Love the talk of the speciality widths. My whole life I thought that I was a normal D width and I just needed to break the shoes/boots in. Now I know that with my high instep and high volume foot a E is so much better and the only real break in is for the flex of the sole or the heel. And of course Happy Thanksgiving!
Washingtonian. The Puget Sound has a *ton* of islands in it, way more than people realize. Maintaining ferries is expensive, but building multiple new bridges is also *really* expensive.
Have y'all considered building out your Discord server to be another community hub like the Facebook pages? Think that would be cool. Happy Thanksgiving!
t's interesting the way you reference "The Golden Age of Boots". You mentioned a couple turning points, but could you elaborate on this topic? Maybe it would be a good topic for a future episode. I wonder what the last decade or two potentially tells us about the coming decade. I know the boot industry doesn't get the same kind of financial analysis from professionals in the way other, bigger industries do. But the stories and anecdotes can tell a lot.
@@cloveroak5492 I re-listened to the segment that was timestamped as such. There's a little coverage, but there's probably plenty of info to cover a whole episode. Besides yourselves, I just don't know who would make for a great guest spot, an insider expert who's also comfortable sharing the good, the bad, the present, the furure. It's all about what interests you to discuss, but the business side is maybe less sexy than other, more tangible aspects of boots, but it's essential to understand. You guys definitely seem to have a high level grasp on that.
Bootmaking is a very interesting thing for me. However, I'm not confident that anyone in my region could actually feed themselves on the craft. Our last in country bespoke shoe/bootmaker has retired years ago without a successor and his last clients were people with special feet conditions and requirements. People simply aren't interested in spending the right money on stuff like footwear here. Still it will be interesting if we can check in with John as he learns more.
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Love the talk of the speciality widths. My whole life I thought that I was a normal D width and I just needed to break the shoes/boots in. Now I know that with my high instep and high volume foot a E is so much better and the only real break in is for the flex of the sole or the heel.
And of course Happy Thanksgiving!
Washingtonian. The Puget Sound has a *ton* of islands in it, way more than people realize. Maintaining ferries is expensive, but building multiple new bridges is also *really* expensive.
Have y'all considered building out your Discord server to be another community hub like the Facebook pages? Think that would be cool. Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy thanksgiving!
You aren't the first person to suggest that. We'll definitely have to look into it more
t's interesting the way you reference "The Golden Age of Boots". You mentioned a couple turning points, but could you elaborate on this topic? Maybe it would be a good topic for a future episode. I wonder what the last decade or two potentially tells us about the coming decade. I know the boot industry doesn't get the same kind of financial analysis from professionals in the way other, bigger industries do. But the stories and anecdotes can tell a lot.
Volume 38 talks about that more. I'll have to go back and watch it again to see how well we covered it and if another episode is warranted.
@@cloveroak5492 I re-listened to the segment that was timestamped as such. There's a little coverage, but there's probably plenty of info to cover a whole episode. Besides yourselves, I just don't know who would make for a great guest spot, an insider expert who's also comfortable sharing the good, the bad, the present, the furure. It's all about what interests you to discuss, but the business side is maybe less sexy than other, more tangible aspects of boots, but it's essential to understand. You guys definitely seem to have a high level grasp on that.
Bootmaking is a very interesting thing for me. However, I'm not confident that anyone in my region could actually feed themselves on the craft. Our last in country bespoke shoe/bootmaker has retired years ago without a successor and his last clients were people with special feet conditions and requirements. People simply aren't interested in spending the right money on stuff like footwear here. Still it will be interesting if we can check in with John as he learns more.
@@cheekibreeki9155 sad but true. A society that pretends to be green yet buys cheap disposable stuff.
Sad but true. Most of my locals are gone too. What is left is really tailors that attempt some cobbling occasionally.
have a Happy Thanksgiving BiB ,, ✌
Happy thanksgiving!
@@toneohm hope your Turkey day was great! 🦃