Handmade Shoes for Men

if like myself you have developed an interest in shoe making, and grope around trying to find information on the tools and materials and processes involved, then look no further. This book is fabulous. beautiful pictures and illustrations, all aspects of shoe making thoroughly covered in an engrossing way. a real pleasure to read, quality speaks for itself and this book oozes it. excellent.

Sebastian Tarek, a shoemaker, suggested I buy it when I was on one of the courses he teaches at Prescott & McKay. Although I mainly am only interested in womens's shoes, I found this book fansinating - it is packed with so much useful information and brilliant photographs - It is a truly good buy.

An interesting insight into bespoke shoe making.

Great quality book filled with lots of information. It was a great gift for my partner who is obsessed with shoes! Would definitely recommend to anyone else interested in buying, you will not be disappointed.

I bought this book for my daughter who is preparing to study shoe design at uni. It's a thoroughly informative book, the information, photographs and diagrams are really useful - right down to the detailed skeleton of the feet. My daughter has been using it for inspiration and reference, and says she wouldn't be without it.

I have been interested in leather shoes for men for a while and have read countless blogs, magazines and website on men's leather shoes. I was initially sceptical about this book, as what other new information would a book stand to offer that online internet sources do not? Well, I have to say I'm very pleasantly surprised. I have learnt something completely new in every single chapter of the book so far, and I am less than a third of my way through. A most extraordinary book full of fine details about shoe making. A must read for anyone interested in classic men shoes.

This book takes you through every step of making a shoe. It is comprehensive and detailed, thus is likely the only book you will ever need on the topic. A truly wonderful book.

interesting little book if you have an interest in shoe making and you want to have an general basics understanding of male shoe making

I bought this book for my husband and he absolutely loves it! Is is very informative, full on! I would recommend this to anyone who is interested in making their own shoes.

Wow! I loved this book! I've wanted to learn how to hand-make shoes and this book is such a thorough step-by-step explanation for their creation. It also includes the history of shoes and shoemaking, last creation (a "last" is the shoe equivalent of a dressform), foot anatomy, leather and tanning techniques, and great detail about the most popular styles of men's shoes (and definitions for all the shoe terms). I've watched many hours of (free) videos of shoes being made by hand (from the same site where everyone goes for cute kitty videos!) so this was a great complement to those videos and explained some of the steps that I didn't see in the videos or just needed to see with different explanations. Since I have a background in patternmaking, fitting and sewing of garments, it wasn't that difficult a leap to see how to apply those same skills to making shoes. (If you don't have any background in sewing or patternmaking, you would probably need more than this book to get started in shoemaking, but it would still provide you with a wonderful exposure to the craft.) I found the photos to be of a very high quality and the step-by-step explanations to be very clear. I really felt like I could jump right into making a pair of shoes if I bought some of the basic shoemaking tools. Now that I've finished reading the entire book I'm signing up for a class to learn how to make beautiful shoes by hand so I can learn how to properly use these specific tools from someone skilled in the craft. The only thing this book was missing was more information about the pattern drafting/transfer process. The single-page on this topic was cursory and, even with my extensive draping and patternmaking experience, wasn't very helpful. (Even with this deficiency, it wasn't significant enough for me to remove an entire star for it. . . so I'm sticking with the 5-star rating since there isn't a 4 1/2-star option.) If you have any interest in shoes or learning how to make them, this is a GREAT book for you.

I am a lifetime shoe maker, and this book was purchased by me to see what another shoe maker shares, about his knowledge of boot and shoe making. I was pleasantly surprised. After more than 35 years of making boots and shoes, I was able to pick up some new techniques and information which is more valuable than the cost of the book itself. The plethora of colour images help as well. Well done!

Llego en tiempo y el libro es muy bueno.

Anyone who has an interest in shoes or clothing or leathers in general might like to get this book. Personally, I have searched a lot for good books about men clothing and this is the right place to read everything about handmade shoes. it is very well detailed and has a scientific and an artistically approach. It has everything you need to know to understand the foot and how it behaves and why it is beautiful and practical, the measurements, the leather, the shoe lasts and even some great advices on how to take care for your shoes. This is not the first book I read about shoes in general and I can say with confidence that this is the right place if you are looking for a book that has it all. The pictures in the book are of an excellent quality and it is one of these book that you want to eat because it is so beautiful and it is a piece of art by itself. Highly recommended.