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“A shoemaker's blog about shoemaking”

Monthly Archives: December 2013

30/12/13 How To Upset a Craftsman?


I don’t think that I really have to write a tutorial about this, some people seem to be really well educated in this topic… but… As this is just a sarcastic title, kind of  “end of the year” post – maybe some will learn the opposite. So, how to make a craftsman upset? These are the types of people, who can achieve it easily.

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29/12/13 HCC Meeting, Oklahoma


I participated in the HCC meeting in Guthrie, Oklahoma a few months ago. I was asked to do a presentation about any chosen topic – I thought the best one would be finishing, which is probably a constant challenge for most of us. I promised before I will upload the presentation, but let me just add a few thoughts about it.

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16/12/13 New Shoes


Goyser this time, one of my speciality.

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This one is made for the modified last no. 224 for bespoke order.

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…and this is my new Budapest last, duotone cordovan.