Cheaney Redmond Capped Oxford in Black Calf Leather

Amazing shapes. Shoes perfectly fit and are very convenient to wear all day long.
I wish to have one more pair of these shoes, but with rubber sole: Dainite or Diamond.

I bought these shoes in September and by February there was water damage either side of both front seams and a hole virtually through to my sock on the right sole. To summarise my use of the shoes for the 5 or so months they lasted; I walked 8 minutes to the station and back, stood on the tube and walked about 100m from the tube to my office 4 days a week (I dress down on Fridays...). My walk to the station took place in suburban Surrey, not a mountain or a farm. I have owned numerous leather soled shoes before (J Cheaney and Barker Derbies mainly) and been happy with their wear and accepted replacing soles every so often. I have never seen a ‘good’ pair of shoes deteriorate as quickly as these and have never been so shocked as when I was told J Cheaney considered the reconditioning work to be chargeable. The assistant who told me about the charge was embarrassed and I told him to let the factory know they could throw the shoes straight in the bin. To sum up, terrible shoes and even worse customer service. Avoid.