by Jeff Mandel
Dress shoes
Upper is green and brown vegetable tanned leather with an iridescent finish. Classic Gibson boot design. Welted construction, leather insole and Rendenbach leather outsole. The making of these boots was featured in Tim Becker’s Life at Large segment for KOIN TV.
Vegetable tanned kangaroo upper, vegetable tanned calf liner, cement construction. Vibram composite sole. These are custom shoes with an extra hidden feature for riding a bike with clip and strap pedals.
Deep green upper, vegetable tanned calf liner. English welt and single stitching. Italian Nubuk soling leather. These use the hidden stitch technique on the sole side of the welt. The thread is embedded but not visible.
Green Italian vegetable tanned leather with an iridescent finish. The lining is vegetable tanned calf. Italian soling leather, leather heels, cement construction.
Blue Italian vegetable tanned leather with an iridescent finish. The lining is vegetable tanned calf. German soling leather, leather heels.
Water buffalo leather upper, vegetable tanned calf liner, English welt and German soling leather.