hungarian shoemaker

[Leaveitothexperts]

Originally Posted by grimslade

That other guy whose videos I posted sells a book about all this. (It's not cheap tho...)

As for a last, I would think carving your own would be part of the fun. And then your shoes would be bespoke!

carving one is fun, creating a near mirror image of the other foot would be another story?

 

[sho'nuff]

Originally Posted by grimslade

That other guy whose videos I posted sells a book about all this. (It's not cheap tho...)

As for a last, I would think carving your own would be part of the fun. And then your shoes would be bespoke!


carve my own last?? it would look worse than a square toe kenneth cole monstrocity

 

[sho'nuff]

Marcel, can i ask you what you used to color/polish the sole edge and the upper leather in part 5?

is it just regular wax polish and shoe cream or is it some special paint or something ?


if i apply that thick layer of wax polish on the upper leather all over , once i wear the shoes and flex , it cracks and flakes all over. how do you prevent this ? thanks.

 

[MarcellHUN]

Wow! "my forum"

began to work! Thanks guys! Shoe: you can make your own shoe, but you must know, that the method on the video is one of the most difficult one. You shouldn't start with this. You can learn on your own, but I would suggest to search someone, who can teach you the proper way. You will save time, energy and money with it. (maybe join to thehcc.org community - they are helpful guys, who can give you better advices than me - I am not a native speaker, I can hardly express myself) You can buy a lot of tools from resellers from the web. To the first step, you will need a hammer, a knife, lasting pincer, and a few more thing - most probably you can buy a "starting KIT" somewhere. My tools are 70-100 years old pieces (except the knives and a few other ones). Some of them was bought by my great grandfather. This tools are not available anymore - elegant, beautiful masterpieces, not like produced nowdays (I can make a photo to compare, if someone wants). Finishing. The polish layer are very-very thin. The finishing takes 2-3 hours to achieve this, with small tricks a secret

materials. (actually this is the case: workshops always keep some trick under theirs hat). Edge: special wax for shoes.

 

[sho'nuff]

Originally Posted by MarcellHUN

Wow! "my forum"

began to work! Thanks guys!

Shoe: you can make your own shoe, but you must know, that the method on the video is one of the most difficult one. You shouldn't start with this. You can learn on your own, but I would suggest to search someone, who can teach you the proper way. You will save time, energy and money with it. (maybe join to thehcc.org community - they are helpful guys, who can give you better advices than me - I am not a native speaker, I can hardly express myself)

You can buy a lot of tools from resellers from the web. To the first step, you will need a hammer, a knife, lasting pincer, and a few more thing - most probably you can buy a "starting KIT" somewhere.

My tools are 70-100 years old pieces (except the knives and a few other ones). Some of them was bought by my great grandfather. This tools are not available anymore - elegant, beautiful masterpieces, not like produced nowdays (I can make a photo to compare, if someone wants).

Finishing. The polish layer are very-very thin. The finishing takes 2-3 hours to achieve this, with small tricks a secret

materials. (actually this is the case: workshops always keep some trick under theirs hat).

Edge: special wax for shoes.


Marcell, thank you for the info. I do sometimes wish to strip the black color off a manufacturer's black shoes, and recolor it brown or something else. So a strip off with something harsh like acetone or some kind of acid , and a repolish with kiwi shoe polish and /or cream will not do the trick?

Anyways, I love the videos. I cannot wait for the 6th one. I've always wanted to see something like this the past 2 years Ive been here. Is that you in the video or a coworker?
The person in the video has very skilled hands at sculptiing and cutting, very steady and artful movements. Thank you.

 

[MarcellHUN]

Shoe,

that is me and my hands on the video. Thanks for the appreciation.

For repolish you will need a special paint, but you can't use it on any type of leather. (and maybe I would suggest to make it with an airbrush). Kiwi is not good for re-colouring. For polish - the perfect choice. (for the first polish, we extend it with some other materials)

 

[Tarmac]

Marcel, your english is superb, please do not get tired of posting here. This is incredible.

Shoemaking is such a mystery to most people, even with tons of pics, drawings, books like "Handmade Shoes", etc. This is a revelation to me.

For example, you applying each stack of heel leather one by one, then trimming off each layer one by one, I would have never thought it was done like this. I would have bet money that there was a machine press somewhere.

edit: I will never again for a moment think that true handmade shoes are overpriced. $1000 sounds like a starting point for something like this.

 

[MarcellHUN]

Thanks Tarmac,

I really have to search a lot of words in dictionary, and I am still sure that I make a lot of mistakes - but at least the people more or less understand me.

Certainly there are solutions for each phase of shoemaking by machines. For example: like we have printers, but a printed picture will never worth the same amount, than an oil painted one.. In this video you cannot catch even one machine - this way the way of shoemaking a few decades ago - and this way I make shoes today. I don't have anything against machines - but I hope there are some guys, who needs my very work-intensive handcraft.

Thank for appreciation again!

 

[sho'nuff]

Marcell, do you have a website and photos of finished products? maybe you have RTW line as well or ONLY bespoke?
your website have more details on these things?

 

[MarcellHUN]

Shoe,

I have a page in Hungarian, which shows a few finshed design, but I work as a bespoke shoemaker. I will send you the address in a PM, but this page is far from the actual stage. (but soon will be actualised)

 

[kolecho]

MarcelHun,

Thanks for posting your videos. I now have a better appreciation of handmade shoes.

Question for you:

I notice you don't put as many brass nails into the heel of your shoes compared to Vass. Are the nails that Vass use really necessary to hold the heel together? I find them to be slippery on wet surfaces.

 

[fritzl]

Originally Posted by kolecho

I notice you don't put as many brass nails into the heel of your shoes compared to Vass. Are the nails that Vass use really necessary to hold the heel together? I find them to be slippery on wet surfaces.

Let's see what the expert says. In my experience brass nails shouldnt be the reason.

 

[Tarmac]

don't nails slow down wear as well as hold the layers together? It's why you see a huge slippery V cleat on old american shoes

 

[kolecho]

Those nails are definitely the slippery culprits. I would do without them if possible.

 

[grimslade]

Originally Posted by kolecho

Those nails are definitely the slippery culprits. I would do without them if possible.

Nails can definitely make heels slippery.