Mr. Gessler made boots with excellent quality of leather. He sometimes used a piece of gold-brown leather to make shoes and sometimes with a pair of Russia leather. The shoes he made were beautiful- the pair of pumps, so inexpressibly slim, the patent leathers with cloth tops, making water come into one’s mouth, the tall brown riding boots with marvelous sooty glow, as if, though new, they had been worn a hundred years.
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Mr. Gessler was so dedicated to his work that he even starved himself to death, not wanting to stop his work. He would keep the shop on; wouldn’t have a soul touch his boots except himself. He would sit over his boots and go on and on. Never gave himself time to eat; never even had a penny in the house. All went in rent and leather. Though he lost to the big firms who would advertise, Mr. Gessler made the best boots in London. He made it perfectly so much so that it was never worn out and as if he had seen the Soul of Boot.

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The Gessler Brothers were German shoemakers who valued the quality of the shoes they made. Both brothers were exceptionally good at what they did, creating the best boots in London. Mr. Gessler, the younger of the two brothers, looked like as if made from leather, with his yellow crinkly face, and crinkly reddish hair and beard, and neat folds slanting down his cheeks to the corners of his mouth, and his guttural and one-toned voice. His elder brother was so very much like him, though watery, paler in every way. It was really difficult to differentiate the two brothers. The elder brother died as he was unable to get over the loss of losing one part of their shop. Post his death, it was Mr. Gessler who continued with the work, all by himself, till the very end. Those two brothers, though made the best boots in London and even had the best materials, never advertised and soon lost their customers to big firms. Mr. Gessler would use all the money to buy materials, ignoring hunger and eventually starved himself to death.

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With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, manual workers like the Gessler Brothers suffered a setback. Industrial Revolution made sure work was done in a more fast and efficient method. It introduced machines which replaced human workers. Hundreds of products could be made within an hour. People do not like to wait and hence, their orders went to the big firms who used to advertise. The Gessler Brothers on the other hand, liked to work carefully and diligently on each and every boot that they make. This used to take a lot of time and very soon, they started losing all their customers. The Gessler Brothers did not even advertise and hence very few people knew about them. For them the quality of work was more important than doing it carelessly but fast.

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