Comments on: Mark McNairy for Bass Weejuns

By: Jon o'Keefe

Jon o'Keefe — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:17:45 +0000

I love classic preppy Weejuns.Will they be available in 13e.I buy old ones that are made in Maine.Love the backs crushed down with white socks!Call me on 302-226-5505

By: robbor

robbor — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:53:53 +0000

in 1969 i paid $19.00 for my last pair of Bass Weejuns

By: ian h. campbell

ian h. campbell — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:57:49 +0000

Sir, are you making the mens penny loafer in navy blue leather , if so , what is the cost/pair and what is the delivery time after order , thank you.
I.H.C.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:34:40 +0000

Gawd, the third ones down are slick. How much are they gonna’ drop for?

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:53:30 +0000

The absolute best buy I ever made was to buy every pair of oxblood, not cordovan color – not leather, Weejuns in the Bass warehouse around 1990 when I read that they were closing the Maine factory. I found some mid night brown ones later that year. I have black, brown and two oxbloods now, with my last oxblood unworn in the box.

The only comparable penny loafers are Edmonds or Alden/Brooks Brothers at $588/pair and worth it.

All Bass needs to do is make a quality shoe like they did, and charge a comparable price, about $175, which is about what we paid willingly when adjusted for inflation. They were about $25 when I was at Georgia Tech in 1969. A 911 Porsche was $5,000, and a Caddy was $6,000. The Porsche and the Weejuns were obviously the buy.

By: LuxuryObsessed

LuxuryObsessed — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:27:21 +0000

I can’t wait to see these.

By: Aaron Sarfati

Aaron Sarfati — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:36:17 +0000

Being a wearer of and seller of weejuns, I don’t really see who is going to spend the mega bucks for these “special weejuns” . Exotic leathers do not make a better pair of shoes, just more expensive. The quality of shoes goes into the tanning process and manufacturing process of the shoes. It’s no different than using some exotic metal to manufacture a pipe. Sure the pipes is made of fancy metal but it doesn’t change what the pipe is used for.

By: Jim Shaw

Jim Shaw — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:30:37 +0000

Way back in 1966 when I was in High School my parents spent a then astronomical $30 for a pair of Bass Weejun penny loafers for their then very collegiate son (me) and they almost choked at the cost. Fast forward to about 20 years ago and I purchased my latest pair (after about 30 subsequent pair between me and my wife over the years) at a Bass outlet store in Myrtle Beach for about $80, well worth the price for a hand made shoe out of Maine. NOW that the Bass Weejuns are made in some god forsaken place like Sri Lanka or somewhere just as bad by poor little kids making 10 cents an hour, you can forget my business as I am now buying SES shoes, including pennies. Will I pay $300 plus for hand made Bass Weejuns now…NO WAY!

By: CE

CE — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:42:13 +0000

I got a pair of Made in USA Allen-Edmonds Walden loafers ($225) in the mail last night … then I stumble upon this post. Mr. McNairy certainly does his job and breathes life into (what I thought was) a dead and gone shoe company. Fortunately I don’t see anything that makes me regret my purchase. Certainly not at $300+. But I’ll definitely keep an eye out for Mr. McNairy’s work in the future.

By: Rafael T

Rafael T — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:25:16 +0000

They look good, but what I really would like to see (and I have been thinking about contacting Bass, myself) is a Weejun with a slightly higher vamp and a bit of a sharper toe. A more modern look, but with the versatility and no-sock wearingness of the original. I would expect something like this to sell in the 100 dollar range.

3000 for a pair of Weejuns, even alligator ones, is a bit preposterous.