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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.

Lasting boots

Posted on December 28, 2017 by customboots

Satan is on the last, and he gave me a blister to remember my day. This pair of boots will go on the last tomorrow.

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Side seams

Posted on December 22, 2017 by customboots

I sewed the vamps and counters on these boots, sewed the side seams, and turned them today. Next week I’ll attach the long fancy pulls and then I’ll be ready to put them on the last.

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Bad luck and stupidity

Posted on December 21, 2017 by customboots

Do you ever feel like you create more work for yourself some days? A cowboy boot is supposed to have four pulls, and so far I’ve made seven. I ruined the first two “name” pulls by not paying attention and … Continue reading →

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Personalized boot pulls

Posted on December 20, 2017 by customboots

These boots will have really long boot pulls.

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Dog portraits

Posted on December 20, 2017 by customboots

Soon I’ll get to make a pair of boots featuring these sweet dog portraits, done by master leather carver Kathy Flanagan.

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Save it for tomorrow

Posted on December 19, 2017 by customboots

I wanted to get these boot tops stitched before going home, but it’s supper time and they can wait until tomorrow. I am really liking the way these are developing!

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Playing catch-up

Posted on December 18, 2017 by customboots

I like to make boots in pairs, and this is the second boot I’ll be working on for the next few weeks.

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“It’s a Boot Life”

Posted on December 18, 2017 by customboots

On the December episode of “It’s a Boot Life” I film the process of putting together a complex inlaid design–the “Satan is Real” boot tops. It’s a Boot Life

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Wingtips

Posted on December 15, 2017 by customboots

Black calf wingtips on beige ostrich vamps

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New design

Posted on December 14, 2017 by customboots

It will be a while before I get to make these boots, but they’re making me happy already! These are the colors and leathers.

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