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    I make handwelted shoes. I'm a self-taught amateur and I've only made about 15 pairs. Here are some I've made.












    And since someone is bound to ask, I started a pair of cycling shoes about a year ago but the project has been buried my other stuff. These will have a custom laminated carbon fibre midsole (if I ever manage to finish them).



    Arttu Kuisma

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    Very nice. How did you get started?

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    That’s about original as it gets, in terms of product and craftsmanship...well done.
    rw saunders
    hey, how lucky can one man get.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 72gmc View Post
    Very nice. How did you get started?
    Youtube videos, then books. I started when I graduated from design school and no longer had access to the schools metal and wood workshops. I wanted to do something that I could do with basic tools in the corner of my small apartment. I've acquired a bunch of machines since then, though.
    Arttu Kuisma

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    Default Re: Shoes

    Wow!

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    Once more... Wow!

    If you don't mind me asking, where you located?
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    That's very cool - something I've wanted to do for a while (as well as build a bike frame...) mainly as I have bad feet and off the pef shoes aren't great. Not sure I have the time to invest though.
    It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ras72 View Post
    Once more... Wow!

    If you don't mind me asking, where you located?
    I'm located in Finland.

    Quote Originally Posted by kdawg View Post
    That's very cool - something I've wanted to do for a while (as well as build a bike frame...) mainly as I have bad feet and off the pef shoes aren't great. Not sure I have the time to invest though.
    I suggest taking a shoemaking course if you are truly interested and want to be efficient with your time. I made about 5 pairs over a year or two by myself before starting to get "acceptable" results, I'm sure a course would've cut down that time by quite a bit.
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