A few weeks back I got a notification from Allen Edmonds that they were having a shell cordovan sales event. I was travelling so called into a store in the Chicago area and found that there were some goodies on offer. I ended up ordering a pair of the Dundee chukkas in bourbon color - I already have this in espresso brown and like it a lot. They told me that it would take 6-8 weeks to make up the shoes but they arrived yesterday only about 2 weeks after ordering. So far I am impressed - a very attractive shade of shell cordovan that doesn't show up very often for reasons that have been widely discussed here and on other forums. One reason for my loyalty to AE (and frustration with Alden) is that AE makes shoes that fit my feet. The 3E fits like a glove right out of the box. I wore the shoes all day today and they are already practically broken in. A few pics follow. I will follow up with some additional pics after a few weeks of wearing these. Note the bourbon are in the slightly lighter weight Dundee 2 design - I think that it works well
for the light
er color shell.
for the light