German-language video about Himer & Himer
Notes
- Axel Himer biography
- daughters Kim Himer and Nikola Himer
- elaborate Crispin and Crispinian ceiling painting
- cherrywood cabinets
- orthopedic work with local Dr. Thomas Lagotka, e.g. on Supersport Insole
- 3:57 closeup of frescoe part showing tiny devils attacking a tiny foot
- beech lasts
- Typical post-bed sewing machine
- 4.5mm insole leather from Rendenbach, cut with shears from a side after tracing the last
- use sole press to block the insole to the last after tacking
- interview with client
- visible twist press for hardware
-
insole carving
- channel opener
- feather knife
- pre-piercing
-
heel counters
- 2.5mm leather
- shapes on naumkeag
- long shape
- Hirschkleber spread with finger
-
lasting
- Schein 230
- quite a bit of lasting allowance
- hoisting
- finishes lasting the seat and shank with a pneumatic staple gun, outside the tacks, leaving forepart still just drafted
- lots of TS-Boy-style glue pots on the bench
- heat gun on thermoplastic toe puff
- trims away puff below featherline with naumkeag
- then does forepart
- tacks, then staples again
- pulls the tacks, leaves the staples
- another client interview
- 12:16 welt making
- dyeing on bench, then dunking water
- skives after moist
- thread making
- welting
- look like curved needles
- naumkeag to smooth bottom side of welt
- 13:15 notching pliers on inside of welt strip to make attached rand
- how rand sewn on a trade secret not shown
- thermoplastic shank heated and pounded on
- sheet cork filler
- rougher on bottom of welt
- outsole
- from toe to heel
- Rendenbach outsole leather
- crimps welt to outsole with lasting pliers
- inflatable bladder type sole press
- red hand-crank outseam sewing machine
- shows part of shoe shining seminar at the shop
- 26:00 back to making
- delasting
- last hook with foot strap
- scoop block last
- edges are still raw, no heel on shoe when delasted
- pneumatic heel press machine
- line finisher after hand blocking
- Mebus finishing machine
- hand polishing with rag, wax, water, and brush
- cedar spring shoe trees
- branded fabric shoe bag