Manual of Shoemaking

A timeless and essential guide for shoemaking. Chapters: 1. Parts of a Shoe; 2. Product Marketing; 3. Feet; 4. Foot Measurement; 5. Lasts; 6. Product Development; 7. Cutting; 8. Closing; 9. Organizatin of Closing; 10. Components; 11. Board Manufacture; 12. Introduction to Making; 13. Flow Charts for Methods of Construction; 14. Conditioning of Uppers; 15. Cemented Construction; 16. Moulded Constructions; 17. Veldtchoen Construction; 18. Machine Welded Construction; 19. Slip Lasted Construction; 20. String Lasting; 21. machine Sewn Construction; 22. Finishing; 23. Treeing (Shoe Room). ...CHAPTER 1 INTRO: The variety of shoe styles is so bewildering that at first sight it seems impossible to establish the factors which they have in common. Yet these styles are obtained in fact by endless variations on comparatively few basic themes. It is important to determine which is the theme and which is the variation. In this the acid test is the function which each part fulfils - is it essential to the construction of the shoe and, if so, how and why? Has it a subsidiary function? Or is it merely put there for effect and decoration? The parts of a shoe can be grouped broadly into those which make up the UPPER and those which constitute the sole and heel or BOTTOM. The aim of this section is to identify the basic parts which go to make up uppers and bottoms and to illustrate these in various styles.