The Art of Boot and Shoemaking: A Practical Handbook Including Measurement, Last-Fitting, Cutting-Out, Closing, and Making
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The Art of Boot and Shoemaking: A Practical Handbook Including Measurement, Last-Fitting, Cutting-Out, Closing, and Making
This 1885 classic by John Bedford Leno (1826–94) includes over 100 diagrams and illustrations inside the following chapters:
1. Historical
2. The Anatomy of the Foot
3. The Foot:—Its Ailments, and Their Remedies
4. Measurement
5. Lasts
6. Fitting Up the Last
7. Choice and Purchase of Materials
8. Cutting Out
9. Fitting and Closing
10. Boot and Shoemaking: Men’s Work
11. Boot and Shoemaking: Women’s Work
12. Leggings and Gaiters
13. Mending
14. Furring
15. Bows and Rosettes
16. Boot and Shoe Armour: Tips, Plates, and Nails
17. Kit-Cutting
18. Sharpening Knives and Awls
19. Special Operations
20. Boot and Shoe Machines
2.1 Leather Cutting, Splitting, and Rolling Machines
22. Machines Employed for Preparatory Processes—Upper Splitting and Skiving
23. Upper Closing and Sole Attaching Machines
24. Machines for Building, Moulding, Attaching, Breasting, and Finishing Heels
25. Machines Used for Levelling Seams of Uppers, Edge Setting, and Levelling and Buffing Bottoms
26. Useful Receipts for Shoemakers
27. Conclusion
