Converse Jack Purcell experiment

DB6

Given the rarity of the Jack Purcell OTR from CR I thought I’d try a bit of an experiment and am pretty pleased with the result.

Converse have an option for getting customised Jack Purcell leather hi tops; whilst of course not the OTR version from CR, I thought I’d see how they came out. The overall shape as style is close enough for me. I opted for the dark clove colour, antique brass eyelets and chocolate brown laces. Sidewall options don’t include the brown of the OTR so I went with black.

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Anyway, not SA or anything but happy nonetheless!










Link to the site here: http://www.converse.com/uk/en/dyo/converse-custom-jack-purcell-premium-leather-mid-top/160186CFH17I.html

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JTM

Oh wow, they turned out great! Nice work Dufus -{ Might have to look into that myself

DB6

Thanks!

I did think about getting the light brown/beige coloured sidewalls and then colouring them myself (Angelus dyes can be used to colour them I think). Decided in the end the black looked good enough.

welshboy78

Impressive. Very good!!! {[]

Castle007

Looks awesome. It probably wouldn’t even take that much effort to find a piece of black rubber and (either yourself or someone else) attach it onto the heel and add that back bumper to make it even more screen accurate. Very well done, in any case!

Commandant

Wow!!! That's the best alternative I have seen.
Well done Dufus and thanks for sharing.
The result is outstanding -{ -{ -{

Westward_Drift

Dufus wrote:

Given the rarity of the Jack Purcell OTR from CR I thought I’d try a bit of an experiment and am pretty pleased with the result.

Converse have an option for getting customised Jack Purcell leather hi tops; whilst of course not the OTR version from CR, I thought I’d see how they came out. The overall shape as style is close enough for me. I opted for the dark clove colour, antique brass eyelets and chocolate brown laces. Sidewall options don’t include the brown of the OTR so I went with black.

Signing up to the Converse newsletter gets a 15% code too

Anyway, not SA or anything but happy nonetheless!

Looks great. Very well done. -{

What is the width and sizing of the shoes?

DB6

Thanks!

I went with a Uk 7.5/US 8.5/EU42/26.5cm. I take a 6.5 in C&J, 7 in J Crew Kentons for reference; a 26.5cm is my normal training shoe (sneaker) size. I find the Converse Chuck Taylor range too narrow for my feet; I have had Jack Purcell in leather before and in my opinion they are a bit wider throughout so fit comfortably.

There is an 'all black' rubber "Jack Purcell" logo applied to the back of the heel on the sidewall.

ichaice

Very nice. How much did it cost in the end?

fleiter

This is very cool! they're so close to SA ones.

DB6

fleiter wrote:

This is very cool! they're so close to SA ones.

Run fast enough up a crane and no-one will notice

DB6

Link to the site: http://www.converse.com/uk/en/dyo/converse-custom-jack-purcell-premium-leather-mid-top/160186CFH17I.html

I'm in no way affiliated with Converse, just sharing my own experience -{

Agent Double-O Daniel

Wow, they look great! I may have to pick up a pair. Nice work.

Tennyson

wow... i did try looking to do the same thing a couple of years ago, but they only did the Chuck Taylors, and it just never looked right so gave up.. i will be doing this i think!

Thanks -{

Westward_Drift

Just played around with the custom options. You can make the smile black to match the sidewalls and make the signature on the tongue match the leather color as well, making it pretty good as a CR substitute when going for a SA look.

I need to see if I can find a store that carries Jack Purcells to try on since Converse Chucks are too narrow for me.

dr. evan-gelist

Look good on cowboy

DB6

Westward_Drift wrote:

Just played around with the custom options. You can make the smile black to match the sidewalls and make the signature on the tongue match the leather color as well, making it pretty good as a CR substitute when going for a SA look.

I need to see if I can find a store that carries Jack Purcells to try on since Converse Chucks are too narrow for me.

I did play with that too but went with a contrasting smile and tongue label as on the originals (they were blacked out for the screen).

I find Jack Purcells to fit wider than Chucks; I can't wear Chuck Taylors but these are fine. Still not the widest of shoes but not as narrow as the Chuck's.