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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.

Process

Posted on July 29, 2019 by customboots

All of those little pieces of leather on each side go together to create the design.

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“It’s a Boot Life”

Posted on July 29, 2019 by customboots

“It’s a Boot Life” for July

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Hints

Posted on July 28, 2019 by customboots

They’re going to look nicer and more colorful soon, I promise.

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Preview

Posted on July 26, 2019 by customboots

Preview of things to come

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Beginnings

Posted on July 25, 2019 by customboots

Top bands for a new cowboy boot design

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I choose joy

Posted on July 19, 2019 by customboots

Last night I had a vision of myself as an animal newly released from captivity, flying, twirling, spinning, and flexing almost-forgotten muscles. I haven’t forgotten my daughter Paige, taken from us so brutally and too soon; I mourn her loss … Continue reading →

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Art and Craft

Posted on July 17, 2019 by customboots

I finished putting the first of these together, looked at it, and said, “Oooh, that’s Art!” Shows what I know.

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Mockingbirds

Posted on July 16, 2019 by customboots

First I create the pattern for my little bird and mark the patterns onto the appropriate colors of leather, then I cut out those pieces very precisely and skive them, and finally I put them together. Now I have a … Continue reading →

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Beginnings

Posted on July 15, 2019 by customboots

I’m going to try something totally new on this pair of boot tops and I don’t know if it will work, so don’t make up your mind if you like them or not yet.

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Introducing…

Posted on July 12, 2019 by customboots

Introducing: “Turning to the Light” From now on, if it’s available online, I’ll post a link to the song the pictured boot is named after. Link to song

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