Cutting Dies

Used to cut out shoe parts, these steel cutting dies look just like cookie cutters. Each die is made of sharpened rule steel then coated with rust proof paint and marked with the shoe size and model number. Making a shoe requires hundreds of dies. One die for each part, for every size of a shoe.Cut refers to creating a custom shape, and die cutting means the casting and cutting of shapes. The term die cutting was not commonly used until the 1800s, when it was meant as a method for creating more precise and accurate shoe sizes.Cut refers to creating a custom shape, and die cutting means the casting and cutting of shapes. The term die cutting was not commonly used until the 1800s, when it was meant as a method for creating more precise and accurate shoe sizes.