Pair of race shoes

8 pairs of antique skates from the period 1850–1950.
They come from a private collection.
1. E. Vonk, ice-skate factory, Oudeschoot, Friesland.
What’s remarkable is that the original stickers are still on.
2. Unknown. ca. 1850.
3. J. Nooitgedagt & Zn., IJlst, Friesland.
4. Gloria. Tell. with adjustable wrenches and still in the original box.
5. G.S. Ruiter, Akkrum, Friesland.
6. J. Nooitgedagt & Zn., IJlst, Friesland.
7. Batavus, Heerenveen, Friesland.
5. G.S. Ruiter, Bolsward, Friesland.
The measurements can be read from the photos.
Here and there a strap is missing; otherwise in good condition.
Total weight: 6.7 kg.

Info for ice skate manufacturers:
Batavus skates.
The founder of the Batavus Skating Factory in Heerenveen is Andries Gaastra (1879-1945). Since 1910 he has also been selling skates. He assembles the blades and the skate frames himself, which he has made by others. He also deals in bicycles. In 1933/34 he established the Batavus skating factory in Heerenveen. In addition to bicycles, skating is also produced.
Batavus receives, at the World Exhibition in Brussels, the highest award: Le Grand Prix de Bruxelles. Following the Vonk ice-skate factory in Oudeschoot, Batavus applies for a patent in September 1935 for a Frisian skate with an aluminum footplate. The patent is not granted. In 1939 Batavus released the so-called Silumin skate. Silumin is a kind of aluminum alloy. Its production did not last long. In 1939 Batavus was allowed, as the only Dutch skate factory, to exhibit skates at the World's Fair in New York. In the same year, his son Gerrit took over the company from his father Andries.
Around 1950, the production of metal blades for ice skates without the boot begins. Over time, bicycle production becomes more important, and in 1955 they stop making ice skates. A new bicycle factory is now being built, where mopeds are also produced. The last 10,000 pairs of skates, which are not yet completely finished, are bought up by the trading company Zandstra in Sneek, which completes them and sells them. The skates are sold by Zandstra under the brand name BATAVUS-SNEEK.

Nooitgedagt skates.
Nooitgedagt has been a factory in IJlst since 1865, best known for its ice skates and woodworking tools, which were the main product line.
The factory grew out of the attic workshop where Jan Jarings Nooitgedagt began making skates and planes in 1865.
Until the end of the 1990s, Nooitgedagt remained a family business. In 1975, toy production was discontinued, and a few years later the production of ice skates was likewise discontinued.

G.J. Ruiter skates.
Geert Ruiter (1861-1916) took over his father Geert Stevens Ruiter's skating factory in Akkrum in 1889. The best known was the Vissering-Ruiter skate, a skate with copper footplates, which later became known as the Queen's skate.

E. Vonk skates.
The Vonk factory was in the 1930s one of the most renowned ice-skate factories in Friesland.
Son of the worker, oil-slager's helper, and shopkeeper Arjen Egberts Vonk (Tjalleberd, 1863). Egbert Vonk begins working at a young age as an ice-skate maker for the firm G.S. Ruiter in Akkrum. His parents run a small grocery store very close to the Ruiter factory. During World War I he is mobilized in Zeeland. In 1917 he returns to Friesland, to Oudeschoot, where he joins his wife, who during the war had moved to live with her parents in Oudeschoot.
Around 1919 he began making skates in a shed on the Kolfbaan in Oudeschoot to provide for maintenance. At first he sells his skates by himself to private individuals and retailers. After this proves successful, a larger shed is built a few years later for skate production. This workshop is refitted three times more. The little business runs smoothly, and in 1925 he has a new factory built by his brother-in-law Jochem Brandsma, who is a contractor, on the Wolvegasterweg, in which skates were manufactured until 1960.
Vonk is one of the most innovative Frisian skate makers, and has been the only one to survive for a 40-year period by making and selling skates alone. The blades are in the early period made by Pieter de Jong from Terherne and probably also by Hette Sikkema from Franeker. He also sources blades from the firm J. Nooitgedagt in IJlst. Over time, a blacksmith is hired, followed by a few more blacksmiths.
In 1926 Thijs Klompmaker became Dutch Champion on Vonk skates. Vonk soon afterwards introduces the designation 'championship skate' for his doorloper for speed skaters. The characteristic of the championship skate is the thin blades. The factory is now further expanded at the rear. Around 1928/29 there are 23 men working. Vonk's skates have a good reputation among speed skaters. He supplies many skates to A. Gaastra in Heerenveen, who trades in skates.

This lot has been carefully cleaned and will be carefully packed, shipped via registered mail with insurance, and includes a Track & Trace code so you can follow the shipment. Pickup in Ridderkerk - Zuid Holland is also possible. I have delicious hand-ground coffee.

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