Allen Edmonds is having a pretty good sale online today

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if you're going to spend $400 on a shoe, you need to be buying Alden. Apparently they're the best USA dress shoe, as far as construction.

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they are unquestionably better, but you wont find many pairs of Aldens for $400

AE isn't what it used to be, but they're still good.

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Now, I only buy their shoes with the Danite rubber sole.

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im on this boat too, my everyday pair has the Danite

Alden is better. But I buy most of my AEs for like 200 bucks, so they're not really competitors in my mind.

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Do you mean leather sole?

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Yes. Sorry.

I had a good pair of Allen Edmonds I took to the Cobbler. He put a better leather sole on it and refinished the uppers for $148. Those shoes look and feel new now.

I'm not sure I'd refinish another pair of Allen Edmonds though unless I just loved the model and it was discontinued.

Alden's are way out of my budget though for shoes. Maybe when I become a baller.

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I have a cobbler here local that told me if you're going to spend $400 on a shoe, you need to be buying Alden. Apparently they're the best USA dress shoe, as far as construction. I am and was a big proponent of Allen Edmonds. Now, I only buy their shoes with the Danite rubber sole. Their wooden soles wear out too quickly.

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You’re not getting new Aldens for $400. They aren’t a direct competitor of AE.

Also, shoe soles are leather, not wood.

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Also, shoe soles are leather, not wood.

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You never wore Cole Haan then

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Alden makes shoes for JCrew that occasionally go on sale in the mid $400's. That's the best I've seen them.

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I went shopping for them after the Cobbler recommended them to me.

The basic Oxford like I enjoy was about $675 standard. I purposed just to take better care of my Allen Edmonds.

If you don't make $200K a year, you probably have no business routinely buying Alden. But people spend money in different ways. I just spend $600 on dress shirts at Brooks Brothers this morning

Rancourt is closer in price to AE (at full price).

Much more limited, but another good option at about 300-400 bucks.

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If you don't make $200K a year, you probably have no business routinely buying Alden.

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You don't "routinely buy" Alden. That's the point. They aren't tennis shoes.

Assuming you take decent care of them, they'll last you 20+ years.

The Black Friday sale had the Park Avenues for $197.