Old shoe stretching machine.

Over the last while I showed some shoe maker's tools so I though that I would stay with this theme and post some more tools and shoe related items starting with this shoe stretching machine. The wheels on the side spread the foot shaped part while the knob on the back makes the heel part move backwards and forwards. A tight fitting shoe can be placed on this machine and gradually stretched. The foot part can slip off to be replaced by parts for different sized shoes. The round holes in the foot are for little projections that will stretch a small part of the shoe for extra comfort for people suffering from bunions etc.