animation of outsole stitching a bison moc boot toe

Factory Friday: April 24th

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.

overlapping brown leather
Double Shot is back in the building, both Sesame and Brown Double Shot.

animation of cutting machine cutting leather into parts
Cutting into the Sesame for a restock on the moc toe.

animation of sewing the quarters together
First step is zig-zag stitching the quarters together.

sanding piece of veg tan leather
Prepping the footbed for gemming.

close up pile of eyelets
We source our hardware from right here in the good ol' U S of A.

stacks of brown leather boot uppers
Brown Double Shot on our formal last is looking very nice.

custom black cherry boots on production rack
Black Cherry Shrunken Bison preorders about to be lasted.

juniper crazy cow uppers in production
As well as the Juniper Crazy Cow preorders.

brown leather boot upside down on rack in production
The previous Brown Double Shot upper once lasted and welted.

sample moc toe in gobi mohawk leather upside down in production rack
A new sample in moc toe form.

boots after cork is applied in production
The magic resulting in custom formed boots.

shrunken bison boots in production
Bison Bison Bison.

hand grabbing moc toe boots from rack
Welt and midsole trimmed, and ready to be stitched.

animation of sewing midsole to welt
Watching this machine go is mesmerizing.

finished cognac bison boot in finishing rack
All finished up and ready to be boxed.

cognac bison boots from bottom showing wedge sole
A view from below.

finished java waxed flesh boots
Java in our plain toe also finshed up this week.

finished sample of snuff crazy cow on casual last
Snuff said.

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