Another day I was writing about some boot. Similarly today I will also write about some boot. After ankle boot knee boot comes first by lengthwise. Ankle Boot: A shoe with the top-line of the quarter higher than the ankle (ankle bone). If the top line is much higher than the ankle then it becomes a “boo” or a high-leg boot, if only slightly above the ankle bone, then it is a chukka boot. See here is a detail about chukka boot in previous...

In france : The bride forever preserve her wedding shoes to assure a lifetime of compatible and productive physical union. In Sicily: Young women sleep with a shoe under their pillow to improve their chance of getting a husband. In Greece: Woman believee that a lost lover can be retrieved by burning an old shoe. In spain and Maxico: Women toss a slipper into the bullring to aplaud the matador and matador picks up shoe gently as kitten,...

This is just a short example of shoe finishing. Beginner level finishing way.  Shoemaker Martin Castez just shared a simple finishing work. Before: After:  This is basic of all shoe finishing technique. There is lots of tech. waiting for us. Stay Tune, remember this was only for beginner level shoemaker. – Photo Courtesy: Martin...

Sometime shoemaker makes shoe without last very easily. One should be very much experience in shoemaking otherwise it all almost impossible to make shoe without last. Basically in ancient time shoe were made without last. Oldest style moccasins can easily make without last. One of Major Problem of shoemaking without last is Toe Shaping. If you had tried already then you knew that. Fine toe shape is more desirable in any shoe. Closed...

Now a days tons of shoes been selling, mixing one design with another, make a fusion and bla blaa . But one century ago there were only few types of shoes were made by Cordwiner (now a days this word became less popular). In this post I will only discuss about few type boots that have been making since eighteen century to till now, different different basic style name. Balmorals: A style of boot or ankle-boot which follows the oxford style...

        A. Designing tools:  If you are a shoe maker or want to be a professional shoe maker, you should need to know your tools very well. Not every tool will work on your hand. Each shoe maker have his favorite and of course a suited one. So, you want to be a pro shoemaker you must know how to design your sweet tool that will work softly on your hand. For addition, there is few kind of cutting/clicking knife. You must...

          Awl pointed tool used to pierce material that is to be stitched or sewn. Awl comes in various size. Hand-sewers use an awl to puncture a variety of materials or existing hole to enlarge. Awl use for sewing heavy materials like sole leather. It is a thin and tapered metal shaft, comes to a sharp pint. It can be either straight or slightly bent. The Shafts of awl are often in the form of interchangeable...

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