Boot Making and Mending - Including Repairing, Lasting, And Finishing

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First published in 1898, this volume is a complete guide to making and mending shoes and boots.

"This treatise on Boot Making and Mending is issued in the confident belief that it is not only thoroughly practical and relaible, but is so simply worded that even inexperienced readers can understand it."

Contents include:

Repairing Heels and Half-soling

Patching Boots and Shoes

Re-welting and Re-soling

Boot Making

Lasting the Upper

Sewing and Stitching

Making the Heel

Knifing and Finishing

Making Riveted Boots and Shoes