Rare wood-pegged shoes Wood-nailed or wood-pegged shoes, “holzgenagelte Schuhe” as they say in German, are rare, and fine wood-pegged shoes are very rare. Most shoemakers left, who can make them properly are in Austria. Among them Materna could be the number one. That is my impression. Today master shoemaker Martin Dellantonio runs the shop in Mahlerstraße. ...

Budapest Bespoke Shoes and László Vass Budapest has a long time been renown for a strong shoemaking tradition. I suppose it has a lot to do with László Vass, his shoe shop and his reference book on bespoke shoes called Handmade shoes for men. The book was published in 1999, when the web was still scarce on information ...

Old Rudolf Scheer Vienna still has eight to nine bespoke shoemakers. In the group it is fair to say that Rudolf Scheer & Söhne holds a special position. Founded in 1816 it is the oldest bespoke shoemaker in world, even older than John Lobb in London. Family-owned business The amazing fact that the same family ...

There is a bias towards shoe shape, when I browse the web. People adore the beautiful line of an Italian or a French shoe. The discussion about shoe fit is there too, yet marginalized. In a world of ready-to-wear I guess it must be so. Since very few buy bespoke shoes, which excel in fit ...

If you dream of a 40 years old pair of shoes like ones Prince Charles has, timely repairs are necessary. Recently, I brought two pairs of bespoke shoes from Kielman and Januszkiewicz in Warsaw to my local shoemaker Carsten Itkin, so they can live if not for 40 years, then for 15 or 20 years. Itkin is a ...