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shoe is "personally made." A skilled shoemaker might be
able to cut out the inside of 10 pairs of shoes in a day, while
a factory machine is capable of producing many more, in
the same time.
The most common style (even today) is the round top.
In place of round top portion, some shoes had leather
strips on top, which were softer on the top of one's foot
while walking. This style was called "leertje klomp," a
leather strip wooden shoe. During the war a wooden
bottom, leather topped shoe was popular. The only other
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variation to the basic style first mentioned was that for
the use in the turf (peat). This style was the wooden shoe
with leather or rubber tacked onto the wood to make a
boot.
Designs and colors of wooden shoes have no meaning or
purpose. Makers and owners used their imagination for
designs and colors. In the past some shoes were carved for
design. Now shoes have designs painted on. Apparently
there is no traditional color, design or ceremonial shoe for
certain areas, but there are many fancy shoes.
It seems Drente's traditional shoe color was white and
Freisland wore black shoes for special days. Also in
Freisland wearers of shoes were identified as livestock
dealers, especially cattle buyers. This was like a
trademark.
In the southern province of the Netherlands, such as
Noord Brabant, Limburg and Zeeland, the yellow shoes
were popular with all the wearers. The sail boaters of long
ago wore a slightly different design. However, all wooden
shoes are basically the same.
The wooden shoe has a long life. Even when the shoe is
cracked or broken there were always ways of extending
its life. Soccer, a popular sport in Holland, resulted in the
wear and tear of many pairs of regular leather shoes until
mothers decided their sons would wear wooden shoes or
not play anymore! A simple procedure using wire
repaired any broken or cracked shoes.
During the depression in the early 1930's, when wooden
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