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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.

Pegging

Posted on November 26, 2013 by customboots

If anyone was thinking, “I wonder what Lisa is doing this morning?” the answer is that I’m pegging boot soles. I have one pegged and three to go.

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Interview with Claymoor’s List, part one

Posted on November 25, 2013 by customboots

Interview with Claymoor’s List, part one This is part one of an interview I did with Mircea Cioponea who has the blog Claymoorslist. He writes about exceptional craftsmen in and associated with the shoemaking trade. He asked me interesting questions … Continue reading →

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Business opportunity

Posted on November 24, 2013 by customboots

This would be a great opportunity for someone who wants to get into this trade.

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Completed toes

Posted on November 22, 2013 by customboots

I have the toes in two pairs of boots and they’re ready to be inseamed. Next I have to make the inseaming threads… mutter… whine…

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Supplier list

Posted on November 21, 2013 by customboots

Supplier list I’ve just updated my web site with a list of suppliers and what they carry. If there’s a supplier you use that you’d like added please send me an email or message. This list will primarily feature suppliers … Continue reading →

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My day’s work

Posted on November 19, 2013 by customboots

I’ll be putting these two pairs on the last tomorrow and they’ll begin looking like boots!

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Party boots

Posted on November 18, 2013 by customboots

Dale and I took the girls to the Great Works, Small Wonders event at the National Cowboy Museum on Friday night. One of my clients was there wearing her boots!

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Monday

Posted on November 18, 2013 by customboots

My Mondays are usually fully occupied with phone calls, emails, errands, and everything but boot making. However, I did manage to get these one step closer to being finished. I’m getting ready to put them on the trees where they’ll … Continue reading →

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It’s a Boot Life

Posted on November 18, 2013 by customboots

It’s a Boot Life This week on my Monday video I demonstrate trimming an outsole, interview Bill Shanor of Bonney and Wills School of Shoemaking, demonstrate how to hold and use a skiving knife, and debut a new feature: Email … Continue reading →

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November newsletter

Posted on November 18, 2013 by customboots

November newsletter I wrote my monthly newsletter over the weekend and it’s available on my web site. It features a photo essay of my boots getting to visit the Grand Canyon!

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