leather soles | Fugawee https://www.fugawee.com Historic footwear buttons and custom pewter Fri, 09 Aug 2019 14:56:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.fugawee.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-COBBLElargeSmooth-32x32.gif leather soles | Fugawee https://www.fugawee.com 32 32 Close out, 99 dollars https://www.fugawee.com/close-out-99-dollars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=close-out-99-dollars Wed, 07 Aug 2019 20:37:56 +0000 https://www.fugawee.com/?p=12221 We are closing out the Betsy and the Sally their nice shoes but time to make something different when they’re gone there gone.  

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Sally by Fugawee Corporation

Sally by Fugawee Corporation

The post Close out, 99 dollars first appeared on Fugawee.]]> Hobnails and Heel plates, my encounters https://www.fugawee.com/hobnails-and-heel-plates-my-encounters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hobnails-and-heel-plates-my-encounters Wed, 17 Jul 2019 16:01:19 +0000 https://www.fugawee.com/?p=10963 I remember my first pair of concords in the early 1990s. I was all dressed up and had on my first pair of our Concords. I was somewhere in rural Alabama, going to a Southeastern National Rendezvous. I stopped at … Read More

The post Hobnails and Heel plates, my encounters first appeared on Fugawee.]]> I remember my first pair of concords in the early 1990s. I was all dressed up and had on my first pair of our Concords. I was somewhere in rural Alabama, going to a Southeastern National Rendezvous. I stopped at a local supermarket to pick up some last-minute essentials. I was coming around the corner of an aisle on my way to check out, with a twelve-pack of essentials under each arm, as I turned the corner my feet just went out from under me. Down I go like a wet tent, my cargo of cans burst forth out of their boxes and ran free across the store floor. I grabbed my tricorn and, in as dignified a manner, as I could under the circumstances), picked up my cans, and made my way to the check outline. My mother Nancy had her mobcap on, a print dress and a fancy pocket pouch. As we were leaving, I overheard someone saying, “must be Mormons.” The use of heal plates is better for dirt, gravel, mud, clay, and dry grass. Using heel plates, you should also consider the use of hobnails. If you’re walking mainly on asphalt, when you are on man-made surfaces, go with all hobnails as they will lock in and hold you in one place. However, do not go on the wooden floor as the hobnails and or heel plates will tear up the floor. They extend the life of the sole the same way we use rubber now. The rubber sole came in the early 1900s. After thirty years of wearing leather shoes, I have my pair with ¾ soled stuff that looks just like leather.

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