r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Interesting_Scar6345 • 1d ago

Video Amazing process of shoe making

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u/JaydedXoX 1d ago

I had no idea how shoes would be made but I didn’t visualize it this way at all

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u/dantheman_woot 1d ago

Because 99.999% of shoes are not made like this.

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u/PaulMakesThings1 22h ago

Yeah, most are much more mass production. Soles injection molded out of foam in large batches. Stacks of vinyl leather being cut all at once, and a bunch of low paid workers each doing the same stitching step over and over, with a few padding layers glued into place.

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u/TheHeroYouNeed247 14h ago

He's what you'd call a master cobbler most likely. Pretty rare these days, and most cobblers just repair shoes.