Are they really handmade...

So many companies these days shout from the rooftops that their products are handmade, the question is, are they really and to what extent?

In reality very few shoe companies currently selling in the UK, truly produce handmade shoes, the phrase ‘handmade’ tends to be used somewhat loosely.  The majority of shoe companies/manufacturers take advantage of factory equipment/machinery that can save time and money and therefore reduce the selling price of their shoes in order to successfully compete.  Surely if a company is advertising the fact that their shoes are handmade then they should be handmade.  In reality it may well be some minor leather finishing on the shoe that has been done by hand and very little else. The shoemakers at the eSHOEMAKER make all the shoes by hand including hand punching, cutting and stitching - even the lasting of the shoes is done by hand compared with the more conventional lasting machines used by most mens dress shoescompanies.

A shoe that is completely handmade should be more superior in quality than a machine made equivalent and most importantly in the case of the eSHOEMAKER it has been made especially for the customer.

Mens dress shoes are advertised as handmade shoes on a regular basis despite the fact that there has been far more machine input than hand - the best way of identifying handmade shoes is firstly to look at the price; a handmade shoe imported into the UK from anywhere in the world realistically cannot be sold commercially for at least £100++.  It takes at least a day/2 days to make a pair of shoes, at least 6 days to last the shoes.  A pair of handmademens dress shoes made in the UK would cost at least £250++.

For further information visit www.eshoemaker.co.uk