Absolutely love this inside look!! Ordered my Kreosote 7 a few months ago. Getting ready to order the nail shank 2s. It kills me to have to wait, but I totally understand and appreciate what it takes to get the work done!! The attention and discipline Gabbard is putting forth is unmatched without a doubt! Amazing! Thanks for the behind the scenes!! Loved it
I could not agree more with your final comments!! Only total “boot nuts” get this type of material!! Really envy you getting g an inside look! He is definitely in a class by himself
I agree; the value is definitely there. And the design of his Parlor Skar engineer boots is unique, and markedly different, from the profile of my John Lofgren engineers. I could easily justify a second pair of engineers from Kreosote, but I'm questioning whether I can wait 44 months for them to be delivered. I don't know what to do. It would be interesting to see you do an in-depth discussion of the differences and nuances in engineer boot designs between the different makers (Kreosote, John Lofgren, Role Club, Cinch, etc.). When I first became interested in engineers, they all looked basically alike to me. But the differences in toe shape, vamp angle, heal shape and size, etc. has become more obvious as I've studied them. It would be interesting to see what the consensus is regarding what constitutes a well designed engineer.
Love the idea of comparing different engineers and thinking about ultimate build(s) if you have full creative control. I'm actually going through that process presently anyway.
@@michaelwhynot7215 oh....no....Engineer's generally, not Gabbard's specificly. I am having some Bespoke Engineer's built off my own last, and am picking every single detail myself.
@@cloveroak5492 Ok. That sounds very interesting. I'm sure people would love to follow the process and see the results on BIB. I love these long format shows. Thanks
26:17 this assumption is wrong. you dont need pliers for welting!! a proper welting thread is prepared in such a way that it is tapered down way thinner at the first 10-20 cm behind the needle or bristle before it reaches its full thickness. that way you can very effortlessly pull them through with just two fingers. because after those 20cm you have enough thread to hold on to and apply the needed strenght for pulling the thicker thread portion. this is the traditional way. in traditional shoe and bootmaking there is a way of organizing every step around the least amount of hand movements you need to create a smooth and effective work rhythm. if you need to grab an extra plier for every single stitch you make its easy to break that rhythm and take a long time... also this way there is less stress put on the ends of the thread
This makes sense but it's not the way Gabbard does it. Though I do understand what your saying and it does make sense I was covering his technique. Thanks for the insight!
@@Mike-BiB thats fair (: just felt the need to straighten this out. there is a lot of untrained bootmaking online which can get confusing. and i like to help with that. his approach feels a bit like he was never REALLY taught this process so had to solve some problems a bit awkwardly that normally wouldnt even come up. but it definetly works and i am a sucker for self teaching so no critique ;)
Absolutely love this inside look!! Ordered my Kreosote 7 a few months ago. Getting ready to order the nail shank 2s. It kills me to have to wait, but I totally understand and appreciate what it takes to get the work done!! The attention and discipline Gabbard is putting forth is unmatched without a doubt! Amazing! Thanks for the behind the scenes!! Loved it
I could not agree more with your final comments!! Only total “boot nuts” get this type of material!! Really envy you getting g an inside look! He is definitely in a class by himself
Thank you for showing us and thanks to Gabard for letting this to happen. Truly beautiful!
Thank you for this wonderful view of art and function being created.
Invaluable! Thanks so much.
I agree; the value is definitely there. And the design of his Parlor Skar engineer boots is unique, and markedly different, from the profile of my John Lofgren engineers. I could easily justify a second pair of engineers from Kreosote, but I'm questioning whether I can wait 44 months for them to be delivered. I don't know what to do. It would be interesting to see you do an in-depth discussion of the differences and nuances in engineer boot designs between the different makers (Kreosote, John Lofgren, Role Club, Cinch, etc.). When I first became interested in engineers, they all looked basically alike to me. But the differences in toe shape, vamp angle, heal shape and size, etc. has become more obvious as I've studied them. It would be interesting to see what the consensus is regarding what constitutes a well designed engineer.
Love the idea of comparing different engineers and thinking about ultimate build(s) if you have full creative control. I'm actually going through that process presently anyway.
@@cloveroak5492 Do I understand, correctly, that you've ordered a pair of the Kreosote Parlor Skar-Spray gun engineers?
@@michaelwhynot7215 oh....no....Engineer's generally, not Gabbard's specificly. I am having some Bespoke Engineer's built off my own last, and am picking every single detail myself.
@@cloveroak5492 Ok. That sounds very interesting. I'm sure people would love to follow the process and see the results on BIB. I love these long format shows. Thanks
26:17 this assumption is wrong. you dont need pliers for welting!! a proper welting thread is prepared in such a way that it is tapered down way thinner at the first 10-20 cm behind the needle or bristle before it reaches its full thickness. that way you can very effortlessly pull them through with just two fingers. because after those 20cm you have enough thread to hold on to and apply the needed strenght for pulling the thicker thread portion. this is the traditional way. in traditional shoe and bootmaking there is a way of organizing every step around the least amount of hand movements you need to create a smooth and effective work rhythm. if you need to grab an extra plier for every single stitch you make its easy to break that rhythm and take a long time... also this way there is less stress put on the ends of the thread
This makes sense but it's not the way Gabbard does it. Though I do understand what your saying and it does make sense I was covering his technique.
Thanks for the insight!
@@Mike-BiB thats fair (: just felt the need to straighten this out. there is a lot of untrained bootmaking online which can get confusing. and i like to help with that. his approach feels a bit like he was never REALLY taught this process so had to solve some problems a bit awkwardly that normally wouldnt even come up. but it definetly works and i am a sucker for self teaching so no critique ;)