Loake Shoes - 1880 Collection - Badminton Brown Country Brogues

The Loake Badminton is the classic Country Wing Tipped Brogue, available with dark brown grain leather uppers and dainite rubber studded sole.  The fitting is a traditional generous G width in sizes 6 to 12 including half sizes.

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Bespoke Shoemaking - the ultimate luxury.

Bespoke Shoemaking - http://www.robinsonsshoes.com/bespoke-shoemaking-19.html

Bespoke 'A personal Service'

At Robinson's alongside our fantastic range of Pre-Made footwear we are proud to offer our bespoke shoemaking and repair service.  Robinson's is the last of the 1600 shoemakers that exsisted in Northern Ireland throughout the 20th Century and it is a traditional we hold dear and hold intend to hold onto.


Tony Slinger is currently our specialist shoemaker with expertise in everything from the highest end bespoke Gent's Footwear to the most demanding of Orthopaedic work.  Tony started in the shoemaking industry at the age of 14 learning the trade from generations of Shoemakers using ancient traditions.  Working for HW Poole and Sons established in 1888, he had the opportunity to exploit 100 years of knowledge and experience. He excelled during his apprenticeship and showed real skill during a further two years on the bench by learning each exacting detail of the processes required, developing a keen eye for the highest quality and a drive for perfection. In 1987, Tony was instrumental in the acquisition of the contract to supply the Queens Household Cavalry.  He volunteered to hand make some guardsman boot samples following the original Napoleonic blueprint. These were then inspected to the exacting standards of the MOD on behalf of the Palace.   In 1994 Tony was head hunted by an Orthopaedic specialist who sought his key skills and experience and he continued to work there until he started with us in 2009.

The Bespoke Shoemaking Process

Free Consultation

A personal unlimited consultation time that gives you the opportunity to explain your needs. You are able to define your requirements in detail and discuss the options available.

Personal Measuring Service

The personal measuring service ensures that each shoe is perfectly fitted to each individual requirement.

Styling

We offer a full range of both Women and Mens footwear. This includes dress shoes, sport shoes (e.g. Golf) and boots. We have a full catalogue of designs or please bring along your own design for us to make especially for you.

We use A&A Crack Leather Merchants who would be more than happy to host you in their factory to enable you to choose your own skin, or we are more than happy to recommend and purchase the leather on your behalf.

In the past we have helped customers designed a fantastic variety of footwear including two tone styles and a range of Cordovan leather designs.

Hand Welting

Bespoke shoe making consists of two types of construction. Standard cemented construction or for the ultimate in tradition....hand sewn uppers to an insole using a hand feathered method on a welt. We offer both approaches but recommend hand welting as it guarantees a longer lasting life to your shoes.

Hand stitching

Tony produces his own threads using a material called hemp. Hemp is fine cotton and the strength of the thread is determined by the shoemaker by adding more hemp which is hand rolled and waxed. This is painstakingly important to the finished product and is not a process commonly used by other craftsman.

Soling

We only use English oak bark for our soles. Aged over 12 months it is prepared by soaking and rolling through a hand press before being hand sewn to the prepared welt. All our welted work has hand stitched soles through an open channel.

Boning

After the soling process the soles are left for three days, after which the process of boning commences. This process results in the ultimate finish on your soles, through hand burnishing and boning which can take up to 7 days to achieve.

Hand finished

All our bespoke welted work is hand finished. This uses ancient traditions where glass is used to bring edge of the sole and heel to a smooth finish before edging irons complete the process.

Prices

Our bespoke service starts at:

£600 for Ladies Shoes with an initial one off lasting charge of £250

£850 for Gent's Shoes with an initial one off lasting charge of £250

Interested?

If you are interested in finding out more about our Bespoke shoe making service contact our Gent's Store in Carrickfergus on 0044 (0) 28 93367216.

Some words of praise from another satisfied customer.

We receive hundreds of testimonials and reviews from customers both in store and through the website many of which are logged on our testimonials page http://www.robinsonsshoes.com/testimonials-17.html


Today we were privileged to receive the following review and praise from an online customer - Mario Weidner.

For a few days I am a proud owner of hand-worked Irish Brogues and I have to say I am very pleased with the quality and service your company offers! Special thanks for opening my eyes regarding the proper fitting of shoes! Thanks to the special concern of the company owner Robin Stewart, who has put it to himself to aim to sell really exactly suitable shoes to his customers!

Before the first order, Robin Stewart asked me to exactly measure my feet out and to my big surprise: I virtually made my whole present life the mistake buying shoes in the wrong size! Ordinarily I always buy in the store shoes in size 46 / UK11 and this exclusively in standard width F. Based on my foot measurement, it was informed by Robin that I should trust for his opinion and to go after size 45/UK10 G. My surprise was at first big, however, I trusted in the advice of the expert and ordered myself 3pairs of new shoes from Robinson Shoemakers in the size which was recommend to me by Robin Stewart.

Result: I have never owned better fitting shoes in my life so far, than the Irish Brogues. The are super comfortable from 1st minute, highly quality and sharp looking! Keep up the great work in serving your clients and many thanks for outstanding customer service and support!

Cheers Mario

If you are interested in finding out about the Andrew Jackson style visit our website http://www.robinsonsshoes.com/p0/robinsons-handmade-irish-brogues/77.htm

Robinson's Shoes - Presidential Collection - Andrew Jackson in Whiskey Tan

 

Review of Loake 202 DS - Suede Brogue

The Loake 202 DS has been a stalwart of the L1 Range for many seasons now and continues to sell in store and online.  The appeal for me is the simplicity of the shoe, it isn't trying to be something it's not - it is plain and simply a classic Suede wing tipped brogue and would fit comfortably into any Gent's wardrobe.

With quality Brown suede uppers, branded rubber heels, a classic hard wearing Goodyear welted Leather sole & a generous G width fitting the Loake 202 is excellent value for money at just £99.00.  Perfect for day to day casual wear with cords or dressing up with jeans and a jacket  - we think and sales prove it is a great all round shoe.

Available with free 48 hour delivery from Robinson's Shoes - quote BlogSpot in the instruction box to receive a free Italian silk tie with this style - follow this link to buy - http://www.robinsonsshoes.com/loake-shoes/loake-shoes-l1-range-202-ds-suede-1005-53-1772.php

Additonal Loake Style are available at http://www.robinsonsshoes.com/p0/loake-shoes/53.htm