Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1887 — A New System of Boot Making. [ARTICLE]

A New System of Boot Making.

• The London (Kng.) Shoe and (Leather Record describes a system of fastening the soles to bo.ots and shoes, in which the fastenings ale driven from the insftle, the |astenings being first placed in the insole and then the upper lasted over them. The fastening is of brass, with a conical front, barbed .all around the (joint, and the head is flat and neatly formed. A machine is used' to feed and drive the fastenings at regular distances through the insole. The insole is then laid on the last, with the barbed points standing erect. The upper is lasted over these points and pushed down, leaving sullicient of the point still above the upper to pierce half way through the sole. The sole is then laid on as though upon blinders, hammered down, and- the process is complete. The heeling and finishihg are performed in the ordinary way.