r/mildlysatisfying • u/NIGHTSHADOWXXX • 13d ago

Inside Korea's Oldest Handmade Shoe Workshop

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u/Dyert 12d ago

I wanted to see the guy strutting around in them

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u/OpeningTurnip8048 12d ago

....with a paint can!

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u/NE_Strawberry 12d ago

How much?

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u/sonerec725 12d ago

another time this was posted someone said $300 which is frankly an insanely good price for a fully custom shoe like this.

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u/NE_Strawberry 12d ago

Plus a trip to Korea I suppose, but that is a sweet price indeed!

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u/Tranzisto 11d ago

Honestly I was sure it would be at least $700, and realistically even $1000, for the amount of work and the level of craftsmanship put into maling these. $300 is the price of a new pair of non-custom quality business shoes you'd have to "break in" and all, whoever has the access to this guy's services is very lucky.

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u/battlepig95 10d ago

$300 is fire people pay more than that for Nike slop every day 😭

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u/NikonD3X1985 12d ago

I was mesmerised, such craftsmanship.

https://giphy.com/gifs/udmx3pgdiD7tm

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u/BigBlueMountainStar 12d ago

They’re still assuming everyone has normal shaped feet on the top though. My toes are weird and my ankle position results in a lot of standard shoes running. If I were to pay for bespoke shoes, I’d want to make sure they’re considering my complete foot

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u/iamjustanoob_ 11d ago

No the probably went with what the customer suggested. When you go over there you can wine about your fu**ed up toe and handicapped ankle they will make it for you

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u/BigBlueMountainStar 11d ago

That’s what I want, thanks for the kind advice 😂

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u/xuncx 10d ago

Considering that they are custom molded to your foot.. I’m sure they will consider that.

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u/redlandrebel 12d ago

I agree and don’t understand the downvote on your comment.

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u/mushy-banana 11d ago

I cut myself 5 times watching him make those. Excellent work.

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u/runbcov42 12d ago

Is there a source for this that isn't sped up?

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u/runbcov42 12d ago

Found it myself. The place is called Songlim Shoes. I can't seem to find any official YouTube channels but there are plenty of videos of their work, all in original speed and widescreen as well.

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u/N3BB3Z4R 12d ago

Awesome

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u/sonerec725 12d ago

i think having shoes like this made for me would fix me

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u/TheDevilsAdvokaat 10d ago

Fascinating. And yes please. I would like a set of these.

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u/ExitOut 10d ago

My question is the sole is only one part of the foot, why not cast the whole foot and make a custom shoe from that?

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u/Scholar_Of_Fallacy 9d ago

Every time this gets reuploaded it goes from Japan to Korea and back again

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u/wishiwasoffline 12d ago

Thank god for automation. This would have been slavery on a mass scale.