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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.

Last making class

Posted on February 22, 2018 by customboots

I’ve been at a last making class at Lastmaking House in Eastbourne, England. These are my classmates and we all look happy because we’ve successfully completed our lasts. Last making class with (from left to right) Anna, Anne Marika, Lisa, … Continue reading →

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Country Family Reunion Cruise

Posted on February 19, 2018 by customboots

If you’d like to see the boots I made for the Malpass Brothers on stage during a Country Family Reunion cruise, check out my YouTube video this month. “It’s a Boot Life”

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Learning more about lasts

Posted on February 19, 2018 by customboots

It was a good day today at Lastmaker House in Eastbourne, England, learning about last making. The last on the left is the one I worked on today. If you look closely you can see that it’s beginning to have … Continue reading →

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Boot Queen, that’s me!

Posted on February 15, 2018 by customboots

From today’s mail… I expect to be referred to in this manner from now on.

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Feedback on my book!

Posted on February 15, 2018 by customboots

A lady who purchased my “The Art of Leather Inlay and Overlay” book made these boots and sent me this message with the photo.   “I wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your book! I have made my … Continue reading →

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A bouquet

Posted on February 7, 2018 by customboots

We were on a cruise last week. Dale attended a nature lecture in Honduras and brought me back a half dozen wild pig bristles. He knows me so well–that’s way better than roses!

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Completed Boots

Posted on January 22, 2018 by customboots

Title: “It Hurts Me More (the Second Time Around)” I chose this title because these boots are a reproduction of boots that the Louvin Brothers wore in a photo shoot in the late 1950s. So this is the “second time … Continue reading →

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It’s a Boot Life

Posted on January 22, 2018 by customboots

On my YouTube video this month, I show how I create a boot top pattern from the client’s measurements. It’s a Boot Life

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I’m a collector

Posted on January 19, 2018 by customboots

I collect Hobo International handbags and wallets, but I don’t like the ones with a magnetic closure. It’s too easy to catch on something and spill open. This is probably the fourth bag I’ve converted from a magnetic clasp to … Continue reading →

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Passport Holders

Posted on January 17, 2018 by customboots

I made five passport holders. Here’s a link to my Etsy page where I’ve listed them for sale.

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