Men and women were allowed to make shoes as their job.
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Why was shoemaking a good/bad job to have back then?
It was hard work but everyone needs shoes so they had a fair amount of money by fulfilling their job.
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How did someone buy their shoes?
The cobbler had out shoed in various shoe sizes and kinds but if the customer did not like the shoe, or could not fit in the shoe, that customer could buy custom-made shoes.
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What were the names of 3 tools used to make shoes?
• Last- a wooden sculpture for simulating a human foot
• Burnisher- made from animal bone and polishes the edges and the sole of the shoe
• Shoepeg- hardwood nail and needed to hold layered heels together
Sturrup- holds down the shoes while the shoemaker stiches it together
•Awl- used to punch holes in leather
•Marking Wheel- Used to mark the points on the sole through which the needle should go through
•Sizing Stick- used to shape the sole
•Stretching Pliers- used to expand the leather on the upper part of a shoe
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Who made it a law that shoes had to be semetrical?
the King.
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Why was shoe making important?
It was the most commonly practiced trades in the 18th century Virginia.
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How many cobbler shops were in Jamestown at first?
12.
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What were the shoes commonly made of?
Dogs, (for the rich), calf, steerhide, sheepskin, pigskin.