Thanks Shooey I am sure you are excited to hear that.

good news shooey

The trouble with many old professions that were handed down to indentured apprentices without outside input was that, unfortunately, many of the old traditional ways aren't always the most efficient, or even the best. A lot of effort goes into defending old ways of doing things when some clear eyed examination will provide both better and more efficient ways of doing things. When I was in farming many many things were like that, nowadays theres much more clear eyed view of farming many things.

Thats not to say that there isn't much good and worth keeping about a lot of old ways of working. As you know  - too much has been thrown away without knowing why people were throwing it away or without understanding what is was the was being done.

They were originally going to locate at La Trobe University in Melbourne, but some staff there apparently didn't like the idea of having much more talented outsiders (foot people) than they had at the Uni, so they rejected the plan (possibly to save their own jobs).

What the heck is Wal-mart? lt sounds pretty shitty. No need to bother explaining.

Good to see you here Tony.

Here is Karl's website. By looking at it you wouldn't think he was anything special, but that is where i-gents make mistakes...they assume too much without doing proper investigation, that's why no-one on the forums has ever heard of him.
http://footpower.de/Einlagen/BusinessWalker-Detail/473l1/

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Yep, Theo is coming on in droves. Pretty much self taught. Takes him two weeks to make each shoe. l still remember the first times when he tried to thread the bristle, took him ages, but he has come a long way since then. l will see him again soon.

lt would be great if he could work with Vass or someone for real training, but he may not come back to Oz if that happened.

l'll get him to make me a pair one day, but not yet until he gets more hours under his belt.

That website want to photograph some of my shoes too.

Here is Chris, owner of Australia's best shoe store `double monk' in John Lobb Prsstige double monks:
http://shoemakersofmelbourne.com/chis-in-lobb-double-monks/

His brother Nick in Cleverly monks:
http://shoemakersofmelbourne.com/nick-double-monk/

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