boots upside down on racks in production filled with cork

Factory Friday: March 13th

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.

woman picking up leather pieces from cutting machine
New color of oiled rough out being cut.

close up animation of woman sewing quarters together with zig zag sewing machine
Zig-zagging the quarters together.

close up animation of sewing machine operator attaching gusset to quarters
Attaching the gusset.

close up shot of sewer closing the uppers
And the final closing stitch.

sewing department rollers filled with bins with brown leather boot uppers
Sewn up and heading to have hardware added.

brown oiled rough out leather boot uppers stacked on table
Oiled rough out is an excellent boot leather, and looks great in this new rich brown color.

brown oiled rough out boots with hardware waiting to be lasted
Coming down the line currently is the Natural Rough Shot moc toe.

operator using lasting machine to last brown oiled rough out moc toe boot
Lasting the Natural Rough Shot.

 boots upside down on racks in production filled with cork
Cork is setting before we attach the midsole.

close up animation of using 5-in-1 machine to trim excess outsole from boot
Here we use our 5-in-1 to trim the welt, midsole and outsole at the same time.

man holding boot using rapid stitch machine to attach midsole to welt
Stitching on the midsole.

brown leather boot upside down on rack, with white midsole
Natural Rough Shot moc toes waiting to be finished with wedge outsoles.

black oiled rough out boots waiting to be finish sanded before staining
After the heel nails have been applied, the whole stack gets sanded together.

Q/C rack with coyote oiled rough out boots waiting to be inspected
Coyote Oiled Rough Out Mocs that wrapped up in production.

finished java waxed flesh boots waiting to be boxed on rack
We also wrapped up another restock on Java Waxed Flesh.

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