Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]just buy them from a retailer who ships to France - there's tons in the UK. Fell apart after 18 months... jeesh. I bought my Brashers two years ago and have worn them almost every day - that includes two sub-arctic winters as well as summer heat in the Okanagan Valley. They look like maybe another two years or so before they go in to be refurbished. Get a proper shoe Steve.. :-) tim > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Steve > Unsworth > Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 10:26 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Now SHOES... Re: Leica Price increase > > > The trouble is that I don't live in the Ireland, the UK or Iceland. I > did have a pair of Mephisto shoes (bought here in Paris) and wore them > almost every day for 18 months before they fell apart. > > I really should get another pair. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Tim > Atherton > Sent: 21 December 2002 18:09 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Now SHOES... Re: Leica Price increase > > > > > Pleeaassee can we get back to talking about filters? Or bags, or > > shoes. Whisky hasn't had a good thread recently. But can we please > > kill this now. > > forget those goofy, late middle aged American travelling in Europe > Mephistos - these are the shoes to get!: > > http://www.brasher.co.uk/ > > extremely light, comfortable, hard wearing - also smart looking! Get > them refurbished every couple of years and they last for ever (kinda > like a Leica). > > I used to use the Brasher boots first incarnation 15 years ago - the > lightest and most comfortable fell and mountain boots I ever had. The > shoes are the perfect, walking around all day, climbing over rough > terrain, photography footwear. And unlike the Mephistos you can wear > them to dinner with your unstructured Armani silk jacket and Helmut Lang > jeans... (they also go with a kilt Marc) > > tim > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html