Job Description:

• 1) Sews outsoles to custom-made shoe by hand: Attaches pig bristle to end of cord to make point that will enter awl holes easily.

• 2) Waxes cord by drawing it through ball of wax.

• 3) Marks guideline around welt of shoe.

• 4) Softens sole with water-soaked sponge.

• 5) Cuts groove, using grooving tool, along line of marking on sole to make channel stitch.

• 6) Cuts groove in welt along marked line to make invisible stitch.

• 7) Makes hole through welt and sole with awl.

• 8) Inserts one end of cord through hole and draws it about halfway through.

• 9) Punches another hole and inserts both ends of cord through hole from opposite sides to form lock stitch.

• 10) Continues punching and stitching operations in straight line, locking threads each time.

• 11) Pounds down sole, using shoemaker's hammer, and levels off sole by rolling round piece of wood forward and backward over sole until surface is smooth and even.

• 12) Smooths stitching with piece of flat bone if stitching shows on welt.