The mill in Portugal
Two hours north of Porto, one loom, and a family that has run it since before we were born.
Journal
Materials, method and the occasional argument about millimetres.
Why we resole instead of replacing
A stitched cup sole can be taken off and put back. It costs us an hour and saves the upper entirely.
Wear test: the shell in a week of rain
Seven days, one coat, no umbrella. What held up, what did not, and the one seam we would tape differently.