Wash Leather. An inferior quality of chamois.
Welt. A narrow strip of leather that is sewed to the upper of a shoe with an insole leaving the edge of the welt extending outward, so that the outsole can be attached by sewing through both welt and outsole, around the outside of the shoe. The attaching of the sole and upper thus involves two sewings, first the insole, welt and upper, then the outsole to the welt. The name is applied to the shoe itself when made in this way to distinguish it from a turned, or McKay sewed shoe. This is the method used by cobblers in the production of hand-sewed shoes to fasten the sole and upper together. Goodyear welt is a welt in which the sewing is done by a machine named for the inventor. There are very few hand-welted shoes made.
Welt Beating. The flattening out of the welt, making it smooth.
Welting. Sewing the welt to shoe.
White Alum. Bleached leather tawed with white alum.
Wooden Case. Large box for twelve or more pairs.
CHAPTER TEN
LEATHER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURE
The use of gloves is so old that relics of them have been found in the habitations of the cave dwellers. The Romans used them as decorative articles of dress and the Greeks to protect the hands when doing heavy work.