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Pair of Poet VIII Patina brown leather loafers with leather art sole
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The Poet VIII Patina loafers II

Sale price$750.00 USD
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A masterpiece in see and feel, the poems of life & love at your feet - astonishing custom-engraved patina loafers.  
 
Hand cut from raw high-grade Italian crust leather, shoe patterns are engraved with
carefully encrypted & mathematically intricate poem versus inspired by Khalil Gibran, reimagined in Arabic calligraphy art.

After much hand brushing and polishing, the glacé effect is jaw-dropping, as you can see on the pictures.
 

Finished with a special hand painted brown Papiro Patina brush stroke technique & a special leather art sole.


The Details:

Please note: Limited Edition designs require a longer production time compared to our standard styles

Materials: brown crust Papiro Patina italian calf

Lining: black calf leather

Sole: goodyear welted leather art sole

*Disclaimer: none of our designs affiliate or represent any type of political or religious representation, and are merely created for the purposes of art and design.


The Fine Print:


  • Shoe production timeline/shipping can vary from 30-40 days from the date of order.
  • All shoes are handmade, small tiny changes or imperfections are natural.
  • Color differentiation of shoes may vary, product color on screen is not 100% guaranteed, it may vary on how the color shows on your screen from one person to another.
  • Most of the time the color difference from picture to when you receive your product is minor and unnoticeable.

 
Pair of Poet VIII Patina brown leather loafers with leather art sole
The Poet VIII Patina loafers II Sale price$750.00 USD

Why this costs what it does

11 days, not 11 hours

Every patina pair is hand-painted and oxidized over 11 days. Six to nine layers of dye, each one soaking in overnight before the next. Skip this and the color sits on the surface — and rubs off in a season.

What's actually inside

Genuine cork filler, not foam — it molds to your foot over the first 50 wears. A stacked leather heel, not injection-molded plastic. Hand-welted construction that can be resoled four or five times instead of thrown out.

Built to last, not to sell once

Most factory shoes are cement-bonded and can't be repaired. Ours are built to be resoled and re-welted for years — the cost reflects a shoe you'll own once, not replace every season.