patent leather shoes

cmathews · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 04, 2003, 09:39am

I know that there was a thread on this before, but without search I am not searching manually.....where can I order the converse patent leather shoes...I ordered a pair from officials choice, they are too small and they don't have my size in stock...any suggestions?? thanks

Ron Pilo · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 04, 2003, 09:41am

Officials Choice are the only authorized sellers of the Converse Patent Leather. Sorry. You're gonna have to wait until they have yours in stock.

cmathews · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 04, 2003, 09:45am

Ron,
Thanks, I was afraid of that.....

nine01c · #4 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 04, 2003, 10:36am

I was told (by an Official's Choice vendor) that Converse has gone out of business (or will soon). I wouldn't expect these shoes to be manufactured for long, if he was correct. All this guy was selling was New Balance shoes.

nine01c · #5 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 04, 2003, 12:35pm

Sorry if I misspoke. Nike has bought out Converse from it's bankruptcy, or something like that. I think the vendor was telling me that the Converse Basketball Officials shoes will no longer be made, or at least no longer be available through Officials Choice. A look at all the major officials suppliers shows no Converse choices, or, CLOSEOUTS on their Converse products (limited sizes left over). One site did have a Converse Press (listed as a basketball shoe) in all sizes.

Converse seems to be touting it's retro Chuck Taylors to nostalgic baby boomers, and now their teenagers (my daughter has a pair in lovely, shiney, purple). Anyway, I don't know if there is a future for the Converse Officials shoes.

tomegun · #6 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 04, 2003, 01:29pm

Smitty, do you live in Oregon? I would love to work at Nike, just for the benefits alone. Honestly, how much do you wear the swoosh? Also, can you tell someone that they should develope a shoe for officials? I will do the dirty work and come out to test them!

w_sohl · #7 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 04, 2003, 06:00pm

Just spoke to Officials Choice Inc (12/04) no more patent leather shoes from Converse.

ref18 · #8 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 04, 2003, 06:26pm

Good thing i bought a pair when they were $54 each over the summer. Now i gotta find another good shoe that's shiney for when they wear out.

ref18 · #9 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 04, 2003, 06:29pm

Just a question about the Nike shoe Honigs has. Is that just a black basketball shoe, or is it a shoe specifically made for referees?

Smitty · #10 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 04, 2003, 06:32pm

That's a really good question. The name of the shoe is "Down Low", which initially implied to me that it was just a basketball shoe that happens to be all black and therefore an ideal ref shoe. But the description on the Honig's site for the shoe implies it is specifically a ref shoe. It looks awfully bulky to be marketed as a basketball shoe, especially noting the latest styles coming out. There's nothing internally here that I can look at to check it out from this end. My guess is that it's intended to be a ref shoe.

smoref · #11 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 04, 2003, 06:35pm

It is a BB shoe. It does still need to be shined up a little though. A friend of mine has a pair. I got the Nike hyper flight all black patent leather. They do not make them any more but I have gotten 2 pair off of E-bay.

ref18 · #12 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 04, 2003, 06:37pm

I hateshining shoes. Do any of the Canadians in this forum know any place that sells leather lustre north of the border?