Your Oxfords Need an Ass-Kickin’

[neutronjockey]

Have you ever seen the men’s shoe department selection?

Brown Oxford. Black Oxford. Brown Oxford with 3/4 brogue. Black Oxford with 3/4 brogue. Brown Oxford gimped and brogued… etc…etc…

It just doesn’t have to be that way…

Comments

[martianmooncrab]

now, if they just came in Purple with arch supports..

[neutronjockey]

It has steel shanks for arch support...unless you're talking about orthotics, which I can build to accommodate. I have purple kid skin (goat) in the next room....

[martianmooncrab]

orthotics... they are just cool shoes.. and tempting..

I had to laugh, Goat ... locker.. if the shoes fit.. grin.

[neutronjockey]

:D
Goat kickers for salty old goats. Where's my gold-fouled anchor concho at..?

[neutronjockey]

I show "on schedule." Das ist gut!

[mimerki]

Those are some mighty handsome shoes.

[neutronjockey]

...wait 'til I break out the blue suede...

(No, really...I just bought some the other day... >:) )

[selchi]

Those are adorable. I squeed.

[neutronjockey]

I draw the patterns directly on material that conforms to the selected (and sometimes modified last) so, they really are sculpted for each individual foot. Depending on the shape of the lastform's topline I can use that curvature to create lines that blend and follow the curvature of the individual's foot.

Cordwaining *is* all about art... considering the *need* for cordwainers have been replaced by factories ... art as it applied to the aesthetic quality as well as the craftsmanship involved.

(But then, I can get really, really obsessive about shoes...)
...I know this feeling, it keeps me up late at night. :D