Vintage Florsheim Longwings!

Vintage Florsheim are just as good as internet fools say they are! Florsheim made shoes of top-quality leather and were one of the first American shoe manufacturers to receive whole hides and cut them at the factory. Florsheim even had a practice to discard lesser hides! They really did not cut corners, and they REALLY don't make them like they used to. The 360 storm welt and double leather soles are luxury features on today's footwear, but they were the norm for this former American powerhouse.

Today Florsheim joins Cole Haan, Johnston & Murphy, Footjoy, Nettleton, Bostonian, and even Allen Edmonds as purveyors of outsourced and corrected-grain junk.

This pair was for the Florsheim subsidiary "Worthmore." This line was aimed at getting younger men buying proper shoes, setting them up to be lifelong loyal customers.

Done in a burgundy calfskin, the years have been very kind to the leather. The deep burgundy comes to life in the light with deep reds and light browns emerging. If you're a 11 D, you can buy them here!

--Dan