14
Mar
2012
12
Mar
2012
The Chukka Boots have 2nd rands attached and trimmed, and heel lifts.
30
Jan
2012
The Chukka Boots have been lasted and toe puffs are in place, ready to be shaped with a rasp.
27
Jan
2012
Toe puffs have been placed, shaped with a rasp, and then the toes have been re-lasted on the Gibsons.
23
Jan
2012
Preparing the insoles for the Chukka Boots. I’m using insole shoulder from Warkov-Safeer for these, which is on the soft side and can use some of the stretch taken out of it.
22
Jan
2012
Preparation for lasting the Gibsons and the Chukka Boots.
18
Jan
2012
The uppers for the Chukka Boots are finished and here are some progress photos showing a few of the final steps.
17
Jan
2012
More progress on the uppers for the Chukka Boots, which should be finished later today.
15
Jan
2012
Here’s a few photos of the continuing progress on the making of the uppers for the Chukka Boots, from folding edges to sewing the backstay onto the quarters.
13
Jan
2012
Work on the uppers for the Chukka Boots continues with some clicking and skiving.
12
Jan
2012
A few progress photos of the making of the uppers for The Chukka Boots. Lining has been clicked, skived and the non-slip has been sewn in.
11
Jan
2012
Another year has begun and, after a hiatus of nearly six months, I’m back with a new workshop space and a new website design!
I had hoped to relaunch the blog with the new look last week, but had a few distractions that came up. I designed this new template to use some subtle CSS3 techniques and larger images since this blog is mostly in-progress photos. It’s meant for current web browsers, but hopefully if you’re viewing this using an older browser it depreciates gracefully. What do you think?
Picking up where I left off, I have two pairs that I need to finish (fortunately they are both for VERY patient customers…) and new orders that are piling up.
I finished making the uppers for the Gibsons yesterday. Here are a few progress photos of those.
Finished uppers for the Gibsons
Uppers for the Chukka Boots are next…
09
Jan
2012
A few photos of the making of the uppers for the Gibsons.
26
Jul
2011
Even though I only need to bump out the last by a few millimeters over the 4th toe on the right last, it takes a fairly large piece of leather in order to maintain the shape of the last.
I pre-skived the piece of leather before I glued it to the last, but there’s more skiving to be done…
… and rasping too.
It’s mostly there. I’ll leave it along for a day or so and work on it again with fresh eyes. It seems to work better that way.
21
Jul
2011
A couple of weeks ago I finally was able to schedule a test fitting for the Chukka Boots. After I met with the client, I left the test fitters with him to wear around the office a bit to make sure that the fit was good. I had no idea he would wear them outside and while driving his car! I am surprised that the cork soles didn’t complete crumble.
The results:
The lasts for these are a surprisingly good fit. Only a small addition to the top of the right last over the 4th toe will be needed.
The customer wanted the height of the boot to be a little lower, so the pattern has been altered slightly.
Old pattern on the left, and new pattern on the right.
Spot the differences.
27
May
2011
The insoles for the Gibsons are ready. Still need to alter the pattern and make the uppers.
