Our company was founded in 1977 by owner Larry Waller. He started in the shoe business by purchasing a shoe repair shop. After learning about the repair business from a 75 year old master, he wanted to learn how to make shoes. He then apprenticed to Dan Holliday to learn how to make his first pairs of shoes.
He attended the Merrill Boot Institute and learned about boot making and continued on to Ball State University to study orthopedics and orthotics. After considering many different options, he chose to make period and theatrical footwear. Walrus has supplied 15th, 17th and 18th century footwear to many of the largest living history museums in the country.
He attended the Merrill Boot Institute and learned about boot making and continued on to Ball State University to study orthopedics and orthotics. After considering many different options, he chose to make period and theatrical footwear. Walrus has supplied 15th, 17th and 18th century footwear to many of the largest living history museums in the country.
Services
Walrus Shoe & Leather Co. LLC, is a multi-faceted company catering to the shoemaking and leather trades. We offer a wide variety of services, supplies and machines. We sell items such as shoe lasts, shoe and last making books, findings and a unique line of jewelry.
In the coming days watch for our website to offer high-value shoe making equipment as well as other tools and essentials that every shoemaker and leather craftsman will find worthwhile.The World is Our Warehouse.
In the coming days watch for our website to offer high-value shoe making equipment as well as other tools and essentials that every shoemaker and leather craftsman will find worthwhile.The World is Our Warehouse.
What is a Last? A last is a plastic or wooden form that a shoe or boot is made on. How do I pay for my items? You may pay by credit card. We accept Visa, MasterCard, and Discover over the phone. We also accept PayPal. Does Walrus offer consulting services? Yes. We offer consulting on product design and prototype making for the shoe and leather goods trade.
To quote the famous bootmaker Sam Lucchese, "Whether you are making shoes or boots, almost without exception you're going to need some sort of Last on which to make them." I want you to know, in my 28 years of shoemaking I have owned almost 50,000 pairs of Lasts. I've learned for a fact that the point is not how many Lasts you have, the point is, do you have the Last you need to make the shoes you want, and in the sizes you want.
Not a Click-Thru 'Site. We stock all the books we offer. All of the George Koleff books are written for the custom shoe and boot maker, that's what makes them different from anything else out there. His books provide a complete knowledge of these crafts, unlike most of the other books on the market.
This extraordinary work teaches you how to create lasts the essential foundation of finely crafted shoes and boots. Master shoemaker George Koleff clarifies the entire process. From giving you a solid understanding of what tools to use and how to use them correctly to effectively fashioning wood into lasts.
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