Phillip McDowell Thank you for choosing Allen Edmonds!

The man in the video says it's 25 years since Allen Edmonds started. AE was founded in 1922, so the date of the clip should be around 1947. My impression is the technology shown seems to be a bit further ahead.

And yep... it does look like a KG 1955. I just looked it up to see some photos. BTW... Were there Karmann Ghia cars before 1950 ? If so, what did they look like ? Thanks.

First year of production for the Karmann Ghia was late-1955 (there were very few of them, and the year is often cited as 1956). There were a few earlier prototypes dating back to 1954, but the front end was sufficiently different (i.e. lacking the air intake ports) that they're not what's pictured. Looking closely, it appears to have chrome park light bezels, which were introduced mid-1958 from the factory, but were a parts department part before that, almost certainly an optional dealer accessory, and the American market tended to get a lot more chrome bits than most other markets at the time, so it certainly doesn't rule out an earlier model. My '57 had painted bezels, but it was also poorly restored by a previous owner. It does say "25 years of revolutionary shoemaking experience..." (~9:55), so I don't know what's going on there. I can say I used to have a piano built in 1911 that commemorated the "400th anniversary of Columbus landing in the Americas", which would have been 1892, so maybe there was some cultural looseness with dates or something once upon a time... It's all pretty moot though, because if you look closely at the opening credits shot (~1:18), you can see the copyright date at the bottom stating MCMLVII (1957), so that's about as definitive as you can get.

My dad had a Karmann Ghia, I'm not sure about the year though, I think somewhere around the 60s. I think it's a cool car, I would have one today. I was thinking of having a vintage car like that -- or buying an old Porsche and have it restored. Hmmm... I'm impressed you were able to spot and read the date there. Thank you.

@@spectre6000 excellent catch and write up, thank you for taking the time to write this!

Eh doubtful that you share the same size

They truly are lifetime shoes if you take care of them, they can also be resoled at least a couple times as well.

Lucas T haha!!! Lol!!!

Exactly my thoughts. I'm not going to go flex any of mine like that.

I have a pair Leeds Bucher Oxfords, they are quite flexible. I didn't twist them to this extent but they are tougher and more malleable then you think!

that's CGI

I tried with a new pair i have nect to me, and youre absolutely not able to at all. The only pair i had that were able to do that were a pair of bologna stitched Santonis...

It depends on the leather I think, but a comment made by the AE team on another video says most of their shoes would still likely stand up to it; I think they would, even if it would be a little more difficult.

Good music and presentation! And narration! Now a lot of videos that show how things are made are in many ways crude or with no narration.

@Yankie Doodle I'm a guy, dumbass.

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Shortly after Allen Edmonds started this testing, Big Foot sightings in Wisconsin increased 10 fold 🤣

Russian collusion...

Liberals hate everything

They're called trolls...spiteful people with nothing better to do.

Haters gonna hate

Wooden shoes are mostly used around the house or out in the garden, kind of how an American might do with Crocs or houseshoes.