Seven hundred and four tiny little holes, punched one at a time along the edges. I used to have a gimping and brogueing machine — gimping is cutting a scalloped, shaped edge and brogueing is punching holes along the edge, but only for shoes. In cowboy boot making punching these holes is called perforating, and because cowboy boots are extra, the shapes are so complicated that no machine could accurately follow the edges.

I wanted to keep the gimping and brogueing machine just because it was cool. I never did use it and finally I sold it because I needed the space for a machine I actually would use.