Lasting

I got these boots on the last this morning. The lighter patches on the foot are the actual leather color; cowboy boots are wet-lasted and so the darker color simply indicates that the leather is still wet. I wet the leather thoroughly before putting the boots on the last because the leather in a cowboy boot heel is very thick, and also the foot part has no seams to make it somewhat shaped like the last before lasting. The shape of a cowboy boot foot depends entirely on how well it’s molded around the last and how that last is shaped.

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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 Lasting

  1. Emilio Medrano's avatar Emilio Medrano says:

    WOOOWWW… That’s a really cool looking Toe, what the name of that kind of toe? Dos want brand have a boot model with dis kind of toe? I would like to have one of those

    • customboots's avatar customboots says:

      I call this toe shape “narrow streamlined square.” I sell cowboy boot lasts but I don’t have one with this toe shape — I modified a last for this pair of boots.

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