blog post by James Ducker on making test shoes
- calf, not lizard as ordered
- no holdfast on insole
- stiffeners and puffs as normal, but just a blob of paste on each
- last to unreprepped insole, starting with forepart
- “pull down the heel” [implied hoisting?]
- bracing
- leave the full lasting allowance
- start in the joint
- welting awl through lasting allowance into insole, out again
- alternate using ends of the thread
- meet back where started
- knot ends together underneath
- leave on shoe 24 hours
- remove last
- cut rough outsole, rubber cement to insole
- temporary heel from leather or cork, nailed from inside of shoe
- stand in the shoes to fix the fake sole