row of black chromexcel boots upside down on production racks

Factory Friday: October 30th

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.

animated image of operator guiding dark brown leather through skiving machine
This heel piece is getting skived, or thinned, where it will be stitched to the quarters.

a close up shot of thread being removed during a resole
A resole midprocess, prior to replacing the welt, the old welt and threads are removed.

animated image of macro shot of sewing machine stitching brown leather
Macro shot of the rolling foot on one of our machines, sewing up some Snuff Crazy Cow cap toes.

storage bins in sewing department with boot uppers in different leathers
More custom Uplands making their way through production. This is a moc toe upland in Black Oiled Rough Out.

black leather boot uppers stacked on table with out of focus uppers in background
Some custom Black Washed Horse Rump uppers before the hardware is set.

a stack of dark green leather boot uppers awaiting lasting
Seaweed Crazy Cow uppers for a restock on our cap toe on the formal last.

animated image of operator guiding upside down green boot through welting machine
One of those Seaweed boots getting welt attached.

a row of upside down black leather boots with black welting in production setting in boot factory
Oh these Black Chromexcel boots are looking real nice, and almost finished at this point.

animated image of boot builder hammering heel area of bottom of boot after welt is applied
Black welt, gun metal hardware, black outsole stitch and a 430 half sole.

animated image of boot builder guiding edge of boot along sanding machine
Each boot goes through multiple passes of sanding, here the final sanding is being done before staining and buffing.

a close up shot of hand using foam brush to apply stain to edge of bottom of boot
This custom pair of Seaweed Crazy Cow uplands is almost done. Stain is applied with a brush and is then run along the buffing wheel

finishing rack filled with sesame double shot boots, shot from behind
Restocked: our formal last pairs perfectly with Sesame Double Shot seen here before boxing up.

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