Michael Darren Shoes: From Crust leather to Custom Patina
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- This is an exciting video for me today as I introduce my new brand of shoes Michael Darren Shoes
www.michaeldarrenshoes.com
These all begin life as unfinished full grain Italian crust leather and are finished by hand. The factory patinas are excellent but I also sell them unfinished for you to patina yourself or you can send them to your favorite patina artist.
This video shows a start to finish project creating a custom Black Cherry patina. I hope you will enjoy it and be sure to check out the entire Michael Darren Shoes collection.
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wow.....I'm really impressed with your finishing.
i am a young shoemaker from Nigeria who is very dedicated to the craftmanship of shoemaking.
@@thompsonemmanuel184 I really appreciate it!
I am in love with these loafers, I admit it!!!Great job,congratulations!!!!!!
@@highwaytohealth3211 Happy to get you into a pair 👍
AMAZING!
@@eddieramirez5161 I appreciate it. Check out www.michaeldarrenshoes.com 👍
beautiful shoes and the patina , make this shoes one of a kind , great job as always !!!!!
Thanks very much. That is what I love about crust leather like this. Each pair is a unique piece when finished.
And he did them in my favorite color too: Burgundy.
Oh Yeah!
Entertaining as always and first rate work on those crust leather loafers, another great result!
I sure do appreciate it. This was a favorite of mine. I loved the patina so much that I added it as one of the factory patinas available for my brand 👍
@@mbshoedoc truly a classic shoe and the patina is well executed
Very nice work as usual. I'm definitely looking into your shoe brand. Looking forward to watching more of your videos!!
Thank you very much. I have plenty of new brands to introduce and new patinas to show 🙏👍
Wow. This is my first time to see the hand painting of crust leather in action. The process seems deceptively simple but obviously very detail-oriented. And the results speak for themselves. There's none of the plastickiness or crustiness that I thought were necessarily part of a surface-level hand dye job. Beautiful.
How do shoes like these hold up to fairly hard use? Personally, my feet can't help themselves but find and crash against every step, furniture leg, and threshold that comes within half a mile of them.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. Most of the shoes I own now are all hand dyed patinas and I haven't had any trouble with them holding up over time. You treat scuffs and scrapes the same way you would a factory dyed shoe with colored cream and polish. Its really no different for hand dyed crust leather.
Those Loafers are 🔥, GREAT JOB!!!
Thanks so much man! Definitely check out the entire collection of Michael Darren Shoes 👌👍
Beautiful end product!
Thanks so much. I was really happy with this one 👍
Wonderful job!
I really appreciate it. One of my favorite patinas 👍
Very great work you are an artiste sir,Nice shoes, Love it ❤❤❤
Thank you! This was my first patina on my own brand. I loved the color so much I added it to the collection.
I love these shoes! I’m going to try and recreate it, I hope I can
Amazing work as usual! Can you provide a rough estimate of how much a patina job like this cost (including the sole work)?
Thanks very much. I typically charge $140 for the custom patina and shine when it is on a pair of your shoes and I have to strip them. When it is on a crust pair from my own brand I charge less, more like 80.
@@mbshoedoc Sounds good… great price for the quality workmanship!
@@jandevery This particular color was added to the list of available factory patinas after this. I still do a few custom jobs but when I finish one I really love I try to add it to the collection. Definitely check out the website link in the description 👍.
make more penny loafers videos! I'm from Brazil!
Sorry I'm waaaay behind on videos. Its been about three weeks since I've made one. Working on taxes and some custom patina projects. I just finished working on a shell cordovan loafer and will post that one up soon.
2:50 Dying the piping at the lip of the shoe: masking tape, masking tape! Beautiful job though. But that was an incredibly modest introduction to your brand. You should've talked it up, told us where they're made, given us the specs on the soles, said how many styles you have in the pipeline.
I think it's more difficult to tape off the inside of the shoe than it is to be extra careful 😁. I'll definitely do more of an unboxing and introduction to the brand. Thanks!! 🙏
Great job enjoyed your video. Where can I buy a pair of crust shoes like those
You buy them from me. This is my brand Michael Darren Shoes and all models are available in crust.
Www.michaeldarrenshoes.com
Saludo me gustaría saber si vende zapatos
Sí, visite mi sitio web en www.michaeldarrenshoes.com
How do you take care of this kind of finish? Seems that a scratch may expose the crust white leather
The dye penetrates well so no you don't expose white. A scratch may be lighter red than the rest of the shoe just like a dark brown factory dyed shoe will be lighter under a scratch. Hand dyed patina doesn't need special care really. I treat them like any other shoe.
Nice video. Question - once you apply the dye to the tip/edges etc, is it permanent or is there a way to get it off if I decide I don't like it down the line?
You can strip the leather again to remove burnishing or to lighten some areas but you couldn't strip the shoe all the way back to the white color. You could change the shoes to brown but some red undertones would always remain. Hope that helps.
@@mbshoedoc - thank you! yea, I don't want to strip the factory finish, but would like to try out the burnishing, and if I don't like it, I need to have an option to remove it and bring it back to factory. Thanks again!
@@RandJ1996 I would say not to do it. Trying to strip the burnish off will strip the original finish off too. Just use darker cream polish and wax to add some burnish. Those can mostly be removed without issue.
@@mbshoedoc I've tried that, but honestly didn't work very well. In that case, I won't burnish at all, not worth the risk. Thank you for a quick reply!!!
@@RandJ1996 yeah cream and wax only gets you so far. Dye patina is the proper way but you gotta go all in on it. 👍
How did you learn to do this? TIA
@@gerryaustin8687 Self taught. I discovered patina probably 6 or so years ago. I was already shining shoes and doing minor restorations and ran across a random patina video and I thought....ooo that looks fun, I think I could do that. So I got some dyes, acetone and craft brushes and went at it. I started with thrift store and eBay shoes until I felt comfortable to work on new shoes.
@@mbshoedoc Thanks for the answer. I have watched a number of your videos and bought a $25 pair of Allen Edmonds brown oxfords off Ebay with the hope of stripping them and dyeing them a deep Navy blue. Thanks for the answer and inspiration
@@gerryaustin8687 I have a few navy blue patina videos posted that may help. Blue can be tricky. You go too light and the first layers lean green but then it quickly can get too dark and look almost black.
Hey MB I have a vintage pair of wingtips that are severely cracked, is sanding and recoloring a good option?
Yes I think that is really the only option. The repair cream from Saphir works pretty well but even with that you have to sand and refinish.
I wouldn't wear them because I wouldn't want to scuff or scratch them.
Haha, Yep I can understand that. But they are meant to be worn. That first scuff is gonna be a bummer though 😥
@@mbshoedoc Yep.😪
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Thank you much!
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@@mbshoedoc good job
@@ДмитрийКотец Thank you very much! Glad you liked it 🙏
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Thank you much!!