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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.

Finishing soles

Posted on April 28, 2014 by customboots

Cowboy boots typically have half of the sole natural and half black or brown. I’m using a refillable marker to dye the brown right at the line because these markers won’t allow the dye to bleed like a dauber will. … Continue reading →

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Pegged soles

Posted on April 25, 2014 by customboots

I got the soles laid and pegged on the oak leaf boots. They’re almost completed!

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Prize Winning Boots

Posted on April 25, 2014 by customboots

These are the boots that won a Gold Medal and trophy at a shoemaking competition in the Netherlands. I rarely ever get to make blue boots so when I do I try to choose a title with the word blue … Continue reading →

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Extra

Posted on April 24, 2014 by customboots

Sometimes I put a little bit more of myself into my boots.

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Inseaming

Posted on April 22, 2014 by customboots

  Today I prepared a pair of boots for inseaming…   …and inseamed them. It’s my favorite thing to do when I’m alone in the shop. I had the music on and sang the afternoon away.

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Newsletter

Posted on April 21, 2014 by customboots

Newsletter Here’s  my newsletter for April.

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It’s a Boot Life

Posted on April 21, 2014 by customboots

It’s a Boot Life Cutting alligator leather and new shank pullers on “It’s a Boot Life.”

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My family on Easter Sunday, 2014

Posted on April 20, 2014 by customboots
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Lasted boots

Posted on April 18, 2014 by customboots

One boot is always harder to last than the other. I’m tired and running late so I promised myself that the second one would be the easy one and…it was!

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Preparing to last

Posted on April 18, 2014 by customboots

I’m preparing to last the oak leaf boots. I like the way I can control where the water goes when I spray the boots, and I like the way I can get the counter soft and pliable when I soak … Continue reading →

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