2023-08-18 04:30:30
The world-awarded shoemaker Sascha Flößholzer comes from St. Paul im Lavanttal. A solid, handcrafted and creative business with four employees emerged from the initially economically difficult years. The customers appreciate the manual work and accept waiting times of up to a year.
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Gold and silver medals this year
The company took part again this year in the performance competition for bespoke shoemakers in Wiesbaden, Germany. There were a total of 49 participants from 16 countries. A gold and a silver medal went to the Carinthian’s workshop. He got silver for a men’s sneaker and gold for women’s hiking shoes.
He now owns three award-winning shoe models, said master shoemaker Flößholzer: “We are submitting these shoes to the international performance competition because we want to know where we stand with our quality and our craftsmanship. This means that we are a well-rehearsed team and everyone knows their workflow. And it is so individual that everyone does what they do perfectly.”
Photo series with 12 pictures
Two years ago, the Flößholzer team received the gold medal for a pair of boots. First and foremost, the execution and design are judged in the competition.
Shoes, clothing and accessories made of leather
Leather is the stuff that made Sascha Flößholzer’s career dreams come true. The trained women’s and men’s clothing maker became a master shoemaker in the second educational path. Out of love for leather, he combines his two professions here. There are made-to-measure shoes made of calfskin and cowhide, leather clothing, primarily made of deerskin, and matching accessories.
They are all unique pieces, made according to the wishes of the customers. The graduate nurse Michaela Grünwald is one of these customers: “I wanted a shoe, a riding boot, that cannot be duplicated. And that’s why it was also important to me that I can help create the shoe, in a special way and in the way I like it.”
ORF Michaela Grünwald had a riding boot made
Individual customer requirements
The procedure in the production of made-to-measure shoes is always the same: First, the foot is measured in detail and a last is made from red beech wood. The bespoke shoemaker takes a plastic mold from this last for final corrections. And finally it goes into production, everything is done by hand.
“What fascinates me about my job is that I actually do the same thing every day, but not the same thing because the requirements of our customers are so individual that we have to deal with them anew every day,” said master shoemaker Flößholzer.
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