How do they match: Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers

Construct, decorate, or repair leather and leather-like products, such as luggage, shoes, and saddles. May use hand tools.

Attach insoles to shoe lasts, affix shoe uppers, and apply heels and outsoles.
Cement, nail, or sew soles and heels to shoes.
Clean and polish shoes.
Construct, decorate, or repair leather products according to specifications, using sewing machines, needles and thread, leather lacing, glue, clamps, hand tools, or rivets.
Cut out parts, following patterns or outlines, using knives, shears, scissors, or machine presses.
Dress and otherwise finish boots or shoes, as by trimming the edges of new soles and heels to the shoe shape.
Nail heel and toe cleats onto shoes.
Place shoes on lasts to remove soles and heels, using knives or pliers.
Repair and recondition leather products such as trunks, luggage, shoes, saddles, belts, purses, and baseball gloves.
Repair or replace soles, heels, and other parts of footwear, using sewing, buffing and other shoe repair machines, materials, and equipment.
Shape shoe heels with a knife, and sand them on a buffing wheel for smoothness.
Stretch shoes, dampening parts and inserting and twisting parts, using an adjustable stretcher.

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