^^ They're tiny, which also makes me think they really are women's shoes.  Here's the Etsy listing (http://www.etsy.com/listing/68440127/vintage-1920s30s-ladies-oxblood-leather?ref=sr_gallery_5&ga_search_query=Walk-Over&ga_search_type=vintage&ga_facet=vintage)

l got something today. Pics later. l'll post the whole family.

Another major turnoff is that my heart wouldn't be in making glued sole shoos, all l would wanna make is stitched sole footwear (that's all l care about). Another problem is that many clients wouldn't appreciate shoo construction like l do, so l wouldn't wanna make shoos for them. Another problem is that if they didn't properly care for the shoos l would probably throw them out the door in disgust. l would lose lots of business very quickly and probably become very disillusioned. The old cordwainers have warned me about the scene.

lf all clients were like me it would be different, but they aren't. Why should l sacrifice my life so much (work long hours into the middle of the night 7 days a week for little money) for folks who don't give a stuff. l would work hunched over making shoos for years suffering terrible back pain (l suffer back pain) and l would be suffering continously for people who didn't appreciate my shoos. l was prepared to put up with relentless back pain (absolute misery), but all the circumstances for making shoos just isn't right. l feel sad about it.

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Same goes with expert shoo pattern makers like Mr X. The factories pay him decent money, use him up for about 3 years (get him to draw and make patterns for all these designs) and then piss him off. Great pattern makers often need to travel the world for work because they are always losing their job to computer programs and young less experienced guys who are willing to take less money. When the rusthless shoo companies get their pound of flesh, the experts are shown the door.

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