Cobblers repair all sorts of shoes—dress shoes, boots, clogs, moccasins, sandals, loafers, high heels, and more! They also learn to repair a wide variety of other items. This includes zippers, belts, purses, luggage, and other leather products.

What kind of work does a shoemaker do?

A shoemaker is someone who makes, designs and repairs footwear. The original name for a shoemaker was cordwainer. Historically, shoes were made one shoe at a time by hand, but this has somewhat been replaced by the shoe manufacturing industry, producing shoes at a far greater rate than sole shoemakers can.

What skills do you need to be a shoemaker?

Artistic skills are essential in choosing patterns, color of dyes, fabric lining, laces and decorations to adorn the shoe. Manual dexterity with finger coordination is required to manipulate shoemaker tools like shears and sharpened knives when tracing patterns, trimming soles and affixing heels to shoes and boots.