From a contact here

[Mike Davis]

Like so many times no one would answer, I took a bold move and helped develop these shoes.

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Ptah Sankofa​

𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 — 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 & 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫-𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬. 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝟏𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦. 𝟏𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 —𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥, 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤. 𝐢’𝐦 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢 𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐢 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐢 𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐦𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡. 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞. 𝐢'𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲... 𝐢'𝐦 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲. 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐦. 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝, “𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝.” 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫-𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬.
...𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲.
𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬:
• 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧: 𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐨𝐟𝐚
• 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: Mike Davis woodworking design
• 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲: @𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨.𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 [𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐠] 𝐚𝐧𝐝 @𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤_𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐬 [𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐠]
• 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬: @𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐢𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐢 [𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐠], Dannie Carlton, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭.

 

[ScottM]

Mike your talents are boundless.

 

[chris_goris]

Do you wear those in the shop, Mike?

 

[Mike Davis]

Do you wear those in the shop, Mike?

Only on Sunday.

 

[Jim M.]

No words man, no words. Simply, your talent is awe-inspiring.

 

[Craptastic]

Only on Sunday.

Sundays are special.

And so is your vision and talent. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Mike Davis]

After reading deeper in the web site I see these are the actual shoes I made.
She is looking for a manufacturer to mass produce her shoe designs.

 

[Flute Maker]

Wow Mike you just do it all…It’s awesome Mike…..plain awesome!!!!

 

[Berta]

Those shoes are very cool. You are full of surprises!