Men shoes models?

[wadpro]

Do you know any website I can look at tango shoes models?

 

[opendoor]

There is a shop with quite large choice here in Hamburg:

http://danceaffairs.de/index.php?itemgr=1 The site is not in english but you can watch a wide range of shoes.

Absatz = heel hight (better do not adjust)
Farbe = colour
Nutzer = user, women, or men
Hersteller = brand
suchen = seek

 

[Ampster]

About men's tango shoes:

I've gone through at least 12 pairs of dancing (tango & BR) shoes over the years, spending (literally) thousands of dollars, and this is what I've found—Any street shoe that has a leather sole will work as long as you can move in them and feel the floor with them. You are supposed to be able to go out on a date and dance in them.

This is not ballroom, so having the suede leather sole thing is not necessary. It's nice, but not necessary. Some people will say that hard leather soles are too slippery... Well, work on your balancing skills for yourself and dancing with a partner. Get a wire "sole" brush and gouge the soles with them.

 

[Peaches]

Or forget the shoe brush. Put them on, walk outside and find a nice patch of rough concrete, and do the twist. And then stand there scuffing your feet like a dog kicking up grass after taking a crap. And then do the twist some more. Then go back inside, wipe them off well on a carpet somewhere, and have fun dancing.

 

[bastet]

Or forget the shoe brush. Put them on, walk outside and find a nice patch of rough concrete, and do the twist. And then stand there scuffing your feet like a dog kicking up grass after taking a crap. And then do the twist some more. Then go back inside, wipe them off well on a carpet somewhere, and have fun dancing.

LOL- expedient.

everything said so far will work just fine...but you can also have a look at Neotango shoes for men if you like...

http://www.felinashoes.com/neotangomen.html

I primarily follow, and keep shoes with leather soles (that I try to keep clean and shiny and only use on nice wood floors) and shoes with a cromo half sole for not so nice floors, so when the cromo soles get junk on them, I can just scuff it back out and have it still look like before.

Cromo half soles are not quite like pure suede soles. The cromo is a little stiffer and grittier, not like the chamois style bottoms on ballroom shoes. It's a nice compromise between suede and leather bottom.

 

[Captain Jep]

There's a guy called David Venney who dances tango and has worked for many years for Clarks Shoes in Somerset (England).

He's recently started selling men's sneaker type dance shoes. They've been doing well amongst the England tango community :

http://www.vidadance.com/

 

[Me]

Or forget the shoe brush. Put them on, walk outside and find a nice patch of rough concrete, and do the twist. And then stand there scuffing your feet like a dog kicking up grass after taking a crap. And then do the twist some more. Then go back inside, wipe them off well on a carpet somewhere, and have fun dancing.

I believe we were separated at birth!

 

[Peaches]

I believe we were separated at birth!

LOL. Quite possibly! (Except how come you ended up with my dance partner? Not fair!)

 

[Joe]

Cromo half soles are not quite like pure suede soles. The cromo is a little stiffer and grittier, not like the chamois style bottoms on ballroom shoes. It's a nice compromise between suede and leather bottom.

Um, ballroom soles are nothing like chamois; they are chrome leather.

 

[bastet]

Um, ballroom soles are nothing like chamois; they are chrome leather.

That's the closest I could come to it in my description and experience. Mostly I am just trying to say they feel much different.

An Argentine made chromo half sole is not the same as a full suede ballroom sole. I danced ballroom for years and had both kinds and they are different. The chromo half sole has a much "denser" texture to me and actually looks different than what you get on the bottom of most ballroom shoes where the suede usually has a lot of little looser bits on it that grab the floor.

This extra "grab" can make pivoting more difficult because they grab the floor too much and the couple of pairs of old ballroom shoes I still have and use I have spent a long time "packing" down to achieve a more chromo half sole texure. Chromo half sole don't do that, they act more like regular leather from the start because of their stiffer texture.

I guess the difference I find is the Argentine chromo half sole has a really really low nap compared to a ballroom shoe. It's faiurly obvious when you've got the 2 things in your hand to look at.

 

[hbboogie1]

That's the closest I could come to it in my description and experience. Mostly I am just trying to say they feel much different.

An Argentine made chromo half sole is not the same as a full suede ballroom sole. I danced ballroom for years and had both kinds and they are different. The chromo half sole has a much "denser" texture to me and actually looks different than what you get on the bottom of most ballroom shoes where the suede usually has a lot of little looser bits on it that grab the floor.

This extra "grab" can make pivoting more difficult because they grab the floor too much and the couple of pairs of old ballroom shoes I still have and use I have spent a long time "packing" down to achieve a more chromo half sole texure. Chromo half sole don't do that, they act more like regular leather from the start because of their stiffer texture.

I guess the difference I find is the Argentine chromo half sole has a really really low nap compared to a ballroom shoe. It's faiurly obvious when you've got the 2 things in your hand to look at.

In Argentina the Tango shoe stores sell men’s shoes with suede or regular leather soles. If dancing on a wooden floor I prefer the suede however for outdoors or any surface other then wood regular leather soles will allow you better movement especially pivots.
So I would recommend buying both.
PS: You can clean your suede soles by completely wetting them and using dish detergent on them. Use a strong brush to clean them rinse them real good and use paper towels to dry off the water and let them sit overnight. Now brush them with your wire suede brush and they look and feel like new. I’ve been doing this for years and it works.

 

[Peaches]

In Argentina the Tango shoe stores sell men’s shoes with suede or regular leather soles. If dancing on a wooden floor I prefer the suede however for outdoors or any surface other then wood regular leather soles will allow you better movement especially pivots.
So I would recommend buying both.
PS: You can clean your suede soles by completely wetting them and using dish detergent on them. Use a strong brush to clean them rinse them real good and use paper towels to dry off the water and let them sit overnight. Now brush them with your wire suede brush and they look and feel like new. I’ve been doing this for years and it works.

When I was still dancing in ballroom (suede soled) ballroom shoes I never really bothered cleaning the soles, unless there was something I was concerned with tracking onto the floor. After a while I just got used to them being pressed down and slippery, and learned to deal with it.

 

[hbboogie1]

When I was still dancing in ballroom (suede soled) ballroom shoes I never really bothered cleaning the soles, unless there was something I was concerned with tracking onto the floor. After a while I just got used to them being pressed down and slippery, and learned to deal with it.

I’m pretty much the same way but every once in a while they get real dirty and slick so I wash them.