Bob Henderson

Sewing the vibram cup soles onto these leather sneaker boots!

The leather uppers have been prepped and sewn to the thick leather insole to form the forever bootie, now the replaceable vibram cupsole is primed and cemented on, then it gets stitched around the perimeter to hold everything together.

The toe design of this boot allows the cupsole to be sewn in with my cylinder arm patcher machine which isn’t specialized enough to get around a closed toe, then afterwards the toe is hand sewn together.

Finally the gusset tongue and eyelets can be sewn and installed once the clearance is no longer needed for the earlier steps.

Without having the specialized sewing machines for this style of shoe, this design and sequence of assembly allows me to still make it happen.

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