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Guide – Shoe care brands

The amount of good quality shoe care brands available are more than in a long time, and a lot of ...
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Guide – How to prevent and remove mould from leather shoes

The formation of mould on leather shoes is a common problem especially in some parts of the world during some ...
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Shoe care and shoe shining – The complete guide

A detailed step by step shoe care guide with lots of information on how and why you should take care ...
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Guide – Shoe trees

When it comes to maximizing the life of your shoes, there are three cornerstones: shoe care, shoe trees and rest. In ...
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Guide – Care of cordovan

The famous leather type cordovan, made of horse's rump, is more popular than in many years. It's a material that ...
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Guide – Shoe brushes

One always talk about how much easier things are with good tools, and this also applies to shoe care and ...
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In depth – Different polishing conditions

The fact that it's always more difficult to polish up a proper shine on new shoes most have probably experienced. It may, ...
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The tip – Use removable insoles of the correct material

A nice thing with quality of shoes is that they have insoles of leather that allows the feet to breathe ...
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Picture special – “Full refurbishment”

A while back I bought this pair of Alfred Sargent Handgrade Benson to a very cheap price on Ebay. A ...
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Report – Saphir factory visit

Saphir is perhaps the world's most renowned manufacturer of shoe care products, with a history that goes back over 100 ...
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The tip – Reasons for heel slippage, and the solutions

Heel slippage when walking is one of the more common problems people experience with new shoes. It can be caused ...
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Guide – Simple corrections of fit

Due to the fact that a vast majority of the shoes sold are Ready to Wear, and many of them ...
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Guide – Simple corrections of fit nr. 2

Most people know about removable insoles, heel grips, tongue pads etc. to fix various fit issues, what some might not ...
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Guide – Shoe sizes

Most people have a fairly decent know how about how shoe sizes works, the difference between for example the European scale and the ...
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The tip – Stretch shoes yourself

The subject of stretching shoes has been featured several times here on the blog, it's really the only way to make small shoes ...
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In-depth – RTW and fit

Good fit is the single most important feature of a shoe, even so, a lot of people wear shoes that fits quite ...
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In depth – What affects how shoes are stretched nr. 2

Some time ago I wrote a post about the different things that affect how shoes will stretch on the Swedish ...
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In-depth – How shoes crease

After once again receiving questions from readers about this subject this week, I felt it might be time to write ...
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The tip – Fix loose loafers with tongue pads

Loafers are, as most know, always more difficult to get a good fit on, since you have no opportunity to ...
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In depth – Feet changes

I often talk about that fit is the single most important thing when it comes to shoes. An aggravating factor ...
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In-depth – How pattern affect fit

It is easy to think that all shoe models made on one and the same last will always fit the ...
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Guide – Waist definitions

This is certainly a complicated topic. Few things in the shoe world are as confused as how the waist and ...
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In-depth – Creases on the toe cap

It's one of the most common misconceptions in the world of quality footwear: that creases on the toe cap means ...
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In-depth – All about sole and heel edges

Few things say so much about the actual quality of the making on a pair of welted shoes as the ...
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Guide – Methods of shoe construction

There are of course several different methods of construction to put together a shoe. In this article all the most ...
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Guide – Resoling and re-heeling

Traditionally constructed shoes, not least stitched ones, are almost always marketed with emphasis on the possibilities of resoling and repairing ...
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In depth – Disassembly of shoes

Continuing on the theme of what distinguishes shoes in different price ranges, this time in a proper in-depth manner. Together ...
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Picture special – The difference between Goodyear welted and hand welted

A classic topic of discussion is the difference between Goodyear welted and hand welted shoes, and the function and importance ...
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Guide – Toe shapes

How the toe is designed is perhaps the most important aesthetic part on a shoe. With its position at the ...
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In-depth – Why shoes can be copied

Every manufacturer of quality shoes has their versions of the classic models - plain cap toe oxford, semi brogues, adelaides, ...
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Picture special – Comparison between Yohei Fukuda and Marquess

Yohei Fukuda and Marquess/Shoji Kawaguchi are two of the most well renowned bespoke shoemakers in Japan (and in the world, ...
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In-depth – The downside of shell cordovan

Shell cordovan is a loved material by many, with its special characteristics and durability. However, there's a few downsides of ...
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Guide – Shoe leather tanneries

Anyone interested in footwear will have come across a number of different tannery names in the marketing of the shoe ...
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In-depth – Leather quality vs leather properties

To judge leather quality is a science of its own, and many times people confuse leather quality with specific properties ...
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In-depth – How the colour of leather vary

One difficulty that the growing online retailing of shoes poses for both stores and customers is the rendering of the ...
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The web tip – The Leather dictionary

If you're interested in learning more about leathers - the various kinds, various properties and much more - there's few ...
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History – Shell Cordovan

Cordovan is an immensely popular material for shoes and leather accessories, with its special character and features. However, it was ...
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In-depth – Why to avoid sanding leather

Today it's increasingly common with sanding down leather, mainly to remove cracks, but sometimes also only to smoothen out creases ...
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The tip – Use removable insoles of the correct material

A nice thing with quality of shoes is that they have insoles of leather that allows the feet to breathe ...
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News – New EU rules positive for the leather industry

Today the EU Parliament made several decisions regarding stricter rules of antibiotics in animal husbandry. The main objective is to ...
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Reflection – Is biofabricated leather the future?

Imagine that the raw material for your future leather shoes is not from animals, but grown in large laboratories. Already ...
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Buyer’s guide – Bespoke prices

For those who want to get an overview of the prices among different manufacturers of bespoke shoes, a lot of ...
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Buyer’s guide – Main d’Or

Eiji Murata, the man behind the brand Main d'Or, is one of the highest rated bespoke shoe makers in the ...
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Buyer’s guide – Yohei Fukuda

Yohei Fukuda is one of the most acclaimed Japanese bespoke shoemakers today, and many shoe interested men have drooled over ...
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Buyer’s guide – Hiro Yanagimachi

Hiro Yanagimachi is one of the pioneers of the new wave of Japanese bespoke shoemakers which established themselves in the ...
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Report – Gaziano & Girling bespoke, part 1

This summer I was in London to get measured for a bespoke order from Gaziano & Girling. In this series ...
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Report – Gaziano & Girling bespoke, part 2

So here's the second part of the series about the making of a pair bespoke shoes from Gaziano & Girling that ...
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Report – Gaziano & Girling bespoke, part 3

Last week I had my second fitting for the bespoke shoes I've ordered from British Gaziano & Girling. Here a review ...
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Report – Gaziano & Girling bespoke, part 4

Time for the penultimate installment in the series that follows the process and the production of a pair of bespoke shoes ...
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Report – Gaziano & Girling bespoke, pt. 5

The article series that followed all parts of the process of ordering a pair of bespoke shoes from Gaziano & Girling, from the ...
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Report – Patrick Frei bespoke, part 1

Time for the first part of a new article series that will follow the process ordering a pair of bespoke ...
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Report – Main-d’Or / Eiji Murata

He has produced some of the world's finest shoes for over 12 years, he is highly praised by the bespoke shoemaking ...
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Report – Alte Art

Alte Art is relatively unknown, even though one founder is one of the pioneers of the thriving Japanese bespoke shoe ...
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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 3, Daniel Wegan, about dedication

Hear bespoke shoemaker Daniel Wegan talk about dedication, which took him to the bespoke department of Gaziano & Girling, made ...
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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep.5, Hiro Yanagimachi, about the Japanese bespoke shoe scene

Japan has in only two decades gone from a more or less non-existing bespoke market, up to being perhaps the ...
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History – The Goodyear welted shoe construction

When the Goodyear welted construction method became established in the later part of the 19th century, it revolutionised the manufacture ...
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History – The welted construction method

Classic quality shoes are in many ways well connected to it's historical roots, which in a way makes it even ...
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History – The lasting machine

A machine that had a huge impact during the industrialization of the shoe production was the lasting machine, which made it ...
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History – Heels

All traditionally constructed shoes have heels, although they are now relatively low on men's shoes. However, this has not always ...
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History – Toe stiffeners

One thing that more or less all types of classic or traditionally constructed shoes have in common is the use ...
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History – Shell Cordovan

Cordovan is an immensely popular material for shoes and leather accessories, with its special character and features. However, it was ...
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