Arenwald von Hagenburg 1. This table is useful if you want to be sure that you are making a shoe of the correct construction style for your period.
All basic constructions use two basic types of stitch in lacing the leather together to form a shoe.
The difference between these two types of stitches is illustrated in Figure 1. The tools used by cobblers in the timeframe in which I am interested are simply shears, knives for trimming, needles, and the thread with which the shoes were assembled. Decoration Shoes from a variety of sources, in addition to those examples that have been excavated or discovered, show a wide range of decorative techniques. Many shoes have punched or stamped decoration. Punched decoration often results in a fretwork pattern in the remaining leather, allowing the hose to show through for a decorative effect.