Category Archives: boot maker

I just finished inseaming one boot of this pair. Now my choices are: A.) work late and inseam the other or B.) go home and spend the evening with my family (they’re planning a trip to OKC for dinner and … Continue reading →

One done, three boots to go.

I’ll be inseaming these boots today. The black cords hanging over the boots are the inseaming threads, which I prepared yesterday before I left work. I’m rarely ever disciplined enough to prepare them ahead of time so I’m feeling quite … Continue reading →

I got this pair on the last today.

I didn’t start lasting these until 5pm and the first pair was brutal. Fortunately the second pair jumped happily onto the last without a fight. It’s a good thing because I was considering lying in a sniveling, exhausted ball of … Continue reading →

I’d eaten half of my granola bar when I noticed this little green worm hanging off the bottom of it, AND I had a bite in my mouth. Oh well, the good news is that I’m no longer hungry.

Three pairs of boots are successfully side seamed!

And now it’s time to side seam the boots. Wish me luck.

I haven’t been working in the shop for the past week because of traveling and teaching. It feels good to be making boots again, and today they should begin to actually look like boots instead of random pieces of leather.

I have a booth at the Oklahoma Chisolm Trail Leather Guild show this weekend, selling my water-based glues and “How to Make Cowboy Boots” DVDs. Today two men came over and assumed that I was simply a worker taking care … Continue reading →