TLB Artista Black Punched Cap Toe Balmoral
$420
TLB Mallorca Artista pushes the bar for Goodyear welted shoes in the midrange price segment. For example very tight waist, real leather heel stiffeners, close-cut heel and only first grade-leather from well-known tanneries, in this case from the French tannery Annona. You'll have a hard time find more "bang for the buck" than this from any brand in the world.
This is a slightly different take on the punched cap toe oxford, with a balmoral seam running along the shoe and only one row of smaller holes running along the toe cap. Perfect business shoe, but also works well in many other occasions. Made on the soft chiseled Picasso last.
Read more about Artista here.
Here you'll find a TLB Mallorca belt in the same leather as the shoes.
Construction:
Goodyear welted.
Very narrow waist, real leather heel stiffener that conforms to the feet in the best way. Read more about the unique features for Artista below.
Sole:
Leather sole, vegetable tanned with among other things chestnut bark in Italy.
Sizes:
Sizes are considered normal, they are comparable to other Goodyear welted shoes like Yanko, Loake, Crockett & Jones and Carmina. Here you'll find an extensive size guide to all our shoes. If you are still uncertain on your size, please e-mail ktj@skolyx.se for further guidance.
Shoe care:
Use Saphir Creme 1925 and Pate De Luxe in black for regular care. Use Saphir Creme Renovateur 1-2 times / year for deep cleaning and nourishing. Dont apply wax too fast after the application of Saphir creme 1925. Wait and let every layer fasten correctly before brushing it up and proceed to the next layer.
Fast worldwide deliveries
Exchange/return items until Jan. 7
Free shipping in EU on orders above €120
Data sheet
- Sole
- Leather
- Last
- Picasso
- Construction
- Goodyear welted
- Material
- Black leather
- Brand
- TLB Mallorca
- Gender
- Male
- Type
- Oxford
- Width
- F (standard)
For these shoes we offer a factory refurbishment service for €150 (incl. VAT) + shipping. The shoes will be resoled, reheeled and restored to an excellent condition.
Contact us at ktj@skolyx.se for more information and to order.
Read more about the service in this guide.
See in the text above for which specific products to use for these shoes.
Basic shoe care:
- Don’t use the same pair for two consecutive days
- Brush / wipe the shoes off after use
- Use shoe trees and shoehorn
- Treat leather with shoe cream / suede and textile with waterproofing spray
Learn more on these steps in this guide.
Further shoe care info:
Read this guide on how to clean, nourish and shine leather shoes.
For how to clean, refresh and protect suede and nubuck, read this guide.
Go directly to a specific section:
- Basic sizing info
- Find your size based on what you wear in other brands
- Find your size based on the length of your feet
- Find your size based on your Brannock sizing
- Additional tips and advice on fit
- Personalised size advice
- Inner measurements in our shoes
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Basic sizing info
The sizes of our Goodyear welted shoes from Skolyx, Yanko and TLB Mallorca are generally comparable to other quality welted shoes from brands such as Loake, Crockett & Jones and Carmina. More than 90% of our customers find the correct size on the first attempt, and in the unlikely event that you don't find the right size straight away, you may of course exchange to another size, or return the shoes.
If you have no previous experience of Goodyear welted shoes, and have mainly worn trainers or glued dress shoes, there are different traditions about how to grade the sizes (one specify the size according to the foot length that should fit in the shoe, the other specify the size according to the dimensions of the shoe itself). This is why most people wear welted shoes about a full size smaller than what they wear in sneakers, running shoes or other cemented shoes. As an example, if you have a size UK 9 in your regular shoes, many people have a size EU 42 / UK 8 / US 9 in welted shoes.
Note also that our Goodyear welted shoes from Skolyx, Yanko and TLB are all made in UK sizes, so there the steps are correct. The conversion to EU sizes will be approximate, and for the US, our shoes follow the standard with one size up to compared to UK.
Please note, for loafers from our own brand Skolyx, we recommend going down half a size compared to other Goodyear welted shoes, and for our own sneakers and Belgian loafers and Traveler shoes from Yanko, you'll find detailed guidance on the product pages.
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Find your size according to what you wear in other brands
If you know your size in shoes from other manufacturers, here is the table below where you can see what the majority of our customers choose the size of our welted shoes compared to other brands.
If we take Meermin as an example, the table suggests "-0.5". This means that in our welted shoes you should go down 0.5 in size compared to what you have in Meermin. For example, if you have UK 8 in your Meermin, we recommend UK 7,5 in our shoes.
Note that of course personal preferences play a big role, this should be seen as guidance, not definitive answers.
The comparisons are our UK sizes against those of others in UK. The brands that have US sizes as standard are compared with our US size indications, it's clarified in the table in these cases.
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Find your size based on the length of your feet
Although the shape of your feet is very important, in many cases you can calculate your shoe size by measuring the length of your feet and looking at the table below. If you have very wide feet, an extra high instep or similar, you should also consider this and look at the other ways to calculate your size as well. Of course, personal taste is also something that is important. Some people prefer very tight shoes while others prefer more spacious shoes. Therefore, if you have other brands and lasts that fit very well, the comparisons above can be even better guidance.
Please note, for loafers from our own brand Skolyx, we recommend going down half a size compared to other Goodyear welted shoes, and for our own sneakers and Belgian loafers and Traveler shoes from Yanko, you'll find detailed guidance on the product pages.
Measure your feet with your heel against a wall and with a tape measure, ruler or ruler lying on the floor (i.e. not by tracing your foot and then taking measurements). Here is a picture that clarifies further. The measurements in the table below are approximate, and are only guidance not facts.
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Find your size based on your Brannock sizing
Brannock is an instrument for measuring feet, which is particularly popular in the US and some other markets. But some people in Europe have also had their feet measured with it. Although in some ways it can give more guidance than just the foot length, it's still only guidance, it can differ from person to person what size you have in the same shoe model even if you have the same Brannock size.
Our welted shoes are, for most people, closest to being one size up from the Brannock US length size, and roughly in Brannock width size E. So, one of our welted shoes in size EU 42 / UK 8 / US 9 in the standard width F, corresponds roughly to Brannock 9 E. If you have a C or D width in Brannock, it usually works well to add a thin insole to fill out the volume.
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Additional tips and advice on fit
This type of shoe is made of several layers of leather that is initially stiff, but with use moulds itself to your foot, softening and becoming flexible where it needs to soften, and providing continued support where you want this. Therefore, it's common to have to break in the shoes for a while before they become comfortable, but over time many people find that they are the most comfortable shoes they have, with a combination of support and flexibility. Our Goodyear-welted shoes also have a layer of cork in the footbed that moulds itself with use, and the heel stiffeners are made of leather board or real leather that also moulds to your feet.
After all, these are standard sizes, and feet are highly individual, so many people can get an even better fit with small, simple aids. If the shoes are a bit too big, there are, for example, tongue pads, heel grips and insoles, more info on this can be found in this guide. If the shoes are a bit too small, you can stretch them out with shoe stretchers, more info on this in this guide.
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Personalised size advice
We have many years of experience in providing tips and advice on fit and sizing. If you would like personalised service or more information, you are always welcome to email us at ktj@skolyx.se and we will get back to you shortly, or during office hours contact us via the chat box at the bottom of the page or call +4631-20 54 50.
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Inner measurements in our shoes
If you want to see the inside dimensions of our shoes, click here to see a table (in millimetres). Please note that the inside measurements are approximate, and may differ slightly between different lasts from the same brand.
Shipping & delivery
EU: 2-5 business days. Free shipping from €120.
Switzerland: 1-4 business days. Free shipping from €200.
Norway: 1-4 business days. Free shipping from 900kr.
USA: 2-5 business days. Free shipping from $300. No extra customs charges for orders under $800. VAT is deducted.
Rest of the World: 2-7 business days. VAT is deducted on orders outside the EU. Shipping cost varies by destination.
To read more about shipping and delivery click here.
When ordering engraved products, there is an additional delivery time of 5-8 working days. In the case of a special order (customized shoes where you choose the leather, sole, etc.) of shoes, so-called MTO (made to order) / GMTO (group made to order), the estimated delivery time is about 6-8 weeks.
Returns & exchanges
You may return or exchange whole or part of your order if you notify us within 14 days after you received your products. Return costs are covered by you and shipping of exchange products are covered by us.
Return and exchange rights do not apply to products with engraving, made to order products and group made to order products.
To read more about returns and exchanges click here.
The Goodyear welted construction method is a relatively advanced way of building shoes that requires a high level of craftsmanship, produces durable shoes that easily can be resoled several times.
Learn all about the Goodyear welted shoe construction in this guide.
Below an image that gives an overview of the construction:
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TLB Mallorca Artista
Full list of features which all are either very rare or unique for this price range:
- Extremely slim bevelled waists, which accentuates the shape of the shoe. Made with stitching all the way back to the heel, so the waist is not only cemented or Blake stitched as is commonly seen when making narrower waists.
- Bevelling of the waist continues in under the heel, which normally almost only can be found on bespoke shoes. This creates a stronger waist, and looks more natural.
- Real leather heel stiffeners (not leather board), conforms to the feet in the best way, and is a living material that can be re-shaped if needed.
- Close-cut heels, follows the natural lines of the shoes.
- Very smooth sanded sole and heel edges, also the waist edge is smooth, which is very rare to see. This not only looks lovely, it makes it much easier to polish them and keep the edges in good condition.
- Tight sole stitch of 8 spi (stitches per inch), together with a well-balanced fudge wheel setting.
TLB Mallorca Artista pushes the bar for Goodyear welted shoes in the midrange price segment. For example very tight waist, real leather heel stiffeners, close-cut heel and only first grade-leather from well-known tanneries, in this case from the French tannery Annona. You'll have a hard time find more "bang for the buck" than this from any brand in the world.
This is a slightly different take on the punched cap toe oxford, with a balmoral seam running along the shoe and only one row of smaller holes running along the toe cap. Perfect business shoe, but also works well in many other occasions. Made on the soft chiseled Picasso last.
Read more about Artista here.
Here you'll find a TLB Mallorca belt in the same leather as the shoes.
Construction:
Goodyear welted.
Very narrow waist, real leather heel stiffener that conforms to the feet in the best way. Read more about the unique features for Artista below.
Sole:
Leather sole, vegetable tanned with among other things chestnut bark in Italy.
Sizes:
Sizes are considered normal, they are comparable to other Goodyear welted shoes like Yanko, Loake, Crockett & Jones and Carmina. Here you'll find an extensive size guide to all our shoes. If you are still uncertain on your size, please e-mail ktj@skolyx.se for further guidance.
Shoe care:
Use Saphir Creme 1925 and Pate De Luxe in black for regular care. Use Saphir Creme Renovateur 1-2 times / year for deep cleaning and nourishing. Dont apply wax too fast after the application of Saphir creme 1925. Wait and let every layer fasten correctly before brushing it up and proceed to the next layer.