American Saddle Oxford.
Navy kip and cordovan kip.
These soles have seen some wear today.
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Burnished French calf with chocolate ostritch. 3/4 welt with a low profile concave heel (it’s not tall enough to be a Cuban… like a Baby Cuban Heel…but not…) These will be the last slip-ons for a awhile, I have “some other stuff” that I’ll be showing later this week… O.o Black stingray It didn’t “fall together” quite as I wanted it (but still a good looking and funky clunker)…no worries, I have plenty more to make. On Tuesday, the school had a visit from 3rd generation Swedish cordwainer Jan-Erik Melkersson. He brought along with him Carina Eneroth of Skomakeri Framat AB, her company makes footwear for the Swedish royal family, and they also brought along another gentleman by the name of Ronnie who declares northern Sweden as his cordwaining kingdom. Janne’s [...] Tops. Shoe tops! As part of exotics week (er, that’s this week (and next,likely))—which is this week where I work with exotic leather, I decided to ply the craft at a couple pair of exotic shoes: French calf with french calf and chocolate ostrich overlays (front and back seam cover). Creme calf liner. 1 by land…2 if [...] Because I make women’s footwear… …alll daaayy loooong. With some thinner leathers I’ll have a winning pattern. Waiting on my test subject to get home to try them on (it’s a shame she’s not a “shoe girl.”) Just kidding about the ‘F.’ Mirrored from I see neutronjockies…. “Gecko en Fuego.” Lizard slip-on kickers for Liz. “Neon Cowboy.” Waxed calf tops, white calf diamond inlays. Tough bull hide for the counter. Veg tanned ’saddle’ with filigree (more diamonds!), crackled brown cowhide for the bottom half of the structured vamp. The green boogery thing was some scrap leather that has been at the school [...] |
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