Budapest and Vienna shoes ?

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kgannon
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Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:13 pm

I will be visiting Budapest and Vienna in December. I am hoping to visit some
shoe stores while there.

Could you suggest where I should look to go ?

Also is there other bespoke craftsmen I should visit while
there ?

Thanks & Regards
Kevin
Concordia
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Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:28 pm

kgannon wrote:I will be visiting Budapest and Vienna in December. I am hoping to visit some
shoe stores while there.

Could you suggest where I should look to go ?

Also is there other bespoke craftsmen I should visit while
there ?

Thanks & Regards
Kevin
Smoothjazzone did a nice write-up of Vienna.

Off the top of my head, Vienna has Maftei and Balint, Budapest has Vass and Koronya. There are many others.
RWS
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Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:30 pm

Concordia wrote:. . . . Vienna has Maftei and Balint . . . . There are many others.
Most notably, R. Scheer u. S. If money is no object, this seems (from what I've read and seen, and from what other Loungers have written) to be the best shoemaker in either city.
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:47 am

kgannon wrote:I will be visiting Budapest and Vienna in December. I am hoping to visit some
shoe stores while there.

Could you suggest where I should look to go ?

Also is there other bespoke craftsmen I should visit while
there ?

Thanks & Regards
Kevin
I have personal experience with Maftei, in the first district. They are good. Also, Scheer, Materna, Blint and Reiter are in Vienna-I have no personal experience with these makers, but they have a good reputation. Try Vass in Budapest. I have no personal experience, yet, buy I have seen their work-it is good. The prices are good at Maftei and Vass. I hope it helps.
speedster
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Sun May 04, 2008 12:52 pm

I also fount the book that VASS published to be a great read.
Saw some beautiful pices by Billant among others.
Have a look at ebay, amazon etc

Will see some VASS in the flesh by the end of the month.
Would like a U-lasted U-troat, If i like the lasts. I have plans for some MTO's
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Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:35 pm

Does anyone have website/contact infor for Materna? Alternatively, does anyone know for sure whether they are open Saturdays?

Thx,
bengal-stripe
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Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:13 pm

Materna has a web-page (of sorts), but no internet connection
(I’m old, that internet is all too modern for me!).

http://www.wien-vienna.at/index.php?ID=1544

Unless things have changed in the last two years, the shop
is open on Saturdays, till midday or 1 p.m.
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