Factory Friday: July 10th

Factory Friday: July 10th

It's Friday and we're here with some behind the scenes shots from the production floor. We build our boots here in Eugene, Oregon and we're very proud of our process and the end result, and we think you will enjoy some behind the scenes action.

image of sewer working on gray brown leather boot
Special limited preorder sample being sewn up.

close up shot of hand using utility knife to trim excess leather from upper
This upper is having the excess leather trimmed.

bins of tobacco snakebite leather uppers on rollers in sewing department
Multiple cap toes on our formal last coming down the pipe. Tobacco Snakebite and Sesame Double Shot seen here.

stacks of caramel tan brown leather uppers on dark brown table
Stacks of that Sesame.

animated photo of lasting leather boot
Lasting up that special sample.

hand guiding textured leather boot in lasting machine
Snuff Crazy Cow being lasted.

hand holding out lasted and stapled snuff crazy cow leather boot
Snuff Crazy Cow is available now in a cap toe on our casual last.

upside down textured brown leather boot on production rack
Post stapling, pre-corking.

animated zoom in on corked bottom of boot
Cork is one of the primary contributing factors to the comfort people expect from a pair of Trumans.

animation of hand using brush to apply adhesive to leather midsole on boot
Adhesive serves as the first step in attaching the outsole, with stitching being that second step.

animation of sanding underside of outsole prior to gluing
Roughin' up the rubber so it adheres better.

animation of sanding the edge of the boot
Refining the edge on this Java plain toe.

line of textured blue leather boots on orange storage rack
Many more preorders finished up this week.

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