I resoled a boot myself about a year and a half ago, it wasn't exactly fun and they were already Goodyear welted. I've got another pair of boots I'm going to do at some point and it's going to be a bit of uncharted territory for me. The particular pair if boots are a true moccasin construction with an outsole directly blake stitched on. My plan is to sew on a leather midsole then glue on a wedge sole. It should be a pretty straightforward job, I'll just have to figure out how to transfer the holes in the sole of the boot to the midsole for stitching through it from the outside.
Oh wow I'm not sure how I'd tackle a black stitch. Unless you're saying you're going to convert it to some other method of construction. I'm not sure I'd like a Blake stitched boot, I'd be afraid I'd feel the stitches and it would drive me nuts. I guess you could always run a full length sock liner. Well good luck either way, it certainly sounds like fun to me
@@evsnova74These footskins moccasin walking boots were blake stitched to begin with, and it sits flush so you don't feel that stitching at all. They're literally just a 6" height moccasin with an outsole blake stitched directly on with no midsole. The whole process should be pretty straightforward actually. Just remove the outsole, glue / sew on a leather midsole, then glue on a wedge outsole and shape / finish. I guess since the outsoles were directly sewn on straight through I should probably be able to use them as a hole marking template now that I think about it. The only real challenge for me beyond getting the holes lined up will just be doing a good job shaping and finishing the edges.
@@TylerSnyder305 ah I see. Yeah I did a pair of White's packers recently and used the original holes in the vamp as a template of sorts, worked great. Man the finishing always gives me anxiety, I want to wrap the boot on duct tape or something to protect it lol
I resoled a boot myself about a year and a half ago, it wasn't exactly fun and they were already Goodyear welted.
I've got another pair of boots I'm going to do at some point and it's going to be a bit of uncharted territory for me.
The particular pair if boots are a true moccasin construction with an outsole directly blake stitched on.
My plan is to sew on a leather midsole then glue on a wedge sole.
It should be a pretty straightforward job, I'll just have to figure out how to transfer the holes in the sole of the boot to the midsole for stitching through it from the outside.
Oh wow I'm not sure how I'd tackle a black stitch. Unless you're saying you're going to convert it to some other method of construction. I'm not sure I'd like a Blake stitched boot, I'd be afraid I'd feel the stitches and it would drive me nuts. I guess you could always run a full length sock liner. Well good luck either way, it certainly sounds like fun to me
@@evsnova74These footskins moccasin walking boots were blake stitched to begin with, and it sits flush so you don't feel that stitching at all.
They're literally just a 6" height moccasin with an outsole blake stitched directly on with no midsole.
The whole process should be pretty straightforward actually.
Just remove the outsole, glue / sew on a leather midsole, then glue on a wedge outsole and shape / finish.
I guess since the outsoles were directly sewn on straight through I should probably be able to use them as a hole marking template now that I think about it.
The only real challenge for me beyond getting the holes lined up will just be doing a good job shaping and finishing the edges.
@@TylerSnyder305 ah I see. Yeah I did a pair of White's packers recently and used the original holes in the vamp as a template of sorts, worked great. Man the finishing always gives me anxiety, I want to wrap the boot on duct tape or something to protect it lol
Nice little Bedo’s, “let’s continue”.
I hope he doesn't copyright strike me lol