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    What is your size in C2? 36? I can be on the lookout. 90% of them are out of Japan though, through tons of arbitrage players. But they...
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    Aloysius replied to the thread Kreosote Boots.
    It's funny but I remember seeing a post from you years ago about the company and I didn't remember the name so I kept searching TFL with...
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    Aloysius reacted to dannyk's post in the thread Kreosote Boots with Love Love.
    I am from Buffalo New York, the owner of Parkhurst boots is from Buffalo. He was family friends with and then worked for a master...
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    Aloysius replied to the thread Kreosote Boots.
    I recently became a customer at a place run by two real masters of the craft and was having trouble deciding between which of them I...
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    Aloysius reacted to dannyk's post in the thread Kreosote Boots with Like Like.
    Yeah I totally get that. I just added that to show it works! Like hey man it works! Nothing to fear. Nothing bad to say about it. The...
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    Aloysius replied to the thread Kreosote Boots.
    My complaint is more that Gabbard actively boasts about not having apprentices, like that shows his quality.
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    Aloysius reacted to dannyk's post in the thread Kreosote Boots with Like Like.
    I have a lot of friends in the skilled trades. The apprentice/journeyman system creates the best, longest lasting and most skilled...
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    Aloysius replied to the thread Kreosote Boots.
    I think for me the most fundamental issue here is that the reason many of us are into the whole "craft" thing is that we believe we're...
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    Aloysius replied to the thread Kreosote Boots.
    He doesn't even make the customers a last apparently. But no he won't even have his own apprentices let alone work with a peer. He...
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    He’s in the process of renovating his house, so his time is pretty limited at the moment. You’re right, he’s an absolute pleasure to...
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    I don't think he's doing that. In a way he is basically writing a long form version of an adage I've heard from both Russians and Poles...
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    Having mentioned Lost Worlds, here's an essay by the LW owner Stuart Clurman which eloquently explains the philosophy behind his work...
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    Aloysius reacted to jonbuilder's post in the thread Kreosote Boots with Like Like.
    Agreed like be transparent and publish how many orders he has, how many pair of boots he made last year, and to clients with pending...
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    There is no way this thing doesn't blow up. There are established means for a custom operation to operate sustainably; he not only does...
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    Aloysius reacted to Edward's post in the thread Help! Quick opinion on Kreosote boots. with Like Like.
    Horses for courses, I suppose. There's a side to me now I'm really too old that regrets not having tried to make a go of it as an actor...

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