<P> Traditional shoemakers still exist today, especially in poorer parts of the world, and create custom shoes . Current crafters, in developing regions or supply constrained areas may use surplus car or truck tire tread sections as an inexpensive and plentiful material resource with which to make strong soles for shoes or sandals . Generally, the modern machinery used includes die cutting tools to cut the shapes and grommet machines to punch holes for lacing . </P> <P> The shoemaking profession makes a number of appearances in popular culture, such as in stories about shoemaker's elves, and the proverb, "The shoemaker's children go barefoot ." The patron saint of shoemakers is Saint Crispin . </P> <P> Chefs and cooks sometimes use the term "shoemaker" as an insult to others who have prepared sub-standard food, possibly by overcooking, implying that the chef in question has made his or her food as tough as shoe leather or hard leather shoe soles, and thus may be in the wrong profession . </P> <P> Similarly, to "cobble" can mean not only to make or mend shoes, but "to put together clumsily; to bungle ." </P>

When is a cobbler not a person who makes shoes