Yes, DWFII's thread is actually what lead me to starting this thread.

The second type of shoe, "Glenfinnan," is probably a bit like what I'm thinking of.

I do know where I can get some eighteenth-nineteenth century replica, buckle shoes. I don't know if they are properly shiney, though. I suppose they might be able to be shined up...
That might be going out on a limb a bit, but it is closer to what I have in mind.

I'm thinking of shoes that don't have all the holes in them too.