Make Your Own Shoes Full Starter Kit Tools Materials Gift Cobblers Shoemakers

Shoemakers and cobbler's make your own shoes starter tool kit has all the essential, specialist shoe making tools to get you started to make your own shoes etc. Consists of 12 tools and 13 types of materials needed for making welted shoes for men and women. An essential starter tool kit to get you started with shoe making. Other basic tools can be purchased from local hardware store if needed. and once you really get shoe making, we offer a whole host of other shoe making tools that you can add to your toolbox.

13 Tools & 13 materials starter KIT CONTENTS:

• • 1 x pair lasting pliers for pulling the upper over the last
  • 1 x flat, shoe making knife for everything!
  • 1 x welting awl blade with handle for stitching shoe welts
  • 1 x stitching awl blade with handle for sewing shoe soles
  • 1 x shoemaking tape measure and standard 100cm measuring tape
  • 2 x silver pen for marking your leather upper
  • 2 x crepe rubber sticks to remove glue marks
  • 1 x sleeking bone for smoothing out lumps and bumps
  • 1 x French shape hammer for shaping and smoothing your leather.
  • 1 x edge iron for setting your sole edges – 3/8″
  • 1 x heel iron for burnishing shoe soles and heels. Used vintage item.
  • 1 x welt plough, a push knife for shaving leather to create welt channel 
  • 1 x size 10 fudge wheel for marking the stitches.
  • 1 x Cobbler's nail removing pincers
  • 1 x tack lifter
  • 1x 6-inch steel ruler
  • 1 x Sheepskin wool pad
  • 1 x pegging awl with 100 wooden pegs
  • 1 x 10m waxed thread for sewing
  • 3 pairs of steel wire needles
  • 1 x bees wax stick
  • 1 x bottle wax for poking awls 
  • 1 x small shoe horn
  • 1 x wooden tool box