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Stippling

A pattern hand struck onto the surface of a mold using a steel die containing a selected design. The tip of the die is small and requires numerous, often overlapping, strikes. These multiple strikes result in a fine pattern on the surface of the mold, and subsequent outsoles that come from that mold. Because of the highly variable manner in which hand stippling is applied, it is specific to a given mold.

Committee

Footwear & Tire

Date Added to Lexicon

06/12/2023

Technical Report/Other Source (Author, Title of report. Publisher, Year.)

ASB TR 097, Terminology Used for Forensic Footwear and Tire Evidence. AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80904, 2019. Source link