Ghillie brogues, yes or no?

[Bugbear]

Since you cannot see the illustrations...allow me to offer a description: There are two buckles on a each shoe of a pair of buckle brogues...one small functional buckle high on the side of the instep and another larger, purely ornamental, one over the ball joint area.

On a buckle shoe such as might have been worn by any man (sometimes women) during the 18th to 19th century, the buckle is centered over the middle cuniform...somewhere near the pronounced bone ridge that may be felt on top of the instep. There is only one buckle per shoe and it may range from and inch and a half square, to two and a half inches long by almost two inches wide..

Oh! Thanks for clearing that up for me, DWFII.

I didn't even know there was a lower, ornamental buckle, and I thought we were talking about the functional buckle.

I think I would rather not have the lower, ornamental buckle on my own shoes. It's kind of stuck that way in my mind's eye for what ever reason...

Although, I would tend to prefer the functional buckle to be a large buckle; just seems to be better looking to me...