Picture: Even orange socks do not distract a master shoemaker!
Should you ever have visited a Chinese foot massage parlour you are surely aware that the soles of your feet can tell a lot about you and a person skilled in foot reflexology should be able to tell if you are healthy or not. Nevertheless I was a bit surprised when Béla Bálint, the young master shoemaker, concluded after carefully feeling and inspecting my feet that my feet are still very flexible and nimble and that they only tilt a little. This information clearly cheered me up after sitting and standing for three hours while my feet were measured by the master shoemaker. The whole process of measuring my feet will in the end create a last that will be the model for my new bespoke shoes. For the next step Mr. Bálint will input all the information into a CAD program that will create a 3D model of my feet. This will then be the starting point for the lasts (lasts are wooden models of your feet). And if everything goes according to plan I shall have my new shoes in April.
For more information about Bálint shoes read my previous entry: http://easteatswest.typepad.com/east_eats_west/2008/02/bespoke-shoes.html
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