Quote Originally Posted by longhuntr74 View Post
This shoe discussion has been very educational (probably not in the right thread though...). At risk of taking the thread further off track, or perpetuating the side excursion, DWFII's discussion about hand welting vs. goodyear welting prompted me to go googling. I found this blog that more clearly showed me the difference. I was a bit confused how the two techniques varied. Now I can see the difference. So if anyone else is interested, here's the blog: Bespoke Shoes
I'm very familiar with James Carreducker's wonderful and generous blog. I'm not sure what the link you provided is adding to the discussion, but as long as you're visiting there look at this which shows hand-welting quite clearly:

Welting the Toe

And this, which has some photos of gemmed shoes and boots--one of which is a highly touted English maker:

Behind the veil