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Can Anyone Make These?

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I may be posting to the wrong board?

Was thinking I would like to find someone to make me a set of something like these

Unfinished so I could burn them

Wondering what something like these would cost me?

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Carrieanna1172

Looking at first the shoes, . . . then your attributes, . . . I don't think that would be much of a problem to someone who already sews.

I have several "home" size sewing machines (a Brother, . . . couple of Singers, . . . and a White) that would sew that leather with no problem. Get a 16 or 18 needle from JoAnn fabric, . . . some of their tapestry thread, . . . and have at it.

Use 8/9 oz veggie tan for the soles, . . . 1/2 oz or 2/3 oz for the uppers, . . . regular bias tape around the edges, . . . you should be good to go.

Oh, . . . and do you burn yours, . . . or have you figured out how to use a laser printer to put any color image you want on veggie tanned leather?

May God bless,

Dwight

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I burn on the leather and to add color I use an airbruch machine and dye

I have have never made shoes?

This may just be the start of another project then ? I ,

May just have to give it a go

Maybe a dumb question but then how would you attach the soles to the uppers

Hand sewing I suppose and then would you seal the soles with something ?

Shoes are new to me ..? Guess I need to do some research

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I live near a privileged town, Delaware, Ohio, . . . still has a full time cobbler, . . . open 6 days a week, . . . does excellent work.

I asked him the same question (want to make a pair of Western boots some day, . . . on my bucket list y'know), . . . and he said you sew a strip of leather to the bottom of the pieces of the shoes, . . . AFTER the basic form has been molded on a form called a "last".

The strip is the red color in the drawing, . . . his example was about 2/3 oz, . . . and about 3/4 inch wide. He said to sew that in the position as in the drawing, . . . all the way around the shoe, . . . then take a sewing machine, . . . sew that strip to the sole, . . . putting the shoe together.

Hope this helps.

The other thing I have done when I couldn't figure out a piece of clothing, . . . go to Goodwill, . . . buy something similar, . . . take it home to your handy-dandy razor blade, . . . dissect it, . . . see how the pros did it.

May God bless,

Dwight

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Thanks

A full time cobbler . that profession I'm afraid, has gone by the wayside

That would be pretty cool to see

Thanks for the info !

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Lots of videos on YouTube about making shoes

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