YouTube video by Ed Meier
Notes
-
pre-piercing holes in welt
- wriggling motion
- rather thin awl
- leather toe puff inserted before lasting
- lasting in lap
- drafts toe, then in front of balls
- old Swedish-style lasting pliers
- wire nails for lasting
- skips quite a bit of lasting on video
-
inseaming
- saddle stitching
- no hand leather
- wire bristles
-
casts the outside thread
- now using the awl haft to pull
- sews toward his body
- pierces inside out, insert bristle outside in first
-
pegging rand
- rand is a continuation of the welt
- drives each peg immediately after piercing
-
bottom filling
-
soling
- crimps welt to outsole with lasting pliers, with scrap of sole leather underneath the sole
- pares by hand, pulling point of knife toward thumb
- sands edges with sandpaper patch in fingers
-
outseaming
-
hidden channel
- pierces from top
- wriggling motion
- round awl
- using awl haft to pull on the top/upper side
-
heeling
- rasps the seat of the outsole
- leather lift
-
wood pegs around the edge, but not along the breast
- also pegs the leather part of the combo top lift
-
bottom edge finishing
-
polishing
- wax and water
- mentions hours of work