shoemakers
They craft boots
Shoemakers are people who make or repair shoes.
The trade is ancient, and shoemaker appears in countless folk tales and idioms.
The shoemaker's children go barefoot suggests that professionals neglect their own families while serving others.
A cobbler is a shoemaker who specializes in repairs rather than making shoes from scratch.
Final in sequence
- awlPointed piercing implement
- stitchingJoining with needle, thread
- weltingCord sewn into seams
- skivingEvading work or duty
burnishing · patternmaking · tacking · edging · pegging · cutting · hammering · sanding
Replacing shoe bottoms
patching · stretching · reconditioning · stitching · adhesive · buffing · polishing · dyeing
Bottom of footwear
- insolesRemovable shoe padding
- outsolesShoe base layers
- uppersStimulant drugs, informally
- heelsRaised shoe bottoms
shank · welt · tongue · vamp · quarter · counter · toe box · eyelets
last
Final in sequence
skiving · burnishing · patternmaking · tacking · edging · pegging · cutting · hammering · sanding · molding
resoling
Replacing shoe bottoms
glue · patching · stretching · reconditioning · stitching · adhesive · buffing · polishing · dyeing · waterproofing
soles
Bottom of footwear
heels · shank · welt · tongue · vamp · quarter · counter · toe box · eyelets · laces
boots
Ankle-covering footwear
derbies · moccasins · sandals · espadrilles · slippers · pumps · stilettos · flats · wedges · sneakers
tanning
Curing hides or bronzing
- hideConceal or pelt
- full-grainLeather with intact surface
- suedeBuffed leather underside
nubuck · vegetable-tanned · aniline · patina · grain · calfskin · cordovan · kidskin · goatskin · pigskin
- boot and shoe workerscobblers, bootmakers, clogmakers
- boot and shoemaking historycobblers, cordwainer, sole, heel, awl
- makersfilmmaker, crafter, watchmaker, crafters, woodworker
- labor historyAFL-CIO, workers, labor movement, CIO, laborers
shoemakershatters
Headwear makers or sellers
milliners · tailors · glovers · haberdashers · seamstresses