Rand

Also Known As: Split Lift, Seat Lift, Rahn, Dutchman

Auf Deutsch: Keder

По-русски: Кранец

bottom part of a shoe in the form of a layer of material between the upper and outsole or heel block

Materials

Traditional rands are made of leather, often the same leather used to make the welt of a welted shoe.

Plastic rands are also common.

Preparations

Rands are often skived thinner toward the center.

Some makers cut notches in the inside of the middle of the randy to aid bending it around the curve of the heel.