Art of shoemaking


Visitors can see how shoes are made at the shop. Photos: MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star

Amid the hustle and bustle of the capital city lies a quaint little shoemaker’s shop that bears witness to a dying trade — the art of making leather shoes by hand.

Helming the Leather Point shoe shop at Kompleks Pertama in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur is Rahmat Mokhtar, 54.

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