Thread: Any shoe experts here?...get a load of these!!!
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Old 03-11-2014, 08:06 AM
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I'm not a shoe expert. I leave that to my wife. I am a bit of a weight lifting fan and its history. Checkout info and photos of legendary strongman Louis Cyr. He wore very similar boots as did Eugen Sandow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Cyr

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Sandow
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