Shoemakers Tool ?

[Gump]

Hi All; Found this tool in a box of shoemakers supplies I purchased cheap,[can't pass up a bargain, need it or not]. There is no name or makers mark on it, and I was told it is used for trimming shoe soles. Any ideas ? Also have set of pliers that look like they are for setting staples. Gump.

[dirtclod]

Not sure what the first picture is used for. The second picture looks like knives used to trim soles on a shoe finisher. The rest look like a machine used to trim soles and put a design on the welt.

[celticleather]

The tool in Picture 1 looks like a crimper, for fixing old-fashioned shoe buttons. Pictures 2 and 3 are indeed edge cutters, for trimming around the edges of soles on a finishing machine.

Pictures 4 and 5 are a hand-cranked fudge wheel, for applying a pattern to a shoe welt after stitching (see pic).

[billymac814]

The first picture is a seam stapler, I use mine on occasion, the staples are made by Apex, I don't know if they are still made though, I have a fair amount of staples left so I haven't checked.

Everything else has been described, I may be interested in the trimmer blades if they still fairly sharp and you want to sell them.