Well, I never knew Canons was the continuation, sort of, of F&Co. I've taken up bottoming as a hobby in my 50s.... I've done it so I can restore British made goodyear welted shoes that I couldn't justify the cost new, for my own use.(I only need an upper whose leather is still decent) And, I love doing it! I'm picking up tips and tricks from the Net and looking at the bottoming work done on bespoke/higher end shoes...guess how it's done, and apply it. Seeing that Simon learned the who (basics) craft in a few years with Terry from F&Co makes me wish I done similar. Maybe I could rent a tent in London and have a second, MUCH more satisfying career, I only want to 'make' , not buy the whole show. Well done Simon, hat tipped to you sir. Thank you for this wonderful video.
Might be a good idea not to start conversations in the pub with " ive taken up bottoming in my 50's...."....you may loose a few teeth in the wrong type of pubs....
@@richardichard4237 Luckily for me, I'm a dab hand at taking teeth out too... no tools needed ;) Those of use who 'can' are tradesman types, not softies !
The demise of Foster and sons is so sad. Their Last shape for the Terry Moore bespoke half brogues was to die for……the Peal/Foster ready to wear Lasts are things of beauty…🇬🇧
They can. Carmina does it, but it's not easy as the scan of the foot still has to be converted into the last that takes the inside shape of the shoe. The last is not a replica of the foot, but an interpretation of the shape of the shoe.
@@derosa1989 From a scan of the foot to exact shoe-style final last, all could be made with a few clicks of software. We have technology now to make precise customer fitting. It is aslo afordable now ,so there only thing that holds bespoke makers back is their own archaic thinking.
@@anonymousonlineuser6543 "archaic thinking" ? Some craftsmen have respect for their craft and their tradition and prefer handwork over technology. Has nothing to do with "archaic".
@@anonymousonlineuser6543that is too simple. You cannot take a copy of a foot and just cast that as a last. You have to know where to add space, remove space, have to know how the customer likes to have their shoes fit. And then translate that into the shape the customer wants. So it hast to be a complex programm that has to have a lot of information in last making from last makers. It has to be a good translation, it musst be able to adapt to custom requests, it has to have a lot of data points etc pp. Carmina does it but they are only trialing it. Shoegazing tried it and it seemed only as good as adjusted lasts, so adding on to existing lasts. And the pricing is very high for the last only, we will see If it sticks around. A lastmaker will also be able to adjust the custom Last after fittings. A machine won't. Or you need yet another custom machine/new last with new custom inputs. Or you know... a lastmaker in addition to your machine. Which would of course make no sense. Why not just have him make the last in the first place then?
@@anonymousonlineuser6543 Nah it wouldn't. It's much more complicated than that. You could have like 3 dimensions (lenght, width and instep height) like RTW shoes lasts used to be made a century ago but it wouldn't really require scanning, you would just need a fairly large last library. Which is also how the vast majority or cordwainer made shoes before RTW shoes existed. Making the last for the client has always been very niche.
Love the longer content. It would be nice to have more of these videos in the future.
A fascinating conversation! Would like to see more of their workshop
Amazing video, so important to keep craft like this alive. Would love to see more of the workshop too
Could Mark tell us what he is wearing here? I love that jacket.
Well, I never knew Canons was the continuation, sort of, of F&Co. I've taken up bottoming as a hobby in my 50s.... I've done it so I can restore British made goodyear welted shoes that I couldn't justify the cost new, for my own use.(I only need an upper whose leather is still decent) And, I love doing it! I'm picking up tips and tricks from the Net and looking at the bottoming work done on bespoke/higher end shoes...guess how it's done, and apply it. Seeing that Simon learned the who (basics) craft in a few years with Terry from F&Co makes me wish I done similar. Maybe I could rent a tent in London and have a second, MUCH more satisfying career, I only want to 'make' , not buy the whole show. Well done Simon, hat tipped to you sir. Thank you for this wonderful video.
Might be a good idea not to start conversations in the pub with " ive taken up bottoming in my 50's...."....you may loose a few teeth in the wrong type of pubs....
@@richardichard4237 Luckily for me, I'm a dab hand at taking teeth out too... no tools needed ;) Those of use who 'can' are tradesman types, not softies !
GOOD LUCK!!!!!
the Oscar Peterson story is incredible!
I agree. Love Oscar
On a side note: do Englishmen also not differentiate between Bluchers and Derbies? Because the museum calf shoe is certainly a Blucher by definition.
The demise of Foster and sons is so sad. Their Last shape for the Terry Moore bespoke half brogues was to die for……the Peal/Foster ready to wear Lasts are things of beauty…🇬🇧
Why cannot lasts be made by 3D printing today in 2024?
They can. Carmina does it, but it's not easy as the scan of the foot still has to be converted into the last that takes the inside shape of the shoe. The last is not a replica of the foot, but an interpretation of the shape of the shoe.
@@derosa1989 From a scan of the foot to exact shoe-style final last, all could be made with a few clicks of software. We have technology now to make precise customer fitting. It is aslo afordable now ,so there only thing that holds bespoke makers back is their own archaic thinking.
@@anonymousonlineuser6543 "archaic thinking" ? Some craftsmen have respect for their craft and their tradition and prefer handwork over technology. Has nothing to do with "archaic".
@@anonymousonlineuser6543that is too simple. You cannot take a copy of a foot and just cast that as a last. You have to know where to add space, remove space, have to know how the customer likes to have their shoes fit. And then translate that into the shape the customer wants. So it hast to be a complex programm that has to have a lot of information in last making from last makers. It has to be a good translation, it musst be able to adapt to custom requests, it has to have a lot of data points etc pp. Carmina does it but they are only trialing it. Shoegazing tried it and it seemed only as good as adjusted lasts, so adding on to existing lasts. And the pricing is very high for the last only, we will see If it sticks around. A lastmaker will also be able to adjust the custom Last after fittings. A machine won't. Or you need yet another custom machine/new last with new custom inputs. Or you know... a lastmaker in addition to your machine. Which would of course make no sense. Why not just have him make the last in the first place then?
@@anonymousonlineuser6543 Nah it wouldn't. It's much more complicated than that. You could have like 3 dimensions (lenght, width and instep height) like RTW shoes lasts used to be made a century ago but it wouldn't really require scanning, you would just need a fairly large last library. Which is also how the vast majority or cordwainer made shoes before RTW shoes existed. Making the last for the client has always been very niche.