Quote Originally Posted by DWFII View Post
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
I posted that particular link because it was the beginning of a series that starts with Lasting and progresses through the toe construction, etc. But the link you posted to that same block got directly to the point (on a different pair of shoes, apparently). Having watched the videos of construction on the AE, Loake, and Danner websites, I was having a hard time differentiating between the hand welting technique you described vs. Goodyear welts. That blog helped me to better visualize it. I quickly previewed your long essay and look forward to reading it. It probably would have been a one stop shop if I had just asked you for a better reference in the first place.