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Shoemaking ResourcesPlease email me at: Sharon"at"simpleshoemaking.comTo communicate with other shoemakers, go to www.bootmaker.com, then scroll down on the left to "The Crispin Colloquy". This is a forum for The Honorable Cordwainers' Society, a shoe and bootmaking group that meets annually on the weekend closest to St. Crispin's Day, (the patron saint of shoemakers) October 25. Aspects of shoemaking are shared, and cameraderie is experienced. Recently, these gatherings have been at Larry Waller's shoemaking barn in Delevan, WI and at Sturbridge Village, MA.To order, or to learn to make, stitch-down footwear made over your feet instead of over lasts, contact Glen Leasure at www.healthyhandmadeshoes.comTo order an inexpensive hand-operated Chinese stitching machine that uses thick (138 or thicker) thread, contact Ron Glassett, Rt. 1, Box 630, Eastsound WA 98245, (360)376-2600.Two companies whose leather I use are:Siegels of California: www.siegelofca.com, PO Box 1700, 700 McMurray Road, Buellton, CA 93427, 1-800-862-8956Hide and Leather House: www.hidehouse.com, 595 Monroe St., Napa, CA. 94559, 1-888-HIDEHOUSETippmann clickers and stitching machines - I use a Tippmann Aero-stitch machine, which runs on an air compressor. They are not currently being made, but evidentally will go back into production in the next year or so. I love this machine because it can be slowed down to a crawl. I also used and enjoyed the Tippmann Boss for many years, a hand-operated machine. And, I use the 12-inch Tippmann clicker to "click" out my soling. Tippmann's prices on custom-made dies that operate like "cooky-cutters" in the clicker are quite reasonable, I believe. Please contact me if you have interest in these machines, I am a dealer for Tippmann products.To inquire about purchasing individual lasts, contact Bill Tippitt at www.globalfootwearsolutions.comTo inquire about order whole sets of used lasts and shoemaking books and equipment, contact Larry Waller at www.walrusleather.comFor the best in custom-made shoes and boots, contact Dan Freeman of Middlebury, VT.
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