[ Originally posted on Facebook 8 April 2020 ]
I remember long ago coming across a comic-strip which featured two brothers who went by the name of ‘The Katzenjammer Kids.’ Can’t recall much about the substance, but do remember the swept-back crop hairstyles the two kids had.
Which is of no consequence at all, except that the hair of the brothers in my next YouTube channel reminded me of them.
Trenton and Heath (the brothers) are cobblers, but about as far removed from your local repairs-while-u-wait as it’s possible to be.
For these two boys are pretty much miracle-workers when it comes to shoes, and this channel explains a little of their trade.
Many of the videos involve taking a pair of apparently ruined shoes and working them back into perfection, with each step filmed and explained.
Not the least of the interest is in how they evaluate the various makes—famous and not so—as they break them down and rebuild them. In the process, you begin to understand why expensive shoes are expensive . . .
Have to say that as a Brit I’m partial to their encomium on the quality and craftsmanship of a pair of John Lobbs.
But it doesn’t really matter where you start, there’s something to be learned for all us lazy trainer-wearers about what proper shoes are all about.
Oh, and this Brit at least can’t get enough of those Nashville accents . . .