Monthly Archives: May 2024

Completed!

Posted on May 26, 2024 by customboots

Introducing: “Satan Is Real” These boots will be in Nashville next week and I’ll probably be carrying them around like an awkward proud mother so if you want to see them let me know.

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Dogs and boots

Posted on May 24, 2024 by customboots

The “Satan Is Real” boots are completed and on the trees for the weekend, with a puppy in the background saying, “Can we please go home now?!?”

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Pleased to meet you

Posted on May 23, 2024 by customboots

Introducing: “Ain’t No California”

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On the trees

Posted on May 20, 2024 by customboots

I’ll let these boots sit on the trees overnight, or possibly a day or two, but soon I’ll take them down, polish them, sand smooth the pegs that are sticking up through the insole, and they’ll be done! The soles … Continue reading →

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Feeling accomplished

Posted on May 17, 2024 by customboots

Cowboy boot soles layed, stitched, and pegged When you put the soles onto the boots, they’re “layed.” Stitching the sole to the boot through the welt is the “stitched” part, and then after you put in a double row of … Continue reading →

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Memories

Posted on May 16, 2024 by customboots

It always makes me a little bit happy and a little bit embarrassed when these boots appear online. Here’s the story: I started working for legendary boot maker Jay Griffith when I had just turned 21. I had no experience … Continue reading →

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Inseaming

Posted on May 15, 2024 by customboots

I woke up yesterday and my thumb was hurting, which always sends me into an instant spiral of worry and sadness. But it feels better today and still feels fine after inseaming! I want to finish this pair by next … Continue reading →

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Slow progress

Posted on May 8, 2024 by customboots

The soles are on the Wake Robin boots and every day I promise myself I’ll inseam the Satan Is Real boots and every day I don’t get to inseam. I didn’t manage to pry myself loose from the computer until … Continue reading →

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Inseaming

Posted on May 2, 2024 by customboots

Inseaming is sewing the narrow strip of leather welt to the boot through the insole. This is done with a heavy cord that tapers at the end so it can be attached to a bristle. The bristle guides the thread … Continue reading →

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“Satan Is Real”

Posted on May 2, 2024 by customboots

You may observe that sometimes I say a boot “fights back” when I’m trying to last it, but I want to make it clear that whenever I say this it’s due to one of two things: I either patterned it … Continue reading →

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