbury 348 last is very angular, those shoes look nothing like them. Which would explain why they aren’t Dainite.

JTM

Oh no the pic was just an example I found online of another pair of C&J’s (Bradford’s) with the same EVA rubber sole. I haven’t had an opportunity to take a pic of my pair’s sole and I couldn’t find a single pic anywhere online of a pair of Highbury’s with the EVAs. Here’s a shot from the listing—they’re definitely Highbury’s. I apologise for the confusion.

Asp9mm

) that’s OK then.

DB6

I think C&J changed the sole from dainite to their ‘urban’ rubber eva sole - same uppers/last etc, just a different sole.

You could always get dainite soles fitted when you’ve worn out the existing ones and have them resolved

RAINbowTRAIL

C&J have something they call city rubber (made by the Harbourough Rubber Co.) which is similar to dainite. They seem to favor it over dainite on their 'city' shoes.

EVA is something different.

(edit): added link to new C&J Highbury

https://www.crockettandjones.com/collections/mens/main-collection/highbury-black-calf-city/