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MAKING HANDMADE SHOES: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE: Traditional shoes with hand-sewn welts and pegged heels
Imagine the joy of walking in shoes that you have made, and the satisfaction of making your first pair.
With over 380 colour photographs and lots of straight forward explanations I show you how to make hand-welted shoes, the kind of superior handmade shoes that bespoke shoemakers from around the world still make today.
This book provides you with step by step instructions to make your first pair of handmade shoes without wasting hours and hours going up blind alleys trying to find the necessary information, or having to buy loads of expensive tools, it really is a practical guide to introduce you to the fascinating craft of shoemaking, and to help you make shoes to be proud of.
About For many years I have been running a small leather workshop called Bucklehurst Ltd, and I have published lots of craft related videos on YouTube as Harry Rogers with over 25 million views. I have had so many questions about my shoe making exploits, that I decided to write this book to help people on their shoemaking journey.
This is a pretty detailed book comprising 270 pages with advice on what tools to get, and how to select leather and shoe lasts, how to make shoe patterns that will work, and how to assemble your shoes. You will learn the basics of making proper shoes using the traditional techniques that have been used for many many years to make high end shoes, including hand stitched welts to secure your shoe uppers to the sole components, and how to make and use traditional wooden pegs to secure heels. I go through everything you need to know to make the shoes on the book cover, and here is a list of the
CHAPTER 1. TOOLS AND CONSUMABLES, WHAT DO YOU NEED?
CHAPTER 2. HOW TO SHARPEN LEATHER TOOLS
CHAPTER 3. SELECTING LEATHER FOR YOUR SHOES
CHAPTER 4. MEASURING YOUR FEET
CHAPTER 5. PROPERTIES OF SHOE LASTS AND HOW TO SELECT THE CORRECT PAIR
CHAPTER 6. HOW TO MAKE YOUR SHOE PATTERNS, QUICK AND EASY APPROACH, Example With An Oxford Shoe CHAPTER 7. HOW TO MAKE YOUR SHOE PATTERNS, THE IN-DEPTH APPROACH, Example With A Derby Shoe CHAPTER 8. CUTTING OUT YOUR SHOE UPPERS
CHAPTER 9. TURNING SHOE QUARTER SEAMS FOR A TIDY TOP LINE
CHAPTER 10. SEWING THE SHOE UPPERS, General Principles And Sewing Up The Derby Design
CHAPTER 11. GIMPING AND BROGUING
CHAPTER 12. SEWING UPPERS, ADDITIONAL NOTES ON OXFORD UPPERS
CHAPTER 13. CUTTING THE INSOLE
CHAPTER 14. MAKING TOE PUFFS AND HEEL COUNTERS
CHAPTER 15. LASTING PROCESS, LASTING THE LINING
CHAPTER-16. LASTING CONTINUED, LASTING THE UPPERS
CHAPTER-17. MAKING AND SEWING THE WELTS
CHAPTER 18. MAKING AND FITTING THE RAND, The Foundation For The Heels
CHAPTER 19. FITTING THE SHANK AND FILLING THE FOOTBED
CHAPTER 20. ATTACHING THE OUTSOLES
CHAPTER 21. STITCHING THE OUTSOLES TO THE WELT
CHAPTER 22. MAKING THE HEELS
CHAPTER 23. STAINING AND POLISHING THE SOLE AND HEEL EDGES
CHAPTER 24. ATTACHING RUBBER STICK- ON SOLES
CHAPTER 25. REMOVING THE LASTS AND TRYING ON YOUR SHOES
GLOSSARY
FURTHER READING Together With My Personal Opinions On Suitability
This book contains an absolute wealth of information and is a generous size to handle at 11 inches x 8.5 inches, and has 270 pages with over 380 full of colour photographs to guide you along the way to make your first pair of high quality shoes.
With over 380 colour photographs and lots of straight forward explanations I show you how to make hand-welted shoes, the kind of superior handmade shoes that bespoke shoemakers from around the world still make today.
This book provides you with step by step instructions to make your first pair of handmade shoes without wasting hours and hours going up blind alleys trying to find the necessary information, or having to buy loads of expensive tools, it really is a practical guide to introduce you to the fascinating craft of shoemaking, and to help you make shoes to be proud of.
About For many years I have been running a small leather workshop called Bucklehurst Ltd, and I have published lots of craft related videos on YouTube as Harry Rogers with over 25 million views. I have had so many questions about my shoe making exploits, that I decided to write this book to help people on their shoemaking journey.
This is a pretty detailed book comprising 270 pages with advice on what tools to get, and how to select leather and shoe lasts, how to make shoe patterns that will work, and how to assemble your shoes. You will learn the basics of making proper shoes using the traditional techniques that have been used for many many years to make high end shoes, including hand stitched welts to secure your shoe uppers to the sole components, and how to make and use traditional wooden pegs to secure heels. I go through everything you need to know to make the shoes on the book cover, and here is a list of the
CHAPTER 1. TOOLS AND CONSUMABLES, WHAT DO YOU NEED?
CHAPTER 2. HOW TO SHARPEN LEATHER TOOLS
CHAPTER 3. SELECTING LEATHER FOR YOUR SHOES
CHAPTER 4. MEASURING YOUR FEET
CHAPTER 5. PROPERTIES OF SHOE LASTS AND HOW TO SELECT THE CORRECT PAIR
CHAPTER 6. HOW TO MAKE YOUR SHOE PATTERNS, QUICK AND EASY APPROACH, Example With An Oxford Shoe CHAPTER 7. HOW TO MAKE YOUR SHOE PATTERNS, THE IN-DEPTH APPROACH, Example With A Derby Shoe CHAPTER 8. CUTTING OUT YOUR SHOE UPPERS
CHAPTER 9. TURNING SHOE QUARTER SEAMS FOR A TIDY TOP LINE
CHAPTER 10. SEWING THE SHOE UPPERS, General Principles And Sewing Up The Derby Design
CHAPTER 11. GIMPING AND BROGUING
CHAPTER 12. SEWING UPPERS, ADDITIONAL NOTES ON OXFORD UPPERS
CHAPTER 13. CUTTING THE INSOLE
CHAPTER 14. MAKING TOE PUFFS AND HEEL COUNTERS
CHAPTER 15. LASTING PROCESS, LASTING THE LINING
CHAPTER-16. LASTING CONTINUED, LASTING THE UPPERS
CHAPTER-17. MAKING AND SEWING THE WELTS
CHAPTER 18. MAKING AND FITTING THE RAND, The Foundation For The Heels
CHAPTER 19. FITTING THE SHANK AND FILLING THE FOOTBED
CHAPTER 20. ATTACHING THE OUTSOLES
CHAPTER 21. STITCHING THE OUTSOLES TO THE WELT
CHAPTER 22. MAKING THE HEELS
CHAPTER 23. STAINING AND POLISHING THE SOLE AND HEEL EDGES
CHAPTER 24. ATTACHING RUBBER STICK- ON SOLES
CHAPTER 25. REMOVING THE LASTS AND TRYING ON YOUR SHOES
GLOSSARY
FURTHER READING Together With My Personal Opinions On Suitability
This book contains an absolute wealth of information and is a generous size to handle at 11 inches x 8.5 inches, and has 270 pages with over 380 full of colour photographs to guide you along the way to make your first pair of high quality shoes.
280 pages, Paperback
Published November 11, 2022
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November 26, 2024
this is a comprehensive view of how to make shores. I initially purchased this book to evolve my understanding of leatherworking, but walked away amazed how some cobblers work their magic into making shoes.
May 1, 2023
Looks really good, not the sort of shoes I want to make, but a good starting point. I'm aiming at more basic shoes with a wide toe box and no raised sole.
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