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Do you know what vulcanized shoes are?
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2022-09-16
Vulcanized shoes were born in 1917 during World War I.
The war triggered an economic depression. Leather was used for saddles and straps, while wool and tweed were repurposed for military uniforms. As a result, only inexpensive canvas and rubber remained on the market. These materials were then recombined to create vulcanized shoes—durable, wear-resistant, and affordable.
It is said that in order to achieve the perfect bond between canvas and rubber, the inventor initially tried every possible method but remained stumped. In a fit of frustration, he threw both the canvas and rubber into the furnace and gave up on the project. Unexpectedly, heating the materials caused the rubber to “vulcanize,” thereby bonding it seamlessly to the canvas. This “beautiful coincidence” paved the way for the remarkable success of vulcanized shoes, which have been popular for nearly a century.
If you ask this question, probably not many people would know the answer. But if you mention canvas shoes, surely many would recognize them. Canvas shoes are a type of vulcanized footwear—but that doesn’t mean all vulcanized shoes are canvas shoes. Now that we’ve put it this way, it might start to make a bit more sense. Actually, at its core, it’s just a particular manufacturing process.
Vulcanized shoes are made with rubber, fabric, or leather as the upper material and rubber as the sole material. They are shaped through processes such as pasting, molding, or injection molding, and then subjected to vulcanization under specific temperature and pressure conditions. This process imparts high strength and elasticity to both the upper and the sole, while also ensuring a firm bond between them—hence the name "vulcanized shoes."
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