| Job Title |
Sole Sewer, Hand |
| Job Description |
Sews Outsoles To Custom-made Shoe By Hand: Attaches Pig
Bristle To End Of Cord To Make Point That Will Enter Awl Holes
Easily. Waxes Cord By Drawing It Through Ball Of Wax. Marks
Guideline Around Welt Of Shoe. Softens Sole With Water-soaked
Sponge. Cuts Groove, Using Grooving Tool, Along Line Of Marking
On Sole To Make Channel Stitch. Cuts Groove In Welt Along Marked
Line To Make Invisible Stitch. Makes Hole Through Welt And Sole
With Awl. Inserts One End Of Cord Through Hole And Draws It
About Halfway Through. Punches Another Hole And Inserts Both
Ends Of Cord Through Hole From Opposite Sides To Form Lock
Stitch. Continues Punching And Stitching Operations In Straight
Line, Locking Threads Each Time. Pounds Down Sole, Using
Shoemaker's Hammer, And Levels Off Sole By Rolling Round Piece
Of Wood Forward And Backward Over Sole Until Surface Is Smooth
And Even. Smooths Stitching (straight Stitch) With Piece Of Flat
Bone If Stitching Shows On Welt.
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