This pair of Loake Cagney is made in Loake’s factory in England and retails at £120 on Loake’s website. I got mine from P. Lal Shoe Store at RM599.00.

This pair of goodyear welted shoes comes in the F fitting with shoelaces. The shoe feels comfortable when walking, no doubt helped by the cushioned insole. No complaints whatsoever

Tricker’s prides themselves as using only the best available materials, including calf upper leather and oak bark tanned soles. Highly skilled Tricker’s craftsmen apply their legendary skills to produce both hand-made and bench-made shoes which maintain a standard seldom equalled in the world of Goodyear welted footwear.

Tricker’s offer their own repair service and would recommend that all Tricker’s footwear would benefit being repaired on the original lasts of manufacture, so as not to alter the shape and fitting of your footwear.

The family shoe making business continued to grow and in 1930, Joseph Humphrey ‘Dick’ Cheaney, grandson of the founder, joined the company. Upon returning from his service with the Royal Air Force in the Second World War, ‘Dick’ Cheaney envisioned and pursued a policy of producing the most finely crafted shoes for export as well as the home trade, and this has survived to the present day. In 1966, Cheaney won the Queen’s Award to Industry and was sold to Church & Company plc.

In August 2009, William and Jonathan Church carried out a management buy-out of the Cheaney business from Church & Co, and they now own and operate the company. Both William and Jonathan are fully committed to producing footwear entirely made in England. The hallmarks of the production of the finest quality goodyear welted shoes continue at Church & Co.

The makers of the Crockett & Jones men’s shoe testifies to the strength, durability and comfort of shoes made using the goodyear-welted construction. Using only the finest leather, Crockett & Jones shoes are individually crafted and takes up to eight weeks to complete after undergoing approximately 200 processes. Now in its 5th generation, Crockett & Jones have continued to keep to its tradition of producing the finest goodyear welted shoes for the gentlemen who knows the best.

Specialising in the best goodyear welted shoes around, Barker shoes are beautifully designed and styled to suit the most demanding of customers. Albert Barker has widely been credited as the man who brought this brand to great heights. Employing skilled shoemakers and ensuring the highest quality control, Barker shoes supplied boots to the British army during the First World War. Needless to say, the brand has grown from strength to strength.

Barker’s goodyear welted shoes are sought after due to its hand-crafted design with some 200,000 pairs produced annually. Each pair of goodyear welted shoes deliver excellent insulation against cold and heat, good shape retention and a unique feature – easy to repair.

“Barkerwelt”, a special Barker version of the welted construction employs the cementing of the sole method rather than stitching to ensure a longer lasting pair of shoe. This allows for a closer sole edge and a lighter sole giving finer looking, more flexible sole – whilst still retaining the advantages of welted shoes.

For starters, having a pair of natural leather goodyear welted shoes obviously gives you better comfort and lasting compared to synthetic materials. Try to observe the following tips on shoe care:-

1. To keep the backs strong and stable, use a shoehorn when putting on your shoes. A strong and sturdy back helps to prevent against ankle injuries as well.

2. Avoid wearing your shoes in wet conditions during the first few occasions. When the shoe is new, it needs time to be conditioned to your feet and keeping it dry will help during this process.

3. Where possible, ensure that the shoes are given a day’s rest before wearing them again. Natural leather shoes require time to dry out through natural perspiration. Having two pairs of shoes or more to for alternate wearing would be best.

4. If shoes are wet, dry them naturally and away from direct heat. Do not place them near a heater as this will damage the leather. Stuff some newspaper into the shoe to assist the drying process.

5. Use a shoe tree to keep the shoe in good shape. This will also allow the shoe to breathe.

6. To prevent cracking, drying or excessive creasing, use a good-quality cream or wax polish regularly to moisturise the leather. Make sure the colour of the cream or wax is similar to your goodyear welted shoes before applying.

7. Engage a professional cobbler to replace the sole or heel before it wears out.

Back in 1880, the Thomas, John and William brothers opened a modest shoe factory in the heart of Northamptonshire, England with the aim of providing the most comfortable, durable and good looking gentlemen’s shoes. Unlike many others, Loake shoemakers are still family owned till today and their shoes, especially the classic goodyear welted shoes, are found in over 30 countries worldwide.

Taking approximately eight weeks to produce, each of the premium Goodear Welted shoes are ably crafted by 130 skilled shoemakers, contains up to 75 shoe parts and goes through 200 different operations to ensure the best quality shoes available. Needless to say, only the very highest quality materials are used.

Loake offers a range of classic and contemporary designs and was also awarded the Royal Warrant of Appointment to the Queen in 2007, a testament to their finest quality goodyear welted shoes.

The “Goodyear Welt” shoe construction is traditional method of the manufacture of men’s working shoes. Ingeniously invented by the son of Charles Goodyear, these shoes are handcrafted by highly skilled shoemakers, notably in Northamptonshire, England. It is no wonder then that the Goodyear Welted Shoes are in high demand amongst the discerning working men as it evokes a handsome look to the wearer.

Offering a constant flow of air through the shoes, the Goodyear Welted Shoes lasts longer than the ordinary dress shoe. The secret to the construction is that the upper is shaped over the last and kept secured through the sewing of a strip of leather or ‘Welt’ to the upper and inner sole. Upon completion, a sole is attached to the welt. A cork material popularly known as Flexofil is used to fill the cavity within the welt prior to the stitching.

Needless to say, only the finest quality materials are used for the construction of these shoes not to mention, time consuming. A unique feature of this type of shoes is that the shoes can be repaired by replacing the sole without damaging the other parts of the shoes.

It is no wonder that the Goodyear Welted Shoes are the preferred construction for highly reputable brands in the shoe industry such as Loake Shoes, Church, Grenson, Alfred Sargent, Crockett & Jones and Barker.