Questions On Making Leather Sandals

[flyknitrilleau]

Andrew, got that. I will be using brass nails. Any top quality clicking knife that i should look at? Will be using them later when making other small leather goods. I always hear Blanchard. Any similar or better that i should consider?

Edited May 26, 2014 by flyknitrilleau

[Andrew Chee]

That's a very personal decision. I have a whole bunch for different applications. The ones with curved replaceable blades are nice. The Blanchard ones are good (I think they're called "l'indispensable" or something like that). Head knives are good if you to push instead of pull your cuts. It's up to you. Just get one with good steel and keep it well sharpened.

To be honest, go get yourself a belt sander that you can invert and mount on your bench along with a decent shop vac. I use that a lot more when making sandals than I do any clicking knife.

Here are some that I've made.

Andrew

Edited May 27, 2014 by Andrew Chee

[studawg03]

Great advice guys! Anyone know of a good supplier of J Rendenbach or Baker precut soles preferably in the US to help with shipping costs?

[Danielcordell]

Awesome thread! I'm glad someone else is taking inspiration from this type of sandal. I've been researching and prototyping sandals from this company

http://www.kikany.com/sandals

Who learned from Barbara Shaum in New York

Both are great resources for sandal design.

I will also be glueing several layers of leather together and I hope to use brass tacks in the same manner so this information was very helpful. So far I've made a pair of flip-flops that turned out pretty well and look forward to making more! I hope this thread stays active and I'll try to post some pictures of my work soon

Cheers!

[thunter9]

On ‎5‎/‎26‎/‎2014 at 7:02 PM, Andrew Chee said:

That's a very personal decision. I have a whole bunch for different applications. The ones with curved replaceable blades are nice. The Blanchard ones are good (I think they're called "l'indispensable" or something like that). Head knives are good if you to push instead of pull your cuts. It's up to you. Just get one with good steel and keep it well sharpened.

To be honest, go get yourself a belt sander that you can invert and mount on your bench along with a decent shop vac. I use that a lot more when making sandals than I do any clicking knife.

Here are some that I've made.

Andrew

if one were wanting to try their hand at trying this what would he or she need to get started other than hand tools. always wanted to try my hand at this. just not sure how to construct the uppers. so they fit the way they should . any pointers to help an old man on how it is done.