I made these.
7-Eyelet wingtip Oxford, English welt construction.
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I’m off to Budapest. You kids behave, play nice, and no more interweb slap-fights while I’m gone. O.o ….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 [...] 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 3 eyelet Chukka in black patent leather with red stitching. Full welt on horsebutt, spinning stitch with reverse color spinning stitch on leather midsole. Italian leather outsole shaped by a broken piece of glass and sandpaper, heel lift stacked by hand, full peg outsole construction. Total time invested: 2 weeks. I now leave you to your [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] |
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