Posts tagged “shoemaker”

March 26, 2012

Meet the Shoemaker

You can call him a shoemaker, you can call him a cordwainer; you can even call him Al. But one thing you must never call him is a cobbler.

Master boot and shoemaker Al Saguto discusses his trade in this week’s show.

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January 2, 2006

Shoemaker

The always wry Al Saguto discusses making 18th-century shoes in the shoemaker shop.

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