So Tsuchiya Insole Making Video

Notes

0:56 glasses the whole top surface
1:20 hammers waist and seat into molding block
3:07 insole blocking with Japanese leather knife backhand, bevel up, running palm along the plantar surface
bevels top edge of the insole by running a backtop along the top and using leather knife
4:19 rewets plantar surfaces, wraps with bike tire
bevels the edge inward, this time bevel down, holding palm over the body of the last
6:19 bevels the top edge of the insole by holding a backstop between the insole and the last and cutting with leather knife
undercuts around the heel seat
lays a paper pattern on the insole for tracing waist shapes
welt trimmer along the top edge around the forepart
7:56 marks feather and channel with wing dividers at one time, before any carving
- sets wing dividers against ruler
- traces insole pattern again
- marks heel breast line and ball lines
- goes over in pen
- really narrow waist
9:01 cuts the feather with leather knife, bevel down, creating a long, flat slop to the featherline
10:13 cuts channel with leather knife
- incises backhand
- opens with screwdriver
- cuts slope with leather knife, backhand, toward body
- pretty wide slope through the toe
- cuts a continuous strip out
- scrapes channel, then sands with sandpaper patch, brushes off
12:26 wets feather, burnishes with burnishing stick
burnishes the edge of the insole with a burnishing iron
12:52 pre-pierces
- dipping into wax before every hole
- twisting the awl
checks symmetry