Oxblood shoes

[tulloch]

McRostie of Glasgow would be worth a thought.

I was thinking that. Go to this site: https://www.said.net/secure/mcrostie/index-shop.asp

On the right side they have a place to choose a color. There is an i to the right of the choice tab. Click that. I think that Dark Havana (the one I chose) is a good match for oxblood.

[imrichmond]

RKilts (see the link at the top of this page) advertises on their website oxblood as one of their sporran colours.

[War dog]

You have to love so many options for what I, naively, assumed was a hard to find object. Kudos to all those who answered. I am lusting after the brass can't,e one from Artificer. I had better be extra good to my wife!

wardog

[crash]

RKilts (see the link at the top of this page) advertises on their website oxblood as one of their sporran colours.

One of the sporrans that Robert has made for me is half oxblood and half black and my favorite.

[Father Bill]

The original question was about oxblood shoes... so while we're at it, where do you folks think they fall on the formality scale between black and brown?

[Lime]

The original question was about oxblood shoes... so while we're at it, where do you folks think they fall on the formality scale between black and brown?

Good question. I would put them firmly in the brown camp (i.e. not as formal as black) but I do have a great fondness for brown leather generally (and oxblood in particular) and so I, personally, bend the rules wherever I think I can get away with it and don a pair of oxbloods.

I'm lucky enough to have a pair of Barker Brogues with a black body but with the toe-caps, the leather at the laces, and the leather at the heels in oxbood which are just divine and further blur the boundaries.

[Mael Coluim]

I had Artificer make this sporran and belts for me.

[TheOfficialBren]

The original question was about oxblood shoes... so while we're at it, where do you folks think they fall on the formality scale between black and brown?

If it's brown-appropriate then it's oxblood appropriate.

If it's an occasion where I would gravitate toward black then I would shy away from brown (or any other colour, oxblood included).

I would still classify oxblood under brown. Yes, it's a reddish brown but it boils down to brown.

[Jock Scot]

The original question was about oxblood shoes... so while we're at it, where do you folks think they fall on the formality scale between black and brown?

I think we need to be careful when using dress codes and conventions that have little to do with kilt attire conventions. It is quite normal for black shoes to be worn regularly in any and all circumstances with the kilt, right from a stroll across the hill to the most formal of formal events. That is not to say that there is anything wrong with brown(oxblood) shoes being worn for the less formal event, should one choose so to do.

[Liam]

Hi Wardog,
I like Oxblood ( aka Cordovan) shoes, too. I think they might be better with a fur sporran or a black one. I have yet to see an oxblood colored one, but it might be nice. If you poke around a while, you will find a number of people who prefer to always wear black shoes, even when wearing a brown sporran. I recently wore some eusty brown suede shoes. I did not wait for a rusty brown suede sporran- I just wore my brown hair-on cowhide one.

Despite the advice of my Wife's Grandfather - Jock Morrison, some 35 years ago when I first donned a kilt, I like to "match" leathers, including shoes. His advice was to always wear black shoes, and many of the traditional kilt wearers here follow that advice. I like the look of tan shoes with a tan sporran and belt for day wear, or oxblood shoes with matching belt and sporran in your case.

Cheers...Bill