Derrière les rangées de chaussures, de bottes et de sacs européens impeccables fabriqués à la main de Max's Footwear Boutique & Cobbler, se cache une histoire familiale qui s’étend sur quatre continents et autant de générations.
L'histoire de Max Vadher a commencé en Inde quand son grand-père est né dans une caste de cordonniers. Devenu jeune homme, son grand-père a traversé l'océan et est arrivé à Nairobi, au Kenya, où il a continué à exercer son métier en ouvrant sa propre cordonnerie. C'est au Kenya que sont nés Max et son père. Ce dernier a suivi les pas de son paternel, mais a fini par abandonner le métier de cordonnier pour devenir directeur financier. Il a néanmoins transmis les connaissances et les compétences qu'il avait acquises de son père à son fils Max, qui allait finir par relancer la tradition familiale sur deux autres continents.
Absolutely fantastic workmanship. Max is a master craftsman, a true cobbler who loves his work and his customers. Thank you for restoring shoes to better than new!
Max has worked on a number of shoes for our family. He recently rebuilt a pair of dress shoes for my husband - they look like new. He even rushed the order when we called and asked him to.
I took my moccasins in to have the sole reattached. I couldn't believe that the owner of the store would allow such terrible work to be returned to a customer.
Brought a $400 pair of leather-soled men's shoes in for repair; the outsole had worn through, the heel-block had seen better days, and the shoes were in cared-for but obviously used condition.
Max replaced the soles and the heel-block for a very fair price; quickly, too!. When he returned my shoes, the sole-flange and heel-block had been re-sealed (the colour was a perfect match to the original) and the textured leather uppers had been re-treated to look brand new.
I have three other pairs of leather-shod dress-shoes; I plan to keep Max very busy looking after them!