Modern felt boots are no longer associated with the dirty-gray color, clumsy galoshes. Today it is a stylish and popular footwear, and not only in Russia, but also abroad. Some models of design can be compared with works of art - with elegant embroidery, original appliqué, elegant fur trim.
As for the domestic manufacturer of felt boots, the Kukmor factory is an undoubted leader in the quantity and quality of products.
Features
The felted factory located in the Tatar village of Kukmor originates from the middle of the 19th century, it was founded by the Komarov brothers. By 1917, the plant’s staff numbered one and a half thousand employees, many of whom worked at home. Interestingly, in the Soviet period, the enterprise provided the third part of the inhabitants of the Soviet Union with felt boots. Today, it is still the largest production of felted shoes and clothes in our country, with more than 700 employees successfully working here.
By tradition, Kukmor valenki are made from sheep wool (it can be coarse, semi-coarse or soft) interseasonal haircuts. As for the handwork, the famous Romanov sheepskin, which is quite common in Tatarstan, is ideal for her.
Kukmor products have a uniform density, without bulges and loose areas. In addition, there are no seams on felt boots, except for decorative ones. All products are manufactured strictly according to GOST, which is necessarily indicated on the manufacturer’s tag.
Finished products are painted in a variety of colors with only natural colors.
The enterprise has a widely developed system of individual order - you can initially choose the desired size, color, exclusive decor boots.
Interestingly, physicians speak very positively about the benefits of kukmor products. Sheep wool due to its ability to accumulate dry heat is very useful in such diseases as cold, rheumatism, sciatica. This hypoallergenic material is indispensable in the presence of an allergy to synthetics and pathologies of the respiratory system. Since the felted shoes prevent deformation of the feet, it is recommended for disorders in the musculoskeletal system. The ventilation properties of Kukmorian boots prevent the occurrence of fungal infections. In addition, this shoe helps relieve nervous tension, prevents fatigue in the legs and back. Wearing wool on bare feet improves blood circulation, eliminating stagnation.
Production stages
Future boots initially this shreds sheep's wool. Before turning into a finished product, the raw material must go through many production steps.
The process begins with the preparation of wool - it is washed in a special composition, rinsed in the bathroom, and then dried for forty minutes.
Pure wool has a crumpled look. It is loosened, mixed raw materials of different shades (in a strictly defined proportion). A homogeneous mass is taken in the carding shop - there it is combed with prickly rollers and wound into coils.
During the next stage, wool is wound on blanks blanks - the basis of future boots is formed. There is a lapping on the machines with the help of steam. After the cover is removed, the felt boot is pulled out manually using certain patterns. This is also a semi-finished shoe called a "cone".
Next comes the handwork of a specialist - the toe, heel, and the sole of the felt boot are formed.The result is a giant sock of a strictly specified size and thickness. The wool product is again treated with steam. The specialist condenses (adding wool) the most wearable areas of the valenoks, checks the absence of thin spots.
In the felted workshop, the felt boots go to a huge wooden drum, where, due to the mechanical effect and high temperature, the blanks are dumped and reduced in size. Then the products are sent to the dryer, where the temperature reaches almost one hundred degrees.
Almost dry products are waiting in the finishing shop for a purely cosmetic refinement - cleaning of excess pile, matching in pairs and determining the size and trimming of the tops. In the shop for the vulcanization of felt boots make a rubber sole.
The last stage - the decoration of shoes using embroidery machines, and sometimes by hand.
Range
The range of Kukmorian boots includes men's, women's and children's options. Male models, as a rule, are black in color, have minimal decor (an inscription or a geometric pattern).
Women's felt boots are more elegant, presented in rich colors (besides the traditional colors there are blue, blue, coral). The snow-white models decorated with fur of the same color look cute. Valenki with a full fur bootleg look rich.
Female models are often decorated with beautiful floral embroidery, voluminous appliqué, tassels and pom-poms. Original models that mimic the lacing (especially if it is a contrasting color).
As for the sole, it can be rubber (in female models supplemented with a heel) or felt (knocked down).
A significant niche in the assortment of shoes of the Kukmor combine is occupied by the children's line (by the way, in addition to felt boots, it is also felt boots, shoes, slippers, and even booties). Valenki for boys, as well as for men, mostly black color. Models for girls are often white or pink, with elegant furry. Children's options are different colorful and diverse embroidery: horses, Christmas trees, hearts, cars, on felt boots you can even see Santa Claus and Spiderman.
Kukmor valenki are distinguished by a harmonious ratio of price and quality, for this reason they are so in demand among buyers. An adult model can be purchased for 1500-3000 rubles, but children cost less - about 1000 rubles.
The company has a well-established sales system - products can be purchased both wholesale and retail.
Reviews
Practically all owners of Kukmorian boots are satisfied with their purchase, they consider them the best shoes for a cold and snowy winter, in which the legs will never freeze.
However, it should be noted that, judging by the reviews, in urban environments, classical options without a sole are not very convenient, for example, if you sit in a vehicle or enter a room, there is a risk of wet feet.
As for the parents who buy products of the Kukmorsky Combine to children, here we find an extremely positive assessment. These shoes are ideal for toddlers who still do not walk on their own, and sit in strollers during a walk. They can be worn over warm socks.
An important advantage of felt boots - their natural composition, as a result - children's legs in them are not sweaty. Buyers are also pleased with the variety of colors of this shoe.
Since the winter in our country lasts a long time and often there are significant temperature fluctuations, many parents, in addition to felt boots, acquire transparent galoshes. In this case, the child is not afraid of slush, as well as wet floors in shops and clinics.
According to the buyers, the most pleasant advantage is, of course, the price of Kukmorian boots, which is incomparable with the cost, for example, of winter leather boots.
