Gert Odendaal
AH legend
Good day to all members. I believe al is well and good on your side and your planning for the hunting season in South Africa is going well???
Members, here is a short tutorial about how I made my own pair of high grade cow leather " Vellies/leather made shoes to use as hunting shoes in the upcoming black powder hunt this year.
It all starts with good vegetable tan leather...
The normal procedures of making vellies includes the use of shoe lasts, this procedure does not includes the use of a last, I am using my own feet`s dimensions, in this I was assisted by my good friend Wallace Vosloo, since we want to do it the exact method that was used by the Boer Voortrekker people, our fore fathers...
We measured my foot dimensions:
Drawn the pattern of my own feet on a piece of paper that will be my templet later.
These are the templets made according to what will fit my feet:
Cut out the leather according to my foot size templets:
If you are not going to fit a crepe sole you have to cut a furrow into the bottom of the thick leather sole to hide the thread beneath the thick leather sole so it will not be damage when you walk with your vellies..
Opening up the furrow for the thread to fit in nicely when you stitch the uppers onto the sole...
From now on I only use two needles, waxed thread and an awl...
Stitching all the part together:
Folding the seams assist in better stitching work..
First one completed, another to go:
Two completed all stitching work:
Completed, put on a finishing solution, I am waiting for it to dry so I can add a color to it...
Thank you for watching it is much, much appreciated...
Members, here is a short tutorial about how I made my own pair of high grade cow leather " Vellies/leather made shoes to use as hunting shoes in the upcoming black powder hunt this year.
It all starts with good vegetable tan leather...
The normal procedures of making vellies includes the use of shoe lasts, this procedure does not includes the use of a last, I am using my own feet`s dimensions, in this I was assisted by my good friend Wallace Vosloo, since we want to do it the exact method that was used by the Boer Voortrekker people, our fore fathers...
We measured my foot dimensions:
Drawn the pattern of my own feet on a piece of paper that will be my templet later.
These are the templets made according to what will fit my feet:
Cut out the leather according to my foot size templets:
If you are not going to fit a crepe sole you have to cut a furrow into the bottom of the thick leather sole to hide the thread beneath the thick leather sole so it will not be damage when you walk with your vellies..
Opening up the furrow for the thread to fit in nicely when you stitch the uppers onto the sole...
From now on I only use two needles, waxed thread and an awl...
Stitching all the part together:
Folding the seams assist in better stitching work..
First one completed, another to go:
Two completed all stitching work:
Completed, put on a finishing solution, I am waiting for it to dry so I can add a color to it...
Thank you for watching it is much, much appreciated...
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