I’m off to Budapest. You kids behave, play nice, and no more interweb slap-fights while I’m gone. O.o
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….I like these!
Jodhpur ankle boot, built on boot last (usually built on shoe last form, but I used a boot last to get the toe spring/heel height). Hardtke shrunken bull hide (Azteca), heavily antiqued and burnished. Handmade horse butt welt. Leather toe box. 1 3/4″ Cuban heel.
Horse butt ‘belt’, brass buckle. A bit of a ‘throwback’ enclosure on a throwback boot.
Work boots, brown bull hide vamps and counters with green calf tops. 4 rows of stitching. Don’t ask about the pull tabs…
Chukkas in burgundy French Calf.
Your (sometimes) humble cordwainer. Next week: jodhpur boots and a pair of tall top piratey pirate boots. Chukka Total time invested: 2 weeks. I now leave you to your regularly scheduled programs.
3-piece boot made of Hardtke French calf, black bullhide. 3/4 welt with horse butt heel rand. Spanish style tops.
Since it was a combination of boot construction styles, I went with a modified mini-Cuban heel.
Single-row stitching of Chinese dragon, scales done with mules foot impressions. School is closed the next two days due to inbound cold weather front of DOOM. These will be shipped as soon as I thaw.
American Saddle Oxford.
Navy kip and cordovan kip.
These soles have seen some wear today. Men’s tri-color derby:
More brogueing than the legal limit. ;D
Closed! I took in the last three orders I will be able to reasonably fulfill for 2009-2010, that is, until further notice. One pair of men’s dress shoes, French calf; one pair women’s boots with tooled tops (and fantasy art, w00t!); and one pair men’s loafers, alligator — that pushed me into mid-next year with my March apprenticeship. Seeing as I have a PCS (moving) some time in August/September, desination: unkown, I can’t reasonably predict when I will have my household goods and therefore ’shop’ back. It could be less than a month if Liz gets stationed stateside, it could be early ‘11 if we she gets stationed overseas— there is also the possibility of her getting an unaccompanied tour—which means no shipping of household goods…and therefore no delay on when I can start taking public orders (uh, yay?). I am working diligently on existing clients’ orders. I have patterns graded and lasts picked out for all but today’s orders. I simply cannot sacrifice craftsmanship for expediency — this is the bespoke business, excellence takes time.
-Jeff I am a former nuclear mechanic supervisor (submarines) turned cordwainer.
ZOTT!
POW! (Know what that last pic is? ALL my high heel parts, fabrics, leathers etc…have finally arrived.) |
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