I really enjoyed the video Tony thanks for posting I am handicapped due to a Traumatic Brain Injury and I wear a leg brace on oonly one leg to walk using a cane as well the shoe on that leg would be nice to have in a larger size to go over the brace but still match the other shoe style that’s why I’m interested in this process also the styles you had in the thumbnail struck me as a good looking shoe or Sneaker and it seams like I could easily adapt the included patterns to meet my needs for the shoe IMO the company should Sposor you due to your good explanations and video abilities
Hi Craig, thanks for watching and the elaborate comment. So sorry to hear you are handicapped as a result of brain injury. I guess if you explain your story to SneakerKit, they might be able to provide you with two shoes of different sizes, who knows... Glad you liked the video! SneakerKit actually provided me with another kit free of charge. I've made another video of that one quite recently. Cheers!
Thanks for the complements! It's not even that difficult with the kit that I used. If you can cut through leather, you can make these sneakers... Cheers!
Thank you! It is fun, you should try it. These kits are better available in the US now too (if that's where you're from) via Tandy Leather or Maker's (not sponsored btw). Have fun!
Get project! Looks great. I'd suggest e6000 industrial glue for crafts. You can get nozzles that should allow you to get in between the upper, lower, and the stitching. It's similar, if not stronger to shoe goo, which is a glue people use in shoe repair
Hi Bill, Yeah, that was something I wasn't confident enough for, so I didn't try to glue. Thanks for the constructive comment. I can get that glue at my local crafts supply store, so it's definitely worth a try. Thanks a bunch! Cheers!
Don't be afraid! What's the worst that can happen? Even if you mess up (which you won't!), you haven't lost anything compared to the kit just sitting around 😊 give it a whirl
Yes, @ImaginaryEvil got it right. Just go for it! It's not that difficult and the result will amaze yourself as well as many other people. Also thanks for commenting, I appreciate it a lot when someone drops me a not in the comments. Cheers!
My husbands shoe size is 20 US. I can't even find a place that will custom make a pair of size 20 shoes. And he is not comfortable discussing the situation with anyone. He is literally crippling himself forcing his feet in to small of shoe which is giving him ingrown toe nails. I seriously don't know what to do for him the kit doesn't come in his size.
I don't know if I can do this kind of project. But it's so hard to find good fitting shoes. Added problem.... one leg longer and it's become too expensive to add a little lift to one side. Thank you for posting. Love the black and brown sneaker.,👍
Thanks! I'm sure you can do it, it's easy, but I'm not so sure if this kit will result in the best footwear for you if it is already difficult to find good fitting shoes. These have a "normal" fit and only the upper is custom. I wish you the best of luck finding suitable shoes. And thanks again for watching and enjoying my video 😀
😀😃😄😁😆😅🥰😘🤩😍🤭 I became very happy Bro Thank you very much was lookin from long time for shoemaking You made it Possible nd the way u r teaching with smiles nd happiest face, I became very happy while seeing ur face Thanks again plz plz make Cowboy shoes if possible. Rizwan frm India
Wow, what a wonderful comment. It puts another smile on my face 😀. Making cowboy boots would definitely be cool, but extremely challenging. I will ook into it! Cheers!
I watched this video more than 10 times, it is really amazing and interesting. I have a question, did u print the pattern on A4 paper? Because when I printed it, I found it too small than the size I want.
Hi Ahmed, Thanks for the nice feedback! To answer your question: yes, the instructions in the kit mention to print it on A4 at 100% scaling so that's what I did. There is a small scale on the patterns to confirm with a ruler that you've printed it in the correct size. Good luck with it!
@@TonyNeedsHobbies I finally understood myself and my many interests after I took the test and found out that I was an INFP. I live in The Netherlands, as an INFP I have a hard time.Your videos are great!
Are you living in the Netherlands and Dutch, or did you move here? In the latter case I can totally understand that it takes some getting used to with all the rules, the planning, the directness, the expectations etc. I'm only starting to understand how to handle it in my late 30s and have never lived anywhere else 😂
@@TonyNeedsHobbies I moved here from the Caribbean but it is difficult because of my INFP personality. Dutch people are focused people, great achievers and very aware of rules and time. As a INFP I suffer because we are idealistic and dreamers, slow decision makers, very bad in sticking to a plan. 🙃
I had trouble coming up with the owl, and to be perfectly honest, it was an angry owl and it didn't want to poke holes in anything except me. Maybe I need to find a more easygoing owl.
Yeah I know, right! Those birds are difficult animals to deal with 🤣 Obviously, I meant awl, but my pronunciation was a bit off - not a native English speaker. I do hope you still appreciated the video! Thanks for taking the time to write a funny comment 😃 Cheers!
@@TonyNeedsHobbies I did appreciate the video very much. Your English was almost perfect, and now after you learned "awl" I'm sure it's 100% perfect. But I couldn't miss a great opportunity like that to make a little joke.
Thanks, Sevozo! In not the next video, but the one following that one, I will make another pair of sneakers. This time with black soles and focusing on the design of the upper using a variety of different leathers. I hope you will enjoy it!
Thanks, Olivia! One of the differences is that a lasted shoe holds it's shape because it's formed to the shape of the last. These shoes only "hold" their shape because the flexible leather is stitched to the sole. Lasting a shoe is much more difficult but gives a more durable result. On the flip side, shoes like these can literally be made by anyone, as you can see in the video 😃 Cheers!
Hee! Hoe raad je dat ik Nederlander ben? 😉 Beter kun je zelf een kit bestellen bij SneakerKit (ook van een Nederlander: Roderick Pieters). Het is echt niet moeilijk en je hebt een uniek paar schoenen als je klaar bent! Bedankt voor het kijken van de video! Groetjes, Tony
Thanks, Mr and Mrs Corona! They are an old brand (since 1734) from The Netherlands, where I am from: Van Bommel. These sneakers were the best but after many years they finally needed replacement. They are designed by Floris, the latest generation shoemakers in the Van Bommel family. I Appreciate your comment! Cheers!
Hi Sarah, I have some new thoughts on the process which I will publish in one of my future videos. Don't think gluing is necessary and it will be difficult without lasting the shoes. If you stitch well, the thread will properly hold the shoe made with this kit together and you don't run the risk of messing up the leather. Have fun making your pair!
That's probably too difficult for me, unfortunately I am not a shoemaking professional... Maybe Nike has some videos online how they are designed and made? Good luck!
Hi Els, Yes, everything is still attached. The leather is sturdy and the rubber of the soles is flexible but tough. Thanks for watching! Greetings, Tony
Hi Miss Vis, my feet are on the wider side and I ordered one size larger for my second pair - see the other video ua-cam.com/video/ZIlJ275anOI/v-deo.html - I guess the best way to go is ask SneakerKit for dimensions of the soles and measure your feet to see if it will fit. Have fun!
Hey there, thank you very much! I got the leather from Boomsma in The Netherlands, they do sell online as well: www.boomsma.nl. It's on the website as double shoulder ("tuighals") in the color light brown/cognac. Good luck!
No, it's not in the kit's design to add padding. Would make it a bit more comfortable maybe, but these shoes are fine to wear - no painful feet (except for the heel loop, which I removed because they were causing blisters, see the other shoemaking video). Thanks for commenting on the video. It's appreciated!
what is the point if you can't mould your own soles? I would decide to make my own shoes for that reason, to make perfect fit, and the key is the shape of the sole..... Otherwise it is only 'glueing' and stitching exercise.
Basically, because the instructions in the kit said to do it like this. It would make for a higher quality shoe, but it's hard to have one needle in the toe box, and I can imagine it's even harder to have two in there. But like I said, I didn't think too much about it and just followed the kit's instructions 😋
Hi Elegance and Co, thanks for watching my video! It is just plain leather on the inside, which is the case with some quality shoes as well, for instance Wolverine 1000 Mile boots (not meaning that my pair is similar in quality, Wolverines are many levels up 😉). Also, the stitches on the inside are covered by the insole, so you'll not notice them. Cheers!
Thanks Okoro, Thanks for watching. Unfortunately I cannot help you with that. Maybe you can test your luck at second hand websitesike Craigslist, eBay or maybe even Amazon? Cheers!
Hi Timothy, the shoes are holding up great, especially the soles, so I guess if the leather is through, you can stitch a new shoe together using the same soles. And size wise, next time I would go a full size larger. Thanks for watching the video! Tony
Hola Tony soy Gabriel de Argentina muy buen trabajo yo hago calzados mayor mente a los calzados los armo en el pie de madera no como ese q hiciste vos q ya estaba para cortar y coser como ago para conseguir esos moldes..gracias esperando respuesta
@@sergiogabrieljuarezavila7826 hola gabriel como estas? Disculpa mi intromision queria dejarte un enlace a una pagina de donde podes descargar moldes de distintos modelos de calzados en PDF. Espero te sirva. Un saludo chau. calzadoweb.blogspot.com/2017/12/molde-zapatilla.html
Awesome job! I’d like to try this also! By the way, awl is pronounced like “all” not “owl”, for future reference. Your English is excellent though! (I’m an English teacher!). :)
Hi Glendon, Thanks for the compliments on the shoes and my English. I appreciate the feedback and am aware that I pronounce awl incorrectly. Every time when I record the voice over I try to do it well and end up talking about owls again, haha. I'll try to focus during the next leatherworking project. Thanks again!
¡Muchos gracias! Puede comprar un kit para hacerlos del diseñador original a través del enlace en la descripción. ¡Diviértete! - Used Google Translate for this 😉
Hi Daniel, Thanks for watching the video. If you want to get rich this probably isn't the way to go 😋 It hasn't brought me much financial gains but did enrich my skillset haha. Greetings!
@@TonyNeedsHobbies Leather boots in Florida sell for $200 to $300. This is a step up from gardening. Mr. Rodriguez in Honduras sold shoes & clothes on the streets of Honduras when my grandpa met him. Then he sold saddles for horses, boots, leather hats, and machete covers, at his store. His wife was a seamstress. They sold school uniforms & shoes. They bought a farm and bought and sold cows. In the 1980s they planted African Palm trees. The cow farmers laughed at them because cows are sold yearly and the African Palm had to wait 7 years to grow. 5 years later the Rodriguez were like kings in Honduras. Now everyone that owns a farm plants African Palms. The Rodriguez own a gas station. They have a restaurant in the airport. The son that's a chemist has a bean factory. The cow doctor son bought Caterpillar machines and paves the streets for the cities in Honduras. I could build barn door hurricane shutters, but here in Florida I am surrounded by "employee mentality" people. Nobody has a vision. I need a helper to build the barn door shutters. I have to pay my helper $20 per hour and they put in only the minimum effort. As a shoemaker I can make shoes on my own and sell them. Then I'll have the money to pay my helper to help me build barn door shutters. As a gardener I do earn money cutting grass, but it's so hot here that I have to take a helper with me because I'm too old to cut grass by myself. In Honduras nobody likes canned food. The chemist put the beans and juices into ziplock type of bags. They are sealed. One has to cut them open. LOL! The chemist told me that he uses NASA Technology and that the astronauts could take his products to the moon. I was a boy in Chicago, Illinois when he stayed 2 days at my mom's house. Years later his oldest sister introduced me to my girlfriend. I have 2 kids with my girlfriend. :) Have you read Tolstoy's 2 stories about shoemakers? One is called Martin The Shoemaker. The videos are on UA-cam. They are excellent short stories & adapted for kids. Keep being a leader, Tony. Thank you. Also my poor internet friends in Africa, Vietnam, Honduras, etc can get rich. I'll eventually just send them a shoemaking kit.
Wow, I never looked at it that way! Thanks for the elaborate comment you took the time for to write down! I think I will have to just keep doing what I do then 🙂 I never read Tolstoy - I'm not so much of a reader - but if your comment is in his line of though it sure sounds interesting to look into it. Thanks again! Tony
Hi Drake! For the heel counter, that's very much true. In my other sneaker making video, I fixed that by making an integrated loop/heel counter part (and in this pair, I ended up cutting the loop off). Thanks for your sharp view - all advice is welcome 🙂
Yeah I thought about that, but it's tricky and I didn't want to risk ruining the leather. The saddle stitch used should be really strong and hold the parts together for a long time fortunately. Actually, at this moment I am editing the video of another pair of sneakers that I made...
@@TonyNeedsHobbies I think what I didnt like was that I could see where the two pieces come together. The sewing kept it together but it would still not be as flush as if it was glued.
Ah I do understand, thanks for the suggestion! With this pair I followed the instructions of the kit. But for the next pair I improved some things in the process... Greetings!
I am quite confused!!! I get the impression that you are pleased with the result of your endeavour and yet you refer to the first shoe as "a bad boy". What have I missed? and which part of the exercise are you not content with?
Hi Jimbo, thanks for commenting. I am definitely happy with the result. It was a lot of fun to be able to build a functioning pair of shoes in an easy way and I enjoy the looks of them. "Bad boys" was just an expression, but I'm not a native English speaker, so I might have used the term incorrectly. Anyway... I hope you enjoyed the watching the video 🙂 Cheers, Tony!
The glue won't make your stitches any stronger. If you want to see good restorations of boots and shoes check out Trenton and Heath. They put up videos and talk about shoe care.
That is interesting. I'm preparing a new pair and want to make some improvements. You're telling me that trying to glue the sole to the upper isn't worth it since it doesn't improve the strength. Do I understand that correctly? Gluing without spilling and ruining the leather will be a hastle since this process doesn't utilize lasts - so it would be benificial if it doesn't add any benefit, then I can just forget about it. Also many thanks for pointing me tp Trenton and Heath - I will check them out! Cheers!
@@TonyNeedsHobbies for this kit not really. If you were doing traditional shoe making with a last and everything glue is needed for certain parts of the process, but the type of stitch they have you doing which is a modified version of a Saddler's stitch, is pretty much one of the strongest stiches you can use. The benefit of the glue on this kit would he like an extra set of hands, it would hold the leather in place along the stitch line, but you'd have to make sure you lined up all the holes properly before hand. The kits were thought up so you wouldn't need glue seeing as they give you marks to line up your stitches. You did a great job with the shoes BTW they look cool No problem.
They fit well, but are on the small side, wide enough to fit my wide feet. For the next SneakerKit video I made, I ordered a bigger size which fits much better. Thanks for watching!
Interesting! But the design of this shoes is basic at most. Without a proper insole (best case thick leather, worse fibre board) walking on the cup sole itself (even with a foam insole) will become uncomfortable fast.
Haha, you don't. I use an awl for marking where to punch/cut. My pronunciation is probably incorrect - I'm not a native English speaker. Sorry for that. Thank you for watching my video!
Nope, forgot to take a shot with the shoes on... But I am preparing another video in which I make another pair which has black soles and fix all the mistakes that I made making this pair. Will put shots with them on in that one. Thanks for watching!
Unfortunately I cannot take orders. I only make the stuff I make for myself as I don't have the time to start a business doing commission work. Sorry - but happy that you like them, so thanks for the compliment! Greetings!
I really enjoyed the video Tony thanks for posting I am handicapped due to a Traumatic Brain Injury and I wear a leg brace on oonly one leg to walk using a cane as well the shoe on that leg would be nice to have in a larger size to go over the brace but still match the other shoe style that’s why I’m interested in this process also the styles you had in the thumbnail struck me as a good looking shoe or Sneaker and it seams like I could easily adapt the included patterns to meet my needs for the shoe IMO the company should Sposor you due to your good explanations and video abilities
Hi Craig, thanks for watching and the elaborate comment. So sorry to hear you are handicapped as a result of brain injury. I guess if you explain your story to SneakerKit, they might be able to provide you with two shoes of different sizes, who knows... Glad you liked the video! SneakerKit actually provided me with another kit free of charge. I've made another video of that one quite recently.
Cheers!
Craig did you make your sneakers?
Hey mate, any updates?
This is amazing!!! Thank you so much for this video. I am so hyped to give shoemaking a go! Really inspiring. Keep it up! 👌
Yeah you should! It's a lot of fun and rewarding to make something you can use in daily life! Thanks for watching!
Nice video. I liked that you mentioned all details and even reviewed mistakes. Good job. I'd love to see more of these
Thank you Darlynne! Glad you've enjoyed it. Cheers!
That was very nice, I even don't know how to make it but you did nice dude
Thanks for the complements! It's not even that difficult with the kit that I used. If you can cut through leather, you can make these sneakers... Cheers!
Great work am from ugandan
OH MY GOD THAT LOOKS FUN TO DO I WANT TO TRY DOING THAT!
Thank you! It is fun, you should try it. These kits are better available in the US now too (if that's where you're from) via Tandy Leather or Maker's (not sponsored btw). Have fun!
Как всегда вы на высоте ! Бомба!🌋
Знову дякую! 🍻
Get project! Looks great. I'd suggest e6000 industrial glue for crafts. You can get nozzles that should allow you to get in between the upper, lower, and the stitching. It's similar, if not stronger to shoe goo, which is a glue people use in shoe repair
Hi Bill, Yeah, that was something I wasn't confident enough for, so I didn't try to glue. Thanks for the constructive comment. I can get that glue at my local crafts supply store, so it's definitely worth a try. Thanks a bunch! Cheers!
I love the two-color look. Great build! I've got a kit that's been sitting around for about a year because I've been too afraid to try it.
Don't be afraid! What's the worst that can happen? Even if you mess up (which you won't!), you haven't lost anything compared to the kit just sitting around 😊 give it a whirl
@@ImaginaryEvil fair enough 👍
Yes, @ImaginaryEvil got it right. Just go for it! It's not that difficult and the result will amaze yourself as well as many other people. Also thanks for commenting, I appreciate it a lot when someone drops me a not in the comments. Cheers!
@@TonyNeedsHobbies Cheers!
Yes....It's really awesome....
Thanks, Madhav! Please also check out my latest video in which I even make a more awesome pair of shoes... Thanks for watching!
My husbands shoe size is 20 US. I can't even find a place that will custom make a pair of size 20 shoes. And he is not comfortable discussing the situation with anyone. He is literally crippling himself forcing his feet in to small of shoe which is giving him ingrown toe nails. I seriously don't know what to do for him the kit doesn't come in his size.
Thanks a lot I made my own From Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Nice! How did it work out for you? Cheers from The Netherlands!
I don't know if I can do this kind of project. But it's so hard to find good fitting shoes. Added problem.... one leg longer and it's become too expensive to add a little lift to one side. Thank you for posting. Love the black and brown sneaker.,👍
Thanks! I'm sure you can do it, it's easy, but I'm not so sure if this kit will result in the best footwear for you if it is already difficult to find good fitting shoes. These have a "normal" fit and only the upper is custom. I wish you the best of luck finding suitable shoes. And thanks again for watching and enjoying my video 😀
Awesome job. I just ordered a set to try.
Thanks! Have fun with it! Cheers
Woooooooow i will be learning from u...my name us Rosemary from south africa..i make sandals and am looking forward to learning the snikers...thank u
Hi Rosemary,
Thanks for watching my videos and nice meeting you! I'm very much interested in how you make the sandals...
Greetings, Tony
Hello Rosemary
I’m Monique from the USA. Can you share with me how to make sandals please?
@@TonyNeedsHobbies rosemaryrosinahm@gmail.com
My email is there
Hey that’s great. Well done!
It is, isn't it? Thanks for watching!
i am impressed
Thanks you!
It is awesome and easy to do
Yes it is! Thanks for watching, it's appreciated a lot!
Amazing video, thank you
Thanks Paulo, it's appreciated!
good explained thanks for share
Hi Ruben, You're most welcome. And thank you too, for watching the video! Cheers!
Wow.. Finly I have same this type shoe and next time I will do it my self like you how you did..... Owesom men.. Thank you 💕💕💕💕💕
Thanks for your kind comment! Cheers!
I really enjoyed the video .but please iwant to welcome you in Tanzania
Thank you Christina!
That is really wobderful.
Thank you very much!
Wow this thing is awesome
Thank you, Dawood! It's a lot of fun to make them.
Thanks.
Nice work. Looks beautiful.
Thanks for watching and the positive vibes!
Thanks. Very usefull 😍
Thank you for watching! Cheers
Nice job. 👍
Thank you very much Deanna!
Awesome shoe
Thank you very much!
😀😃😄😁😆😅🥰😘🤩😍🤭
I became very happy Bro Thank you very much was lookin from long time for shoemaking You made it Possible nd the way u r teaching with smiles nd happiest face, I became very happy while seeing ur face Thanks again plz plz make Cowboy shoes if possible.
Rizwan frm India
Wow, what a wonderful comment. It puts another smile on my face 😀. Making cowboy boots would definitely be cool, but extremely challenging. I will ook into it! Cheers!
Excelente me encanto los diseños de calzados, felicitaciones
Thank you! The design mainly came from SneakerKit, but I'm glad you like it!
This is awesome!
Thank you, Lalrem! I Appreciate it!
wow, amazing proyect, you make a great looking sneakers, dude, congrats, i will buy one pair for myself, the usic is great too, keep it up :D
Thank you very much! I'm sure you will have fun making your pair and they will look good too...
Cheers,
Tony
Ik was enthousiast maar nadat ik hoorde dat je nederlands was moest ik het gewoon kijken. super mooi gemaakt en erg knap!
Dankjewel Nouchka! Erg leuk om te horen 🙂 Was mijn Engels goed te verstaan? Groetjes (en alvast de beste wensen 🎆)
@@TonyNeedsHobbies jazeker je kunt heel goed engels haha! Het accent is wel lekker hollands hihi😝. Alvast een gelukkig nieuwjaar!
Haha ja, het Nederlandse accent... Het lukt me niet mijn herkomst te verbloemen 😂
Incredible
Thank you!
I watched this video more than 10 times, it is really amazing and interesting.
I have a question, did u print the pattern on A4 paper? Because when I printed it, I found it too small than the size I want.
Hi Ahmed, Thanks for the nice feedback! To answer your question: yes, the instructions in the kit mention to print it on A4 at 100% scaling so that's what I did. There is a small scale on the patterns to confirm with a ruler that you've printed it in the correct size. Good luck with it!
@@TonyNeedsHobbies Thx alot my friend
Brouh you are great.
Thanks, you are great too, 'cause you watched my video 😀 Cheers!
Very nice
Thanks Dave!
Hello Tony,
Thank you so much for the nice video.
What is the size of this shoes.
Thanks Helder, It's appreciated that you watched my video 😀 These were a size EU 42/43, but you can get almost any size you like. Cheers, Tony
Wow appreciated man 😎
Thanks!
Awesome!
Thanks!
So cool
Thanks, Alex!
Nice l like your making shoes
Thanks, I'm preparing a new video in which I will be making another pair, this time with black soles and multiple colors of leather...
Patter Templet please i would like to try my own
APIK...BAGUS...BROO....👍👍saya SUKA : ukuran saya no. 38 ( Indonesia )...😃😃
Mantap Bro.
You should make kids shoes too!
That's a nice idea! SneakerKit sells children sized soles as well. I think I will try it whenever my wife and I get a child 😀
Sir you great I m also making in home
That's great to hear! How is it working out for you? Cheers!
Watching From Malaysia
Uploading from The Netherlands 😉
Salam dari Bali.
Nice job😁
Thank you!
I am from India.this is nice way of making sneakers.
I also want to how I can make sneakers.
Please reply sir
Hi Saket, you can order a kit to make them from SneakerKit.eu (not sponsored). It's easy and good fun. Cheers!
You are an INFP for the many hobbies 😂😂😂😂
Yes, I guess so... Everything interests me but there is too little time to try it all. Hope you enjoyed the video 😊
@@TonyNeedsHobbies I finally understood myself and my many interests after I took the test and found out that I was an INFP. I live in The Netherlands, as an INFP I have a hard time.Your videos are great!
Are you living in the Netherlands and Dutch, or did you move here? In the latter case I can totally understand that it takes some getting used to with all the rules, the planning, the directness, the expectations etc. I'm only starting to understand how to handle it in my late 30s and have never lived anywhere else 😂
@@TonyNeedsHobbies I moved here from the Caribbean but it is difficult because of my INFP personality. Dutch people are focused people, great achievers and very aware of rules and time. As a INFP I suffer because we are idealistic and dreamers, slow decision makers, very bad in sticking to a plan. 🙃
Beautiful
Thank you!
super i love it . buying link plese
Hi K R, thank you very much! Just Google for SneakerKit and you will find it (not sponsored). Good luck and happy creating!
I had trouble coming up with the owl, and to be perfectly honest, it was an angry owl and it didn't want to poke holes in anything except me. Maybe I need to find a more easygoing owl.
Yeah I know, right! Those birds are difficult animals to deal with 🤣 Obviously, I meant awl, but my pronunciation was a bit off - not a native English speaker. I do hope you still appreciated the video! Thanks for taking the time to write a funny comment 😃 Cheers!
@@TonyNeedsHobbies I did appreciate the video very much. Your English was almost perfect, and now after you learned "awl" I'm sure it's 100% perfect. But I couldn't miss a great opportunity like that to make a little joke.
Can you make things kind of video again... I'm loving it... Wana learn more👍
Thanks, Sevozo! In not the next video, but the one following that one, I will make another pair of sneakers. This time with black soles and focusing on the design of the upper using a variety of different leathers. I hope you will enjoy it!
Interesting that they do sidewall stitching without lasting
Great video! God bless
Thank you very much!
Hi! awesome video! what is the difference between shoes made with lasts and shoes made like this? is there a reason these are made without lasts?
Thanks, Olivia! One of the differences is that a lasted shoe holds it's shape because it's formed to the shape of the last. These shoes only "hold" their shape because the flexible leather is stitched to the sole. Lasting a shoe is much more difficult but gives a more durable result. On the flip side, shoes like these can literally be made by anyone, as you can see in the video 😃 Cheers!
Nice lovely video .
Thank you very much!
ow joh een Nederlander dat's handig dus als ik Custom schoenen nodig heb kan ik gewoon naar jou komen dus🤣👏🏼
Hee! Hoe raad je dat ik Nederlander ben? 😉 Beter kun je zelf een kit bestellen bij SneakerKit (ook van een Nederlander: Roderick Pieters). Het is echt niet moeilijk en je hebt een uniek paar schoenen als je klaar bent! Bedankt voor het kijken van de video! Groetjes, Tony
Your shoes in the beginning look cool also! what brand are they?
Thanks, Mr and Mrs Corona! They are an old brand (since 1734) from The Netherlands, where I am from: Van Bommel. These sneakers were the best but after many years they finally needed replacement. They are designed by Floris, the latest generation shoemakers in the Van Bommel family. I Appreciate your comment! Cheers!
@@TonyNeedsHobbies found the website!… Thank you!
They look super expensive. I am about to make my first pair and I was thinking about putting glue too. I'm afraid of getting it on the leather.
Hi Sarah, I have some new thoughts on the process which I will publish in one of my future videos. Don't think gluing is necessary and it will be difficult without lasting the shoes. If you stitch well, the thread will properly hold the shoe made with this kit together and you don't run the risk of messing up the leather. Have fun making your pair!
@@TonyNeedsHobbies hi tony
I love nike air jordan so much but its very expensive so can you make a video about how to make it plsss
That's probably too difficult for me, unfortunately I am not a shoemaking professional... Maybe Nike has some videos online how they are designed and made? Good luck!
@@TonyNeedsHobbies ok no problem and thnx 🌝😊
inspired to make my own as well!
Thank you for the video, good job! :) Are the shoes still in one piece? I was scared the top would rip out of the sole..
Hi Els,
Yes, everything is still attached. The leather is sturdy and the rubber of the soles is flexible but tough. Thanks for watching!
Greetings,
Tony
@@TonyNeedsHobbies
That is great, thank you! ;)
I have very narrow feet, can I make this, or will the sole be too wide?
Hi Miss Vis, my feet are on the wider side and I ordered one size larger for my second pair - see the other video ua-cam.com/video/ZIlJ275anOI/v-deo.html - I guess the best way to go is ask SneakerKit for dimensions of the soles and measure your feet to see if it will fit. Have fun!
the shoes look amazing! where did you get the brown leather from in the EU? Which type of leather is it?
Hey there, thank you very much! I got the leather from Boomsma in The Netherlands, they do sell online as well: www.boomsma.nl. It's on the website as double shoulder ("tuighals") in the color light brown/cognac. Good luck!
Salam Aleykum! From Azerbaijan🇦🇿 👍👌
Greetings from The Netherlands! 👍
No inner padding?
No, it's not in the kit's design to add padding. Would make it a bit more comfortable maybe, but these shoes are fine to wear - no painful feet (except for the heel loop, which I removed because they were causing blisters, see the other shoemaking video). Thanks for commenting on the video. It's appreciated!
what is the point if you can't mould your own soles? I would decide to make my own shoes for that reason, to make perfect fit, and the key is the shape of the sole..... Otherwise it is only 'glueing' and stitching exercise.
why not use a saddle stitch?
Basically, because the instructions in the kit said to do it like this. It would make for a higher quality shoe, but it's hard to have one needle in the toe box, and I can imagine it's even harder to have two in there. But like I said, I didn't think too much about it and just followed the kit's instructions 😋
Hi I'm Rumman from Bangladesh your new subscriber. Plz guide me how I can get it in BD?
Hi Rumman, thanks for subscribing. It is appreciated! I think you can just order a kit through their website, see the description of the video.
Those are very nice, but what about the inside of the shoe??? Lol
Hi Elegance and Co, thanks for watching my video! It is just plain leather on the inside, which is the case with some quality shoes as well, for instance Wolverine 1000 Mile boots (not meaning that my pair is similar in quality, Wolverines are many levels up 😉). Also, the stitches on the inside are covered by the insole, so you'll not notice them. Cheers!
Good morning everyone. please how can I get wooden last shoes design to buy ?
Thanks Okoro, Thanks for watching. Unfortunately I cannot help you with that. Maybe you can test your luck at second hand websitesike Craigslist, eBay or maybe even Amazon?
Cheers!
How are your shoes holding up so far? I'm trying to figure out how to make repairable sneakers since I need a new pair every four months.
Hi Timothy, the shoes are holding up great, especially the soles, so I guess if the leather is through, you can stitch a new shoe together using the same soles. And size wise, next time I would go a full size larger. Thanks for watching the video! Tony
Muy buen trabajo
¡Muchas gracias!
Hola Tony soy Gabriel de Argentina muy buen trabajo yo hago calzados mayor mente a los calzados los armo en el pie de madera no como ese q hiciste vos q ya estaba para cortar y coser como ago para conseguir esos moldes..gracias esperando respuesta
Hola Gabriel, Thanks for your message. Sorry to say my Spanish is not good enough to fully understand your message... Cheers!
Hola Toni
@@sergiogabrieljuarezavila7826 hola gabriel como estas? Disculpa mi intromision queria dejarte un enlace a una pagina de donde podes descargar moldes de distintos modelos de calzados en PDF. Espero te sirva. Un saludo chau.
calzadoweb.blogspot.com/2017/12/molde-zapatilla.html
Awesome job! I’d like to try this also! By the way, awl is pronounced like “all” not “owl”, for future reference. Your English is excellent though! (I’m an English teacher!). :)
Hi Glendon, Thanks for the compliments on the shoes and my English. I appreciate the feedback and am aware that I pronounce awl incorrectly. Every time when I record the voice over I try to do it well and end up talking about owls again, haha. I'll try to focus during the next leatherworking project.
Thanks again!
Cordial saludo. Dónde puedo comprar una par de zapatos como ésos? Gracias
¡Muchos gracias! Puede comprar un kit para hacerlos del diseñador original a través del enlace en la descripción. ¡Diviértete! - Used Google Translate for this 😉
Genial.
Se puede conseguir los patrones?
Thanks! You can get the patterns for free from SneakerKit's website: www.sneakerkit.eu/c-3526931/patterns/
Good luck!
@@TonyNeedsHobbies gracias, mucha suerte para ti tambièn
I can finally become a shoemaker.
Thank you.
I'll finally become a rich man.
Hi Daniel, Thanks for watching the video. If you want to get rich this probably isn't the way to go 😋 It hasn't brought me much financial gains but did enrich my skillset haha. Greetings!
@@TonyNeedsHobbies Leather boots in Florida sell for $200 to $300.
This is a step up from gardening.
Mr. Rodriguez in Honduras sold shoes & clothes on the streets of Honduras when my grandpa met him.
Then he sold saddles for horses, boots, leather hats, and machete covers, at his store.
His wife was a seamstress. They sold school uniforms & shoes.
They bought a farm and bought and sold cows.
In the 1980s they planted African Palm trees. The cow farmers laughed at them because cows are sold yearly and the African Palm had to wait 7 years to grow.
5 years later the Rodriguez were like kings in Honduras.
Now everyone that owns a farm plants African Palms.
The Rodriguez own a gas station.
They have a restaurant in the airport.
The son that's a chemist has a bean factory.
The cow doctor son bought Caterpillar machines and paves the streets for the cities in Honduras.
I could build barn door hurricane shutters, but here in Florida I am surrounded by "employee mentality" people.
Nobody has a vision.
I need a helper to build the barn door shutters. I have to pay my helper $20 per hour and they put in only the minimum effort.
As a shoemaker I can make shoes on my own and sell them.
Then I'll have the money to pay my helper to help me build barn door shutters.
As a gardener I do earn money cutting grass, but it's so hot here that I have to take a helper with me because I'm too old to cut grass by myself.
In Honduras nobody likes canned food.
The chemist put the beans and juices into ziplock type of bags. They are sealed. One has to cut them open.
LOL!
The chemist told me that he uses NASA Technology and that the astronauts could take his products to the moon.
I was a boy in Chicago, Illinois when he stayed 2 days at my mom's house.
Years later his oldest sister introduced me to my girlfriend. I have 2 kids with my girlfriend.
:)
Have you read Tolstoy's 2 stories about shoemakers?
One is called Martin The Shoemaker.
The videos are on UA-cam.
They are excellent short stories & adapted for kids.
Keep being a leader, Tony.
Thank you.
Also my poor internet friends in Africa, Vietnam, Honduras, etc can get rich. I'll eventually just send them a shoemaking kit.
Wow, I never looked at it that way! Thanks for the elaborate comment you took the time for to write down! I think I will have to just keep doing what I do then 🙂 I never read Tolstoy - I'm not so much of a reader - but if your comment is in his line of though it sure sounds interesting to look into it.
Thanks again!
Tony
No heel counter? No lining...that might be uncomfortable
Hi Drake! For the heel counter, that's very much true. In my other sneaker making video, I fixed that by making an integrated loop/heel counter part (and in this pair, I ended up cutting the loop off). Thanks for your sharp view - all advice is welcome 🙂
I personally would have glued and then sewn it all together.
Yeah I thought about that, but it's tricky and I didn't want to risk ruining the leather. The saddle stitch used should be really strong and hold the parts together for a long time fortunately. Actually, at this moment I am editing the video of another pair of sneakers that I made...
@@TonyNeedsHobbies I think what I didnt like was that I could see where the two pieces come together. The sewing kept it together but it would still not be as flush as if it was glued.
Ah I do understand, thanks for the suggestion! With this pair I followed the instructions of the kit. But for the next pair I improved some things in the process... Greetings!
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I am quite confused!!! I get the impression that you are pleased with the result of your endeavour and yet you refer to the first shoe as "a bad boy". What have I missed? and which part of the exercise are you not content with?
Hi Jimbo, thanks for commenting. I am definitely happy with the result. It was a lot of fun to be able to build a functioning pair of shoes in an easy way and I enjoy the looks of them. "Bad boys" was just an expression, but I'm not a native English speaker, so I might have used the term incorrectly. Anyway... I hope you enjoyed the watching the video 🙂 Cheers, Tony!
The glue won't make your stitches any stronger. If you want to see good restorations of boots and shoes check out Trenton and Heath. They put up videos and talk about shoe care.
That is interesting. I'm preparing a new pair and want to make some improvements. You're telling me that trying to glue the sole to the upper isn't worth it since it doesn't improve the strength. Do I understand that correctly? Gluing without spilling and ruining the leather will be a hastle since this process doesn't utilize lasts - so it would be benificial if it doesn't add any benefit, then I can just forget about it.
Also many thanks for pointing me tp Trenton and Heath - I will check them out!
Cheers!
@@TonyNeedsHobbies for this kit not really. If you were doing traditional shoe making with a last and everything glue is needed for certain parts of the process, but the type of stitch they have you doing which is a modified version of a Saddler's stitch, is pretty much one of the strongest stiches you can use.
The benefit of the glue on this kit would he like an extra set of hands, it would hold the leather in place along the stitch line, but you'd have to make sure you lined up all the holes properly before hand. The kits were thought up so you wouldn't need glue seeing as they give you marks to line up your stitches. You did a great job with the shoes BTW they look cool
No problem.
Thanks again for the great advice. Now I don't have to risk ruining the leather for my second pair!
I think I wore these same shoes the last time I went bowling.
The same identical ones? That's amazing! I guess my pair is too sticky to go bowling with...
@@TonyNeedsHobbies I was just joking. I actually like the shoes you made.
I figured that. But when I looked up bowling shoes, I did notice some resemblance, haha. Thanks for watching the video! Cheers!
i wonder HOW THEY FIT
They fit well, but are on the small side, wide enough to fit my wide feet. For the next SneakerKit video I made, I ordered a bigger size which fits much better. Thanks for watching!
I want to repair my shoes.
جميل جدا
Thank you!
Por favor vendeme los patrones
Están geniales
Thanks Enrique! The patterns are available for free from this website: www.sneakerkit.eu/c-3526931/patterns/
@@TonyNeedsHobbies mil gracias
Nice video tony.
Maybe for the next video you want to make a shoes from scratch?
That would be awesome, however I don't think I have the skills to do so yet. Thanks for watching the video! Cheers, Tony
Interesting! But the design of this shoes is basic at most. Without a proper insole (best case thick leather, worse fibre board) walking on the cup sole itself (even with a foam insole) will become uncomfortable fast.
Why do you need an owl to make shoes?
Haha, you don't. I use an awl for marking where to punch/cut. My pronunciation is probably incorrect - I'm not a native English speaker. Sorry for that. Thank you for watching my video!
I know, just a tease xb
Haha, no worries 😀
ummm, no on feet?
Nope, forgot to take a shot with the shoes on... But I am preparing another video in which I make another pair which has black soles and fix all the mistakes that I made making this pair. Will put shots with them on in that one. Thanks for watching!
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Wkwkwk.
music at 4:44 sounds like Jeffrey Bezos
where r u from tony?
i need a reference to convert the measures hahaha
Hi Rodrigo, I'm from the Netherlands. Most measurements are in metric by I often add US/imperial conversions in the video.
Greetings,
Tony
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You didn't wear them 😩😩😩
Yes, shamefully I forgot to wear them in the video... But I do wear them in real life and they fit well. Thanks for watching!
share the tamplate
You can find the template on www.sneakerkit.eu/c-3526931/patterns/
I want a custom pair for me I'll pay you to make me three pairs
Unfortunately I cannot take orders. I only make the stuff I make for myself as I don't have the time to start a business doing commission work. Sorry - but happy that you like them, so thanks for the compliment! Greetings!
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Спасибо!
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Скажите пожалуйста подошву такую где можно купить?
Yes, you can buy them at www.sneakerkit.eu (not sponsored). Have fun!