The cordwainers hate my Vass shell cordovan shoos, they say they look like cheap grain corrected rubbish. Many shoe sellers and makers have said that.

Last edited by The_Shooman (2010-10-03 23:39:11)

Hi
I was jsut wondering if Bruce was Sydney based?
Would you be able to provude (PM) contact details?
Kind regards

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as if finding supplies in aus wasnt hard enough you introduce us to keep leather, i cant find anything on it anywhere...
Mr. X sounds like an exclent find thats for sure!\
edit: hows long is he planing of sticking round in vic for if you dont mind.

Last edited by wrigglez (2010-12-02 02:19:34)

Very soon the ability to get a proper bespoke shoo in Australia will be finished. ln Victoria the ability to get a bespoke shoo will end next year. There may be an old bloke up Sydney who can do a pair, but i'm not sure yet. l will try finding out though.

Hopefully Mr X can show me how to put orthotics into my own shoes so l can keep up with having significant win. All l need to do is copy what he does...put the orthotics in the same places, shouldn't be too hard.

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l haven't forgotten about the Mc Loeds factory tour. There's no point going yourself and just turning up, let me organise an event for a bunch of us Melbourne guys, i'll get the lads at Mc Leods to show us various shoe making processes including some machine stitching and hopefully even one of the lads gluing back some gemming and hand stitching the welt back to the gemming (that would be good). lt would be good to make it for a Friday. You can pick us up in your BMW.

Mr X speaks well of the Mc Loeds factory. lgents rubbish them for there shoos but they forget that they are only making for a marketplace. They are quite capable: they can make patterns, measure feet, hand stitch welts and make shoes. Shit kicker shoe-men don't get work at that factory. Mc Loeds have a reputation to uphold.

There is only two people at the factory full time. Joe (from lnvicta, 80 years old) also works there part time now. l've seen Joe do amazing things...seen him copy a shoo that was identicle to the original, could not tell them apart.

Last edited by The_Shooman (2010-12-02 05:15:01)

All of the cordwainers i've met prefer blake stitched shoes, they prefer the softness of the construction. Mr X feels the same way; he doesn't wear `goodyear' shoes, only blake constructed shoes. The Melbourne shoemakers never understand why l like welted shoes so much, but Mr X naturally does , he is also the only guy l know that has never been disgusted with my shell cordovan budapster. Mr X does rise above them all.

Mr X says that the best dressed people in ltaly only wear goodyear welted and handmade shoes, never blake. Mr X also has a fine appreciation for good clothes too, he loves to dress up in nice suits.

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