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Anton Karpenko

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About Anton Karpenko

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    Handmade shoes

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  1. Thank you a lot for your response. By the way, i have contacted JR-Redenbach tannery in Germany, and today i received samples from them (a pair of full soles, some toe puffs and heel counters) and i must admit that the quality is the best i've ever seen before. If you need, i can provide the contacts maybe they do have some distributer in the US. I can also upload some pics if you want to see the items.
  2. Thank you for your detail reply, next time i'll use your tips. Could you please also suggest me where i can get I bought this last in Ukraine in the regular store with some stuff for shoemakers. I don't really like the shape, but the price was so low (20$), that i decided to buy it for my shoemaking studies. On the last it says "levis b", but i'm not sure whether it's a company's name or just the name of the last model. And i assume this last was made in Turkey. Thank you a lot.
  3. Looking For A Buffalo Grey Suede Leather

  4. Hi everyone, i'm learning to make shoes, here you can see one of my works. And for another shoe project i need buffalo grey suede leather in good quality, so if you know where i can get one (ebay is not an option), please help me.
  5. For the top beading i used the same leather that i used for the lining, it was a pig leather about 1.1 mm thick, and i only strengthen it with the special tape that you can buy in a regular fabric store.
  6. Thank you a lot, and when you'll start making your own shoes, just let me know if i can help you. Thank you, but they are far away from the perfect one, i still in learning process. I think you're right, thank you for the info. And yes, i need to finish the sole, but i don't know how, yet. I have gum tragacanth and wax, but i'm not sure how to apply them. Thank you, i used punch tools similar to these.
  7. Hi everyone, i learn how to make handmade shoes and the info about how to work with leather, which i found here, helps me a lot. This is my second pair, i do everything by hand, so don't judge me too hard. I used english harris tweed alongside with the leather i bought through ebay, seller said that it is a buffalo leather, but i'm not sure, because the quality is crap. P.S. sorry for my english, i'm from Ukraine. P.S. 2 i have a dream to start my own shoe line, but i need to learn a lot and to do that i started a crowdfunding project to get money and attend shoemaking courses, if anyone can help me not only with money, but maybe with a repost in social nets, that would be great.
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