[Sci] Aerial Burton 3D display

[Numbers] 1+2+3+4.... ~= inf

[Movie] Of Horses and Man

cannot find a DVD here...... sad

[Fishing] FlyFishing

Note --- Oak Street Bootmakers

I visited an American Vintage Store in Taipei to

buy a pair of jean and check the quality of the products

produced by the Oak Street Bootmakers.


I knew this brand from some online forums.

Their products are pretty and seem to have high quality based on

online photos.

Of course, these pretty products come at cost of $$ :P
(the price almost equals to that of WESCO, VIBERG, WHITES...)
 


According to the information offered by its website,

its products are made by Horween leathers, that is,

the company uses high quality leathers to make shoes.


Somehow,

the quality of these products exhibited in the store surprised me

especially on the craft aspect.

IMHO,  the prices of those shoes displayed in the store are less than fair to them,

according to the stitching quality and the craft of these joint/overlapping regions.
  

There are obviously differences between what I saw online and

the material objects. (do not have any idea about it!)

BushCraft --- Foraging In The Woodland

Spring is coming,

as well as my Fall~

It time to wander around...

Clip --- CARRIER LANDING MISHAPS 9002

)

Music --- Symphony No.1 in D major "Titan" - III

I heard this on Spotify this afternoon.

what a vivid symphony~

Music --- Iceberg

Music --- Black Lung Heartache (Joe Bonamassa)

lots of interesting instruments were used herein :)

Music --- like Smoky Voice

Music --- Tax Free - Jimi Hendrix

Music --- 8 Celsius degree

Eight Celsius degree is rare for people who live in Taiwan.

I love it!

Low temperature always reminds me wonderful moments in Europe
 (I think my kerosene heater loves chilly days as well :) ).

Clip --- A Lunch Break Romance

A Lunch Break Romance from Danny Sangra on Vimeo.


:-)

all right, I wish I was Italian as well....

Shoe --- Japanese shoes::Arai Hiroshi

Website: Arai Hiroshi: http://h-arai.com

I made a quick review of Japanese shoes.

On average, Japanese and Taiwanese lasts are similar.

In the other words, they are wider than that of most British lasts.

Even though I personally prefer British lasts for dressing shoes & American lasts for boots,

Japanese shoes still catch my eye using their quaint ... temperament~


I picked two pairs of shoes from Hiroshi's online gallery.

what lovely shoes they are~

[ref: Japanese Shoes: Bespoke & RTW Super Thread ]

Movie --- KaNo

Trans --- Something Different: Pop-up Flea

[article]

haha, I found a different type of flea markets, a heritage and expensive flea LOL

the blogger mentioned the Pop-Up flea is held once year in NYC;

I miss them out and lucky me, for my wallet's sake :P 
 
anyway, I really enjoy these photos.

Youtube --- Shoes Making, TW

aha~

I was wondering that why there aren't Taiwanese men try to develop a Brand

of comfortable, beautiful, and elegant shoes,

and here I am!

even though Boot is my type now,

I need some formal shoes sometimes....

for now, there is only one classic Wingtips-toe 'n' Lace-ups shoe in my rack,

I will get  shoes from each of them* to encourage and support local Brands in the

near future~

#=== Update::01 ====#


Even though Mr. Liu's works are smoehow not as beautiful as that of British brands,

they are not bad indeed.

After reviewing Asian bootmakers' works,

I found that the major bottlenecks are shoe lasts and the quality of leathers,

the skills are not on the list at all.

// IMHO, ...
#=================#


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