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History - The true story of Nicolaus Tuczek

History – The true story of Nikolaus Tuczek

2025-01-18

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Nikolaus Tuczek is one of the most acclaimed shoemakers in history, with an almost mythical gloria around him. Wrongly so. The Tuczek story is not about one brilliant man, it’s about several generations of a hard working family who had to fight and overcome many challenges, until a pair of slippers finally took them down. Bespoke shoemaker and shoe historian at his leisure William Efe Laborde is here to unveil the truth in an ambitious attempt at documenting a history of that great and misunderstood firm, in this guest article that also includes some unique photos.

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News - Efe Laborde launches MTO offering

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Buying tip – Efe Laborde launches MTO offering

2024-06-01

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

The British-based bespoke shoemaker William Efe Laborde now introduces a Made to Order service, with shoes made to exactly the same standard as his full bespoke, but on standard lasts available in two different toe shapes and in four widths. Initially an oxford and a derby are available as base models, and the leather options are spectacular, with among other things several vintage Freudenberg leathers.

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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 28, William Efe Laborde, about connecting historic shoemaking with the present

2023-08-13

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

New podcast episode with the British-based bespoke shoemaker William Efe Laborde, in a talk where we focus on connecting historic shoemaking, materials and tools with today’s. Among many things you’ll learn which area of shoemaking that he thinks is at an all time high now in present time, why the tools never can be made as good as they were before the World War II again, and much more.

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World Championships of Shoemaking 2023 – All competition shoes pt.1

2023-06-29

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

Here’s a substantial review of all the amazing competition shoes – 29 black balmoral boots – that entered the World Championships of Shoemaking 2023. Info about the makers and the shoes, comments, pictures of the shoes and in some cases also the manufacturing process. So much shoe greatness.

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Buying tip – Shoemakers’ Toolmakers

2023-04-09

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

For bespoke shoemakers or aspiring ones, there’s a constant hunt for good tools. The fact that many of the best quality ones were made decades ago makes this even more difficult. Luckily, there’s a few good places to turn to, one of them is the online shop Shoemaker’s Toolmakers which sell vintage tools and shoemaking materials.

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Buying tip – Three independent British bespoke shoemakers

2023-01-29

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

In England you’ll find many more interesting bespoke shoemakers than just the usual suspects. In this article I highlight three of them: Efe Laborde, Sebastian Tarek and Tony Slinger. Also briefly about an article in the world’s largest financial newspaper, Nikkei, about the Japanese success in last year’s shoemaking world championships.

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History – The true story of Nikolaus Tuczek

Buying tip – Efe Laborde launches MTO offering

Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 28, William Efe Laborde, about connecting historic shoemaking with the present

World Championships of Shoemaking 2023 – All competition shoes pt.1

Buying tip – Shoemakers’ Toolmakers

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