Types and characteristics of leather shoes and leather

Leather shoes are made of natural leather. Natural leather mainly includes pigskin, cowhide, sheepskin and horseskin.

The pores on the surface of pigskin are round and thick, and extend obliquely into the skin. The pores are arranged in groups of three, and the leather surface presents many small triangular patterns. Pigskin has good air permeability and moisture permeability.

Cowhide has fine surface and high strength, and is most suitable for making leather shoes. Cowhide pores are well-proportioned and fine, while yak skin pores are coarse and sparse.

Sheep cortex is light, thin and soft, with flat and round pores and clear pores. Several groups are arranged in a fish scale shape.

The pores on the surface of horse leather are oval, regularly arranged, with dense fiber structure and high strength.

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Modern leather shoes come from abroad. China's original shoes made of leather are called leather boots, and their styles are different. Because of different uses, it is divided into several categories. For example, walking shoes are called single-bottom fast boots, which are similar in shape to mussel cloth cotton shoes; Riding is called riding boots; Shoes on rainy days are called spikes. They are made of leather and have nails on the soles. This kind of "spike shoes" was very popular in the 1920s.

1876, homemade leather shoes appeared in Shanghai. At that time, there was a shoemaker named Shen Binggen in Pudong, and his skills were superb. Before, he specialized in making leather spikes for rainy days. Later, foreign leather shoes entered Shanghai, and Shen Binggen also engaged in the repair and polishing of leather shoes. He is a caring person. In the process of mending and finishing leather shoes, he carefully pondered and studied the style and structure of leather shoes.

The first pair of modern leather shoes, from "straight-footed" shoes with no distinction between left and right feet, evolved into shoes with left and right feet, which is a great development of shoemaking technology in China. Since then, modern leather shoes production in China has gradually developed.

1876, Shen Binggen raised funds to open the first modern leather shoes factory in China, with many apprentices. As a result, the skill of making leather shoes spread, and Shanghai gradually formed the leather shoes industry. Shen Binggen is also known as the "founder" of modern leather shoes in China.

Leather shoes are generally composed of uppers, soles, heels, inner heads and main heels.

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