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Shoe Damage Report & Shoe P0rn Central - Part II

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Originally Posted by gshen
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MysteryJapaneseShoemaker in Hong Kong:

He has already registered on the forum and I hope he will start posting and unravel the mystery himself!

The certificate on the wall is a bit difficult to read, but his name is Masuro Okuyama
and he was awarded a Gold Medal at the Wiesbaden shoemaker's competition (held every three years).

As he is quite a young men, I presume he won earlier this year and not three years ago.
 
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Originally Posted by bengal-stripe
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The certificate on the wall is a bit difficult to read, but his name is Masuro Okuyama
and he was awarded a Gold Medal at the Wiesbaden shoemaker's competition (held every three years).

As he is quite a young men, I presume he won earlier this year and not three years ago.

+1. This is his website: http://masaruokuyama.com/ some nice shoe-making-in-progress slides.

At the bottom of the second to last page, he mentioned this gold medal, and it is indeed 2010.
 
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+1. This is his website: http://masaruokuyama.com/ some nice shoe-making-in-progress slides..

Nice site and beautiful shoes!
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gshen always has good taste, i wish you luck with your bespoke japanese venture, the one in your hand looks very nice indeed!
 
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Bespoke Lobb Monks - needed them in a durable leather that had a nice warm patina and could withstand Town & Country. Looking forward to breaking them in!

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wow those are a revelation, reminds me of the first time I saw a picture of high end English shoes and was floored by the sheer immaculate beauty. JL Ltd are the Rolls Royce of shoes
 
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Ugolini

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paprika trees, great

do you have pics of round toes?
 
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Originally Posted by gshen
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MysteryJapaneseShoemaker in Hong Kong:

mystery, this guy is on facebook and most of the shoe nuts here are on his fanpage
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gshen always has good taste, i wish you luck with your bespoke japanese venture, the one in your hand looks very nice indeed!

Gee, thanks! A bit too rich for my blood, but definitely something to consider when i achieve BigTimer status.

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mystery, this guy is on facebook and most of the shoe nuts here are on his fanpage
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Was just teasin mang! Would have obviously censored off his name from the pics if i wanted to keep it a 'mystery'.
 
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Originally Posted by gshen
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Gee, thanks! A bit too rich for my blood, but definitely something to consider when i achieve BigTimer status.



Was just teasin mang! Would have obviously censored off his name from the pics if i wanted to keep it a 'mystery'.

Wow! I have to visit him! Thanks Gshen!
 
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You're most welcome - remember to take lots of pictures!

you have opened a can of worms now :)
 
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Originally Posted by artoftime
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Bespoke Lobb Monks - needed them in a durable leather that had a nice warm patina and could withstand Town & Country.

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I do not like austerity stitching and feel that plain monks are boring. I also do not like grained leather

HOWEVER, these Bespoke Lobbs are gorgeous. It has made me rethink of acquiring a bespoke sample myself due to the austerity design matching well with the grained leather.

This is the beauty of this never ending shoe Appreciation thread, I get inspired by stuff I thought would not look good...and now I'll possibly get the same thing but in a darker brown leather....nice job Artoftime
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