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JOOTEY T1V1

- cowhide upper
- ⁠nappa lining
- ⁠steel shank between sole and upper
- ⁠layered sole with leather and rubber
- asymmetrical topline
- ⁠gusseted tongue
- exaggerated tongue
- ⁠exaggerated sole (might help run faster)

DM for enquiries

Maybe a wedge sole in leather.

Hey guys!! I need some help. I’m trying to figure out which direction to cut my vamps out of these strips. Does anyone know? I’d appreciate the help thanks. Attached is a random photo of a strip for reference.

Made my wife some boots for Mother’s Day. Last one using the Singer patcher. Still trying to get the folded in dress-style backseam right, new ones add a dog tail at the top. Java waxed flesh from Horween with green split Dr Sole cork soles.

HI! I`ve had these boots passed down to me 10 years ago by a good friend whos been around the US in the mid to late 80s and purchased these there, did not mention the state, but it was somewhere near or wherever Peppy San Badger was breeding at the time as he also purchased one of Peppy San Badger offsprings and transported him back to the UK.
Is there any way to help me identify these please?
There are no markings apart from ''Neolite'' on the heel.
I`ve had to, unfortunatley, get new pull tabs attached(which aren`t great) a few years ago.

Yellow left are 40, 10, 11-13ish, wood top are mens size 9, then ladies 10.

Bottom left is womens 5, kids are gone. White is 6 and green is 37

I also have an anvil, toe puff, counter stiffener, and random tools

I feel like I messed up the welting at the heel. I’m not sure what to do on the heel when adding the outsole because it’s not flat and the welting thread is very visible.

For future reference, how do you make it so the leather doesn’t bunch up like this at the heel? I typically last one layer at a time for the toe but all at once for the heel.

Really wish I would’ve made one of these a long time ago. Not that reaching over for the nail tray or workbench is that hard or time consuming but this is still nice.

Now that I’m in love, I’ll remake it with nicer leather.

Just finished a couple pairs of boots, both with a seamless vamp, one that includes the eyelet reinforcement for a bellows tongue as part of the vamp pattern. The dark brown Horween waxed flesh has a straight stitched back seam to forego a backstay on the 55 last. The olive Chromexcel is on an Italian last with a longer almond toe box. Both have a flared out forefoot similar to most PNW boots. Please forgive the sewing, I’m still navigating the nuances of a century old Singer 29–4 patcher.

I've been a hobbyist shoemaker for several years now. Mostly stitchdown chukkas until now, so making a pair of sneakers is a first. I have to admit that I used to look down on the cupsole construction. In retrospect, that's actually a pretty neat and quick way to build shoes. Anyway. What I'm particularly proud of is that this is my first very own design. Pattern-making has terrified me for a long time and Etsy is full of readymade patterns. My recent read of Marcell Mrsan helped me overcome that fear. Fantastic books by a fantastic guy.

Holy crap! I made my own patterns! This is awesome!!!!!!

(last pictures are the reference(

i made a felt prototype tò check the pattern, the shaft Is made on my leg size, i noticed that there Is a bit of a gap and in wandering if this Is a problem or if It Will compensate the leather stretching.

the gap on the instep Is fine the thing that confuse me Is the ankle area when bending, i see that with felt Witch Is super soft seems fine but leather might be a bit painful idk

Working on a boot for someone with super flat feet. To get the extra support he needs, I am planning on running a much longer counter than normal, so giving a pattern a try with the vamp line pulled forward and a long internal counter pocket. Will probably either do a Thomas heel or a stacked leather wedge for more support.

This is just a pattern fitter, so missing a lot of the final stitching, lining, etc.

Using Horween washed chromexcel... what a wonderful leather. This stuff is so easy to work with.

Any suggestions on fixing the tongue on my Redwing 899’s? Seems they may have been over conditioned. I’ve sewn the tear twice and the leather has failed both times.

Contemplating attempting a total tongue replacement

Split down the middle suggests a sandal with something between the toes, but the symmetry makes me doubt that.

Also unsure how to remove it from the shoe as there's no hinge. Maybe the heel is short enough that it can slide out whole with enough force.

No text on it other than the "6".

I was told this childrens last has a dangerous toe box. I kind of agree. Im waiting for some veg tan to be delivered to use as my lasting boards. Im going to nail on and trim the left side lasting board and then flip it, nail to the right, and use it as a template to modify the right side to match. I used sole bend to glue onto the last with barge cement. Its still a little spongey. Im thinking about dropping super glue onto it and hopefully itll soak it up and harden and have a slicker surface I can polish with higher grit sandpaper