Can you think of any significant shoemaking processes missing from this outline?
The Outline
There are definitely different ways to call all these process, as well as different ways of separating them from each other and ordering them. For now, I’m most interested in thinking of anything I’m just plain missing.
One of the things I keep hearing from solo shoemakers is just how many different things you have to do to end up with a finished pair of shoes. Each one is a new skill to learn, and then to refine, forever. I’m just new at this, but I’m starting to see what they mean!
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Fantastic work Kyle! I’ll look over it too see if i can think of anything
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A few more some folks and I have come up with:
- Orthopedic Diagnosis
- Orthopedic Prescription
- Last Modification as a category covering build-up and shape-down
- Top Turning
- Binding (closing by hand)
- Insole Carving to cover Feathering, Channeling, and Holing
- Soaking Uppers before lasting
- Powdering Lasts and Uppers
- Leaving on Lasts
- Thread Making
- Outsole Beating
- Heel Carving
- Spanking (top lifts onto clipped-off nails)
- Try-On
- Repair
- Reheeling
- Resoling
- Rewelting
- Half Soling
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Closing this topic for now. My latest on this is always here:
https://shoemaking.wiki/Process_Timeline