Shoes for me

I spent Sunday afternoon with Satan; I’m trying to finish my shoes before I see The Malpass Brothers in concert on Sunday. (Taylor Malpass owns the “Satan Is Real” cowboy boots — they’re fellow Louvin Brothers fans.) Today I finished the sole edges, finished the soles, and laid the first heel layer (if one’s going to try to not stick, it’ll be that one, so I like to get it done). Since it’s rarely ever efficient to work on one pair at a time, the Fender tweed shoes came along for the ride. Now all I need to do for both pairs is finish building the heels and they’ll be done!

About customboots

I'm a custom cowboy boot maker. I own a business, Sorrell Custom Boots, and I create bespoke cowboy boots using vintage machinery and hand tools. I also own www.sorrellnotionsandfindings.com, a company that specializes in tools, supplies, and leather for the boot and shoe making trade.
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2 Responses to Shoes for me

  1. rocky minster says:

    Do you sell the lasts you show for these shoes? How do the sizes run and what is the heel height and price if available?

    On Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 1:51 PM Lisa Sorrell, cowboy boot maker wrote:

    > customboots posted: ” I spent Sunday afternoon with Satan; I’m trying to > finish my shoes before I see The Malpass Brothers in concert on Sunday. > (Taylor Malpass owns the “Satan Is Real” cowboy boots — they’re fellow > Louvin Brothers fans.) Today I finished the sole edges, fin” >

    • customboots says:

      Yes, I sell this last model; it’s the LS217. I don’t have it on the website, but it’s only available by special-order, since I don’t have room to stock another last model. They’re sized in men’s sizes, they have a narrow streamlined square toe, no heel plate (but you can add one when you order if you want), and they’re a combination last in two ways– the heel area of the last is like a shoe but the forepart is a cowboy boot last, and it’s two widths wider in the forepart than the heel. In other words, if the last is marked an A width, it’s an A in the heel, a B in the instep, and a C in the forepart.
      They’re priced the same as all of my other lasts: $85 per pair, $75 if you order twenty pairs or more.

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