"Super" Leather Shoes Made By Masters And Apprentices Of Changchun Shoe Making Shop

Liu Jiachen and Tian Junfeng are a pair of apprentices. They jointly opened a shoe shop. To attract customers, the two men made a car about 1.4 meters long Large leather shoes , big leather shoes bring a lot of popularity to the small shop.

　 13 shoes of size 42 can surround the sole

On the 11th, the reporter came to the shoe shop jointly operated by Liu Jiachen and Tian Junfeng.

The shoe store is located in Changchun City Near the intersection of Haoyue Road and Qingyang Street. Although facing the street, their store is only 3 meters wide and the indoor area is less than 10 square meters. Although the small shop was submerged in many stores, the 1.4-meter long leather shoes in front of the door were very eye-catching.

This extra large leather shoe is made of black pure cow leather, and the sole is made of white benzene plate. Inside the shoe, a large last made of benzene plate supports the upper. The sole of this shoe is very large. People can use 13 shoes of size 42 to form a circle around the sole.

Although the shoes are large, they are light in weight. Because leather shoes are made of cow leather and benzene plate, and weigh about 10 kg, adults can lift them with one hand.

The bigger the leather shoes are, the more difficult the maintenance becomes. Tian Junfeng said that after they made this pair of large leather shoes, they always put them at the door during the day and need to maintain them five times a year.

"Because the shoes are too big, a tube of shoe polish will have to be discarded once you apply shoe polish."

"We once calculated that a tube of shoe polish can maintain about 50 pairs of ordinary leather shoes." Liu Jiachen said that it is also difficult to clean shoes. Because the leather shoes are too large and there is no suitable shoe brush, they can only take a duster cloth and apply shoe polish back and forth, and it takes at least two hours each time.

It took 4 whole pieces of cowhide to make it for a week

"This big leather shoe was made in September 2011. It took four whole pieces of leather, more than 600 yuan, and a week to complete it." Liu Jiachen said that in 1990, he was laid off to learn shoemaking technology, but with the development of society, Changchun's private shoemaking industry continued to decline.

In order to highlight their own Shoe making technology Liu Jiachen started to make "super" leather shoes in 2006.

"In those days, the leather shoe was about 1.2 meters long, which was very eye-catching. Many people would go to the store to watch the big leather shoe."

In 2010, they moved. After the move, the business in the store was much worse than before. In order to do propaganda, Liu Jiachen made a decision to "make another big leather shoe."

So Tian Junfeng took the benzene plate to shape the shoes, and Liu Jiachen cut the cow leather, and the two started to make large leather shoes 1.4 meters long.

After the new big leather shoes were made, the two people put them at the door of the store for people to watch.

Large leather shoes become small "landmarks" nearby

"This big leather shoe has become a landmark in this area. If a friend cannot find my home when he is a guest, I will let him stay by the big leather shoe and then find him," said Mr. Li, a nearby resident.

Tian Junfeng said that since he had this big leather shoe, the business in the shop has been much better, and they have survived the overall downturn in the shoemaking industry.

Liu Jiachen said: "Relying on the business in the store, I supported my daughter to go to college. Relying on the store, Tian Junfeng supported a family of three, which is the blessing brought to us by this big leather shoe."