A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.

ORDER XIII.—MAKERS Of TEXTILE GOODS AND ARTICLES OF DRESS

415.—Clog Makers

clicker (clogs) ; pressman (clogs): cuts out clog uppers of leather, by hand or machine; in case of hand work, cuts out uppers with sharp knife, according to metal pattern laid on leather.
clogger, clog maker ; patten maker: makes clogs throughout by hand; cuts sole, makes upper, and nails it to sole, i.e. combines occupations of sole cutter (498) and of clog seatsman q.v.; term also frequently used as synonym for either.
crimper (clogs): cuts ornamental patterns, by hand, on leather uppers of clogs.
laster (clogs): tacks uppers on to last and hammers out, while wet, to shape; usually done by seatsman q.v.
machinist, clog machinist: closes leather uppers of clogs by power machine; as for closer (414).
patten maker: see clogger.
pressman (clogs): see clicker (clogs).
seatsman, clog seatsman: cuts out and makes upper of leather, by skivering edges and stitching seams by hand or sewing machine, or by riveting; attaches sole thereto by closely nailing a strip of leather along overlap of upper and edge of sole, and finishes clog; repairs dogs; sometimes also does work of dog clasper (429) q.v.
skiver (dogs): thins edges of leather where it overlaps in closing uppers of clogs, by paring with a knife by hand or in a machine; sometimes done by clicker q.v. in small works.

From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain.