![TIL one of the earliest and most iconic Nike shoe tread, the “waffle sole” was designed literally by its inventor, Bill Bowerman, pouring rubber into his wife's Belgian waffle iron. : r/todayilearned TIL one of the earliest and most iconic Nike shoe tread, the “waffle sole” was designed literally by its inventor, Bill Bowerman, pouring rubber into his wife's Belgian waffle iron. : r/todayilearned](https://preview.redd.it/7jkd9os77kb41.jpg?auto=webp&s=40d22acaffb277d998fc110e9f716c545d76f62d)
TIL one of the earliest and most iconic Nike shoe tread, the “waffle sole” was designed literally by its inventor, Bill Bowerman, pouring rubber into his wife's Belgian waffle iron. : r/todayilearned
![TIL one of the earliest and most iconic Nike shoe tread, the “waffle sole” was designed literally by its inventor, Bill Bowerman, pouring rubber into his wife's Belgian waffle iron. : r/todayilearned TIL one of the earliest and most iconic Nike shoe tread, the “waffle sole” was designed literally by its inventor, Bill Bowerman, pouring rubber into his wife's Belgian waffle iron. : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/9i6HSHdBRR4CsDF2yAOnrjZlZiOmdp9bNwRQmuNUghY.jpg?auto=webp&s=03d3f1e0e8999bba0ae1e1dbade2e3c9e3f21880)
TIL one of the earliest and most iconic Nike shoe tread, the “waffle sole” was designed literally by its inventor, Bill Bowerman, pouring rubber into his wife's Belgian waffle iron. : r/todayilearned
![Bill Bowerman (Nike Co-Founder) Handmade Prototype Logo Track Spikes With Waffle Sole | The Games | 2021 | Sotheby's Bill Bowerman (Nike Co-Founder) Handmade Prototype Logo Track Spikes With Waffle Sole | The Games | 2021 | Sotheby's](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/deddbf6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/2048x2048!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ffc%2Fbf%2Fd6861bfb48b2bab6333f9ecac576%2F041n10875-blk2p-01.jpg)