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#101 2010-03-02 23:16:36
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#103 2010-03-02 23:47:01
- The_Shooman
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Re: Bespoke last maker - Melbourne
Some good Style forum links about Cone Lasts:
http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.php?p=2667120&postcount=12784
http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.php?p=2668117&postcount=87
#104 2010-03-02 23:48:07
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Re: Bespoke last maker - Melbourne
Exclent, bruce is a champ, good article. What type of last did you choose in the end. also was it plastic or wooden?
You didnt see my lasts kicking around did you?
#105 2010-03-02 23:56:44
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Re: Bespoke last maker - Melbourne
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#106 2010-03-03 00:05:14
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Re: Bespoke last maker - Melbourne
haha, i got to his factory at 10:30 in the morning, it got to the stage that i had to leave because i was going to be late for work at 5 that night, hes such a great bloke to talk to. at least you can catch up again with him when you get the last altered.
#107 2010-03-03 00:08:09
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Re: Bespoke last maker - Melbourne
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#108 2010-03-03 00:54:47
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Re: Bespoke last maker - Melbourne
no, no scanning, he just measured the traditional way, a tape measure and minilla folder
edit: i knew that most of the melbourne shoemakers use Bruce, i did not know Andrew Mc uses him too.
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#109 2010-03-03 03:58:49
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Re: Bespoke last maker - Melbourne
Good post shooman
#110 2010-03-03 04:34:33
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Re: Bespoke last maker - Melbourne
"I'd give all the Champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him(Eric Cantona) in a big European match at Old Trafford." George Best(1946 -2005)
#111 2010-03-06 23:42:19
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Re: Bespoke last maker - Melbourne
hey shooy, did bruce give you a time frame for when the lasts would be ready?
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#113 2010-03-08 19:20:14
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#114 2010-03-08 20:33:56
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Re: Bespoke last maker - Melbourne
Baxter Boots Australia
http://www.baxterfootwear.com.au/user/files/flyer-mens-dress-boots.pdf
l'll be interested to see if they are goodyear welted here or overseas. l wonder if they'll answer my email.
l saw a pair in my size the other week with an all leather heel, leather sole, but a rubber welt. They were NOS (1988) and fit me. They were only asking $20, but l passed.
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#115 2010-03-09 00:12:32
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Re: Bespoke last maker - Melbourne
Acording to Bruce, baxters are made overseas nowadays 
#116 2010-03-09 01:04:44
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#117 2010-03-09 07:17:06
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Re: Bespoke last maker - Melbourne
lets not reveal to much too soon. 
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#118 2010-03-10 01:56:15
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#119 2010-03-10 02:19:09
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#120 2010-03-10 22:01:00
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Re: Bespoke last maker - Melbourne
Great thread.
Never found a bespoke last maker in Athens...but more information on the Greek ones in Melbourne would be welcome, especially their contact information/e-mail
#121 2010-03-10 22:08:31
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Re: Bespoke last maker - Melbourne
you bring up an interesting point on brass screwing being similar the hardwood pegging, i very much dbout anyone on oz does a full pegged shoe anymore, but i'd like gto get one made for me in my lifetime, i think marcel would be the only one willing to do it/have the skills to do it. i dont even think the british firms do pegged soles anymore
#122 2010-03-10 22:17:09
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Re: Bespoke last maker - Melbourne
Wrigglez, Gabor Halmos has a mystery budapest shoemaker he is collaborating with. I have posted these pics before. I saw the shoes in person and saw the pegged soles.
The 16-19 pics scrolling down shoe the pegged soles. http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=150290&highlight=Mystery+Budapest+Shoemaker
#123 2010-03-10 22:22:58
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Re: Bespoke last maker - Melbourne
Stay tuned folks, i've got some incredible stuff to share in a while. Made some great discoveries.
I've discovered an old bookmaker who makes boots in his shed completely by hand and i've discovered a lady who can also make shoe by hand. Pics will be coming.
The bootmaker is in the middle of no-where and it will be a 12 hour drive to meet him and a 12 hour drive back home. I'm sending him some pics of crocadile hornback leather to see if it's a suitable pattern and size for bootmaking. I will ask him to make Ropers for me; this is a lifelong dream come true, i've wanted proper croc boots since l was about 6 years old. If the leather looks like it could work for boots, l then pay a deposit and send it to him for testing. He only makes boots in his spare time, so l will have to be very patient...may have to wait a year. I won't be able to see him until Christmas time, so my boot project could be almost 2 years from completion. I'll post pics of his boots another day. He didn't originally want to make me a pair but l talked him into it.
Funny enough, he goes under the name of `shoeman' and was also taught by the legendary George Koleff.
Lots of other stuff to come too. I'm very very excited, making great in-roads.
#124 2010-03-10 22:32:11
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