Tony and one of his team discussing a customer's special
features on their orthotics before footwear is made. |
Another typical shoemaker. |
This is an orthopaedic shoemaker. |
Shoemaker sewing in a welt. |
This is himself working very hard.
An unusual sight to see. |
Back in the 1800's a typical shoemaker.
In those days a lot more people had their
shoes made by hand. |
This is a clicker cutting by hand in the early 1900's |
A typical Moroccan shoemaker sewing in a welt. |
Greek shoemaker bottoming a shoe. |
Lasting on a bench which is unusual, it's
normally done sitting with the shoe on your lap. |
A typical European shoemaker back in the 1900's |
A shoemaker working on the bench. |
Typical very proud Spanish shoemaker. |
This is a shoe being adapted to have a cork raise |
A young man (apprentice shoemaker) lasting.
Lasting means pulling the upper over the last. |
A typical shoemaker. |
This is a wonderful picture of the shoemaker and
his friends discussing the world's problems. |
This man is an upper maker. Shoemaking is so many
trades in one. You have the last maker, the pattern
maker, the clicker and the one who cuts the upper
out and then you get the stitcher who stitches all
the pieces together to form the upper; the
shoemaker does the rest. |
