hungarian shoemaker

Cool videos. Janne, would you consider the techniques in the videos to be very similar to those you use yourself? Are there differences?

I suppose, there is a third part still to come. He hasn’t even yet begun to attach the soles.

The one thing, I found surprising, he made his shoes over a commercial last (moulded in plastic) without any modifications or adjustments
(as far as I could see). Maybe the shoes are not bespoke, but a traditionally, hand-made range of RTW (rather like St Crispin's).

Where is he based, in Budapest or in the Provinces? Couldn’t find that on the web-site.

Dear All, First thanks Janne to put my videos link here! I am glad to answer your question about handmade bespoke men shoes. bengal-stripe: you are right, I work sometimes on pleastic, because it is much more durable than the tree ones. Tha fact that you don't see modifications, doesn't mean that they don't exist - if one customer order more shoes, I can get manufactured his own last for his size. The last factory can arrange staly, heel-height, width, etc. It takes approx 2 weeks.

Janne, who was your master ?

These videos are excellent! I wish we had one of your typical factory-made British or Italian shoe so the members could see just how vastly different and more intensive this handmade process is.

Part 3 is up now:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=c13m_kEll...elated&search=

it shows stitching the welt. Interesting, Marcel uses a 360 degree welt, not (heel) 'breast to breast'.

There probably are two more parts to come: showing sole attachment and finishing: wheeling the welt and cutting, shaping, dying of sole edge and heel.

Hello Marcel,
these are great videos. How long does it take you to make a pair of shoes?

From the summary of video 1:

Perhaps you're short-selling yourself a little. I thought the Goodyear welts were done with a machine and not by hand as your shoes are?

Best regards

Wonderful videos! How much do these shoes retail for?

All, FYI "szabo" is Hungarian for "tailor." Just a funny coincidence, it's a really common name.

Wait, really?

Marcel, I'm on my way out to Liszt Ferenc in an hour or so. I'll try to stop in.

Szia
Tom

Thank you for your interest and questions!

I try to answer for all of your questions.

I don't use machines - you will see this from the next two parts (I plan to show later some other technologies too). I wouldn't dare to call my shoes "handmade" if I wouldn't make all steps by hand. You can buy excellent machine-made shoes (even with a hand-made sign on its sole ), but you can't compare them with a real hand-made one.

A handmade shoe takes 3-4 days to finish and 10 more stay on the last. It suppose to keep the form for 20 years. (the machine-made shoes process' is 3-4 hours, maybe 1 day)

I am not staying on Liszt Ferenc ter, so you don't need to go there, but you can contact me on my mail to have a shoe from me.

The bespoke shoe price moves in wide range: it starts from 1000 USD* (Actualised to the actual price- 03.10.2007)

Please feel free to ask, if you want to know more about these shoes. I am making new videos soon - the next one will come in this weekend.

marcel great shoes! do you have a lookbook anywhere of finished designs?