YouTube video of So Tsuchiya making shoes
Notes
- much of this footage seems to be copied to or from videos on So’s own YouTube channel, but there are some additional parts here
Whittling
- 18:22
- cold waist iron
- whittles with leather knife
- rasps
- glasses
- sandpaper patch
- circular welt trimmer
- cold edge iron
Heel Building
- 19:25
- uses lift to mark heel breast curve on outsole
- whole lift directly on outsole
- pares the center down substantially to flatten
- marks line around edge with compass
- 11 wood pegs along line
- combination top lift
- rasps
- marks points for brass decorative nails with scratch awl, clips tops, files smooth
- sandpaper on stack and bottom of outsole
- edge iron around top of heel stack
- rand file
- brushes
Bottom Staining
- 21:30
- sponge to dye forepart of outsole and top lift
- dauber to dye edges and heel stack
- paintbrush to dye welt
- cold edge iron to burnish
- seam detailer
- paintbrush to dye waist and edges
- heats tools over electric burner, on a wire grate
- heats wax and crayons on
- dips tools in water before applying
- waist iron, edge iron, glazing iron, fudge
- final adjustments with seam detailer
- hot glazing iron on wax through shank
- sandpaper patch, then cloth burnishing
- crow wheel
- edge iron
- wears a fingerless heat-resistant glove on right hand for heated tools
- decorative embossing wheel with floral pattern
Delasting
- 23:18
- hammers top of last
- scoop block
Finishing
- embossed logo on sock liners
- motto: “hand sewn with love and rhythm”
- Ichikiri to trim trim allowance
- shoe tree
- polishing
- mirror shine on toe cap