Saancha is new as a company. But the craft behind it — hand-skiving, bench-made welting, wooden lasts shaped over decades — that goes back much further.
Mohammad Gulfam first met Ustad Rasheed in a narrow lane off MM Alam Road, Lahore, in the winter of 2024. Rasheed had been making shoes for thirty-two years. Gulfam ordered a pair of oxfords. They took eleven days — the best shoes he had ever owned.
Through 2025 they refined ten designs on ten wooden lasts. A millimetre of toe spring altered the gait. They tested each design on pavement, gravel, marble, and brick until only the shapes that worked everywhere remained.
OCEANNET (SMC-PRIVATE) LIMITED was incorporated on 02 March 2026, and Saancha Shoes opened for orders. The workshop pace settled at roughly three days per pair — cutting, lasting and welting, sole and finish.