Posts by nutcracker

Quote:Originally Posted by Fang66 Keep em coming nc, great work.

gentille & 79, Tokyo Shoe repair and order salon gentille opened just last year, tucked in the small neighborhood of Fudomae. Already known as one of the few repair shops in Tokyo that can do full blown hand stitched recrafting, owner...

An interesting repair job by the folks @ Brift H Tokyo Apparently, the cracks on the vamp were beyond repair, so a piece of leather was stitched over the cracked area. He calls this type of repair 'Charles Style' They also did a decent...

Quote:Originally Posted by Asian Afro Can you or someone here proxy? The page here doesn't seem to allow online orders. Trading Post also has fancy shoe boxes should anyone care. The case is not small, and probably also needs to...

Quote:Originally Posted by Fang66 Great work nc thnx Fang!

Quote:Originally Posted by VRaivio Many thanks for the translation, nutty! Marquess is my favourite among these makers you've shared so far. Quote:Originally Posted by TehBunny ^+ichi (see what I did there) :P

Here you go folks, my translation of the Marquess article from the LAST magazine. Read from Right to Left For higher resolution, open the 'link' on a new tab/window ENJOY!

Quote:Originally Posted by jerrybrowne Cleverley Russian Calf boots.Quote:Originally Posted by jerrybrowne Yes, it's the original Russian calf. Yowzers! Congrats on a wonderful pair!

Quote:Originally Posted by chogall Did he only dye or wax shoes darker or he does full decapage and paint? Photo from his atelier. He seems more like a painting type. I'm not sure what the process is for cordovan.

Quote:Originally Posted by add911_11 Do people need to knee down for the customer? In Japan, they always kneel in front of a sitting customer... you've probably experienced that in nicer Japanese restaurants... not sure why M....