Japanese-language YouTube video by Kotaro Murayama teaching sole bottom finishing
Notes
- breaks off glass scraper over the side of his French hammer
- Kiwi shoe polish
- glasses the plantar surface from back toward toe, all over
- once completely scraped, changes direction with scraper
- follows with sandpaper patch
- sands quickly for smoothness
- neutral color polish
- rubs on with white rag
- turns the shoe hell away to rub on toward heel stack
- compares to funori
- drips water onto polish to burnish with fresh part of rag
- side by side comparison with funori bottom, still wet and dry
- likes both