RayKowk is the ulitmate price killer among Chinese shoemakers, and this is my first pair, and a very specially designed one.
Let us check together.
Unboxing
To tell the truth, this box, really … isn’t it a bit too rough? I know the price of RayKowk is quite affordablem, but this box is never cool for a pair of Goodyear Welted Shoes.
Open a piece of paper, I look at the things on it, sell shoe cream?
Actually, it’s not really. It’s just an introduction about the need for maintenance, and then there’s a dispute about fake leather.
On the reverse side of the paper, there are some questions about trying on and fit.
Then an advertisment.
Below is a plastic shoehorn. There is a trademark of RayKowk. Like my opinion about Gulun, the plastic one is absolutely fine, just take this plastic bag off …
To be quite honest, the shape of this shoehorn is quite good and I use it most often.
The shoe bag is like this, which means that there is no need to use the shoe bag when traveling. In fact, it is also reasonable. Because I haven’t bought work boots, I don’t know if there is no shoe bag in work boots.
Last
American big round toe. I haven’t studied how many lasts RayKowk offers, but in terms of tooling orientation, it must be this number. This last can only be made in the style of longwing.
Upper Design
Longwing model, all Brock, leather stitching denim.
The design is original. The dress shoes of RayKowk suit better with country stile, such as this Longwing, a style that Americans love.
The Vamp area is made of denim. The advantage is that the crease area will not have poor texture caused by poor leather, but the disadvantage is that this shoe can’t be worn at all if it is rainy. Originally in my shoes, such rough styles were all used as rain boots.
In the heel seam liankan, this kind of band-aid is my least favorite, but in this style, it is extremely harmonious and even the optimal solution.
Leather
Caviar grain leather from French tannery Haas. I am told this pair is the first one to use it and lasting had one failure and waiste some leather. This leather is used to make relatively outdoor shoes, which is absolutely top-notch, needless to say.
Construction
I think it’s worth talking about the craftsmanship of these shoes, because I seem to have found something strange.
At first glance, 360-degree storm cracks. At present, 360-degree sewing is only used by Allen Edmonds in the world, and it is very advertised, so it is the second place to play.
Storm sewing is to cut the edge of the strip into two pieces, one of which is turned over and sewn together with the upper, and the other is sewn together with the outsole like ordinary Goodyear.
However, I looked at this pair hard and hard, but I just didn’t find the seam that sewed the edge and the vamp together (if you see it, please point it out). That means this is a fake storm crack, which is really Goodyear. The upturned edge on it is purely decorative.
In the reader’s article on shoes, it’s really a storm seam. I pointed out that this strip attached to the upper is much wider, and this pair has been improved. Although there is no seam, it is glued tighter.
Outsole
The sole is absolutely awesome, Vibram’s, and the stitches and edges are handled quite well, so there is nothing to be picky about. Both materials and work are praised.
Craftsmanship
Maybe it’s a newly developed style, or maybe the quality control of the factory is not very good. You can see that the Wingtip is not piled up, and then the tip of the two shoes is not the same length. Including the scalp of shoes, the size is different.
This is the position of the upper making, and the work is very careless.
In addition, we can also see on the reader’s shoes that the stitching of the upper is very sparse, and this pair is also the same problem, and the lines are crooked.
Summary
From product packaging to workmanship, it can be said that it is not satisfactory.
The positioning of playing may be the first pair of shoes for Goodyear. Then it will have its own pricing first, and then choose raw materials and workmanship (quality control). Under his pricing, it is impossible to meet all-round quality requirements. Whether the products you get are acceptable or not is everyone’s psychological mapping of cost performance.
