Shoemaker should still be considered such a great artist instead of a simple worker. The process of shoemaking consists of different steps, including the fabric cutting one, and most of them need a high degree of precision and the highest quality of cutting tools.
The first step is based on creative research and an analysis of the latest trends - even for the materials that will be used. Then, numerous drafts and drawings are made in order to build the first idea of the shoe. Once they have chosen the style of footwear, the shoemakers cut the shapes on which the finished design of the shoe will be shown.
Therefore we can say that the first real phase of production consists of leather cutting, in which the manual skill of expert craftsmen has a crucial role for a result of the highest quality. It deals with a leather cutting because leather is the main component in traditional shoemaking. Most of our shoes are usually made of natural leather, synthetic leather, or bonded leather.
However, we probably don't know shoe factories receive leather in different shapes: some are perfect but others have some imperfections. As a result, the cutter must evaluate all the material and organize his work in such a way that certain parts of the shoe will be made of the perfect parts of leather, and other, less important, will be composed of the weaker ones. Moreover, in the shoe repair shops, it's only the shoemaker who takes care of the whole process of shoemaking, whereas in shoe factories it's rather possible there are several cutters specializing in specific steps of shoe cutting process, such as the cutter of trimmings, the cutter of the outside part of shoes and the lining cutter.
What is more, the result of a leather cutting process obviously depends on the quality of cutting tools. There are different kinds of cutting tools, such as knife cutters, rotary cutters, wooden-handled cutting knives, stainless steel cutters, cutters for plastic materials, and so on. The kind of cutting tools shoemakers use depends mainly on the material shall be cut, on the skills of the craftsmen and on their own general preferences.
Whichever type of cutting tools a shoemaker chooses, he must take good care of them. For instance, the blades on cutting knives need to be kept clean and sharp so as to be fully effective. When it comes to perfect craftwork, each shoemaker knows very well that the sharper blades are, the more precise the cut.
Collini Atomi di Scarpa's selection of the best cutting tools.
Collini Atomi di Scarpa is an official retailer of shoe accessories. The company always committed to looking for the highest quality suppliers in order to offer reliable tools for everyone who loves craftmanship. Collini Atomi di Scarpa is particularly proud of a wide selection of cutters and knives to be provided companies and private customers with:
- Mozart knife with a plastic-covered aluminum handle which ensures a stress-free work;
- Leone tempered steel knife for shoemaker with a half green covered sharp blade available in two versions for right and left-handed users;
- Olfa Knife with ultra-sharp and extra-flexible blade for high precision cutting works;
- Side cutter made of chrome-vanadium steel and plastic handle;
- Olfa rotary cutter which offers extreme safety, since the squeeze trigger allows the blade to self-retract for safety;
- Olfa safety cutter, ideal to cut corrugated and packaging materials.
The most important features of all cutting tools sold by Collini Atomi di Scarpa are reliability, quality, safety and last, but not least, long life. Therefore if you want to be remembered for precise craftwork, let be inspired by Collini Atomi di Scarpa: one of the worldwide retailers of cutting tools par excellence.
