Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Dawn began working in the shoe trade at 16, sewing uppers by machine before moving on to 'skiving'.
Part of the closing process, skiving involves carefully thinning the edges of the leather so that the different pattern pieces can be sewn together without leaving a visible ridge beneath the finished upper.
It’s one of the many painstaking processes carried out under one roof at our Northampton factory, where every pair of Tricker’s shoes and boots is made from start to finish.
Dawn began working in the shoe trade at 16, sewing uppers by machine before moving on to 'skiving'.
Part of the closing process, skiving involves carefully thinning the edges of the leather so that the different pattern pieces can be sewn together without leaving a visible ridge beneath the finished upper.
It’s one of the many painstaking processes carried out under one roof at our Northampton factory, where every pair of Tricker’s shoes and boots is made from start to finish.
