Mike at Vauxhall Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Came back from cutting edge exhibition at Sandown to find my second youngest had badly overfed my fish. Will have to strip it down. That's my afternoon sorted/ruined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 was the show good? I had a prior engragement which meant I couldn't do the traveling in the allocated time this year. I've missed the show its been a couple of years since I've managed to get to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at Vauxhall Posted September 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Websites, catalogues and phone calls work well. But sometimes you can't beat face to face and actually feeling products before buying. Lee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Muppet Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 I was surprised to see that worn to reborn fella didn't win the repairs comp. Didn't he enter this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinh Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 The show went very well from an exhibitors viewpoint. We had a strong turnout with some visitors travelling hundreds of miles to get there. And face to face is an important part of doing business. It pays to build a relationship with your suppliers and works to mutual benefit. Putting a face to a name is one of the best ways to improve and will sometimes get you a better deal than on the ubiquitous internet. The JR Shoe Repairer of 2015 results were unusual this year in that we had two entrants with identical winning scores. Ken Simpson and Peter Smith are both worthy winners. In third place came Adam Johnson who is a protégé of Kens and showed impressive restraint and beautiful craftsmanship. There is always considerable discussion around the stand as to why an individual repair is better than another but it was reassuring to see that few could fault the eventual winners. The entry from Lee in particular drew a lot of attention because from the appearance of the un repaired shoe it was the most comprehensive transformation from ruined to almost concours. The winner of the JR competition is not allowed to enter in the following year and also anyone who wins three times will not be allowed to enter at all. This is to encourage new talent to participate. The organisers of the show are always happy to receive your comments on these shows so please tell us if we got it right or what we could do to make it better. Robin Healy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinh Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Oooops I forgot. I do apologise . My reply has nothing to do with fish. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 it sounded fishy to me. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 well for what its worth here are some picture of mine. I can't seem to find the early picture of the shoes when I got them or when I had all the linings laid out. But anyway I found them on Ebay & deliberately brought the worst shoes I could find. I even had to pay the cheeky seller £8 for the privilege of owning his cast offs! To me this was day to day stuff, all the jobs I did on the shoes where run of the mill in a typical week/month so I felt it was a fair way of assessing my skills. I enjoyed doing them, the competitions a great way of checking your skills & over the years I've introduced a lot of what I've done on competition shoes into my daily over the counter repairs. Lee windycity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at Vauxhall Posted September 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Oooops I forgot. I do apologise . My reply has nothing to do with fish. Sorry. Your post had been about SOLEing and rehEELing . Lee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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