The split-toe Norwegian’s origins might be lying in rural working shoes roughly butted together by cobblers for whom hand stitching with ale and waxed thread was daily business. Norwegian derbies only recently entered the sphere of gentlemen’s urban wardrobes. As many standard patterns, also the split-toe Norwegian pattern helps to cut expensive upper leathers economically but is rarely offered anymore by the industry where hand butting became an extremely costly working process and where there are very few truly capable stitchers left. The most common type of butt stitching, which shows the thread, is still used in saddle making and bench made leather goods from thick bridle leather. Since the pricking ale must only pierce into half of the leather’s thickness, sewing thin upper leathers becomes a tricky job. Properly executed, the reverse butt stitch shows on the outside only
The split-toe Norwegian’s origins might be lying in rural working shoes roughly butted together by cobblers for whom hand stitching with ale and waxed thread
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