Ken Hishinuma Tools Video

YouTube video by Ken Hishinuma

Notes

• [uses leather loops on ends of handles to hang from pins]
• fudge wheels
  • 7, 8, 10, 12, 14
• seam detailers
  • No. 10 from Starko
  • some triagular
  • some bifurcated, some not
• bevel iron: decorate bottom edge of sole
• many tools from Starko
• edge irons
  • uses electric heater
  • numbered by thickness working flat, for sole thickness
  • units vary
  • arranged in order
  • thickest for double or triple soles
• glazing iron
  • frequently used
  • heels and even edges
• edge shave
  • used in upper work
  • trim excess lining
• waist irons
  • curved tip
  • concave edge
• combination waist iron and edge iron
• seat iron
  • heel when double welting
  • limited use
  • modified the shape to add steps
• bevel iron
  • rarely used
  • fine sole decorations
• seat wheels
  • different density wheels
  • different styles of tool heads
• rand file
  • one rough side, other side smooth
  • avoid damaging upper above heel
• yankee welt knife
  • also uses between upper and heel
• feather plough
  • TINA 285
  • can only cut one depth
  • insoles only
• glazing iron for melting wax on bottoms of outsoles, removing bumps
• some tools only 5 or 10 minutes of a 100-hour shoemaking process
• likes customizing tools
• each maker customizes their way