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Charles Goodyear junior is the man who got the patent for a mechanized method of shoe production copying the hand-method of welting. So, strictly speaking, 'Goodyear welted' (as opposed to 'hand-welted' or just 'welted') refers to a production method employing machinery based on Goodyear's patent.
Nevertheless, in some countries (Italy in particular) the term 'Goodyear-welt' is used interchangeable for the hand as well as the machine method.
Wrong.
Goodyear welt refers to the type of stitching used to attach the leather to the inner sole.
Actually, You are WRONG.
Goodyear welt is simply the term for a machine-applied welt.
Before Mr. Goodyear invented the machine this step was done by hand.
Charles Goodyear junior is the man who got the patent for a mechanized method of shoe production copying the hand-method of welting. So, strictly speaking, 'Goodyear welted' (as opposed to 'hand-welted' or just 'welted') refers to a production method employing machinery based on Goodyear's patent.
Nevertheless, in some countries (Italy in particular) the term 'Goodyear-welt' is used interchangeable for the hand as well as the machine method.
Someone chooses to argue with Bengal AND DWF (or just DW)!!!!!
so is the pic goodyear or hand? lol
Anybody find it strange that the welt and upper looks like it was pretrimmed (roughly) before the welt was finished being sewn?
Bengal-Stripe is correct.
Hand-welted construction is different both in technique and materials than Goodyear welted.
Handwelted is, in my opinion (with over four decades of hands-on experience) superior to Goodyear welted for the simple reason that it is based on a leather to leather connection. Whereas Goodyear welted, as it is implemented today, relies on glue to hold a canvas or linen "holdfast" to a typically thinner or inferior insole.
The Goodyear welted technique is named after Charles Goodyear...who invented the machine to do it...and was always intended to be implemented in a "factory" context and to replace the skill (and time) required to make a good handwelted shoe. In essence, it is meant to emulate a handwelted look and thereby fool the customer into thinking it is comparable to handwelted work.
There are a few MTO/bespoke makers who will do a facsimile of Goodyear welted construction if the customer is unwilling to pay for the step-up in quality of handwelted...but dern few.
And yes, there are people who insist on calling any welted shoe Goodyear welted...I suspect for the simple reason that welt is often commercially marketed in rolls such as would be sold to a manufacturer for Goodyear welted work, whereas a bespoke maker would cut his own as needed.
But using the term "Goodyear welted" in that fashion is not considered correct terminology (at least not among bona fide shoemakers) anymore than is calling a bespoke shoemaker a cobbler. IMO, such usage is ignorant for the simple reason that it is based on hearsay rather than experience.
PS...It is misleading to call Goodyear welted "Traditional". Shoemaking as a Trade can be traced back reliably several thousand years (and some would say as much as 10,000) and the techniques that culminated in the handwelted shoe evolved slowly and surely and were in use several hundred years ago. Whereas Goodyear welting dates to circa 1950 or thereabouts, and as mentioned, is restricted to the factory context. Hardly traditional in the larger scheme of things.
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