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Leather Shift Boot - dBlast - 05-04-2009
There was another member on here that had made some leather shift boots. I wanted to order some at the time, but did not and now he has not been active on here for a long time, so I decided to try my hand at making my own. A friend of mine cut up her leather pants and made shorts out of them. She gave me one of the legs as raw material.
Before:
![[Image: IMG_1052.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/dBlast/IMG_1052.jpg)
Taken apart, note how beat up the cheap vinyl boot was:
![[Image: IMG_1060.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/dBlast/IMG_1060.jpg)
Used the old boot to pattern the new leather:
![[Image: IMG_1061.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/dBlast/IMG_1061.jpg)
Stitched all up:
![[Image: IMG_1062.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/dBlast/IMG_1062.jpg)
Final product installed:
![[Image: IMG_1064.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/dBlast/IMG_1064.jpg)
Leather Shift Boot - euro_zx5 - 05-04-2009
Looks great!
Leather Shift Boot - castone - 05-04-2009
looks really good, nice job!
Leather Shift Boot - meford4u - 05-04-2009
Good use of the leather chaps you used to wear.
Leather Shift Boot - Focus man. Focus. - 05-04-2009
Nice work. Any photos of your female friend?
Leather Shift Boot - Canadian ST - 05-04-2009
The pants could look better with holes cut out.
Leather Shift Boot - NefCanuck - 05-04-2009
Well done,
I had the ebrake boot replaced by a leather duplicate made by that member.
Makes things look classier IMO
NefCanuck
Leather Shift Boot - ZTWsquared - 05-04-2009
Very nice work Vince ... does your wife know you're so handy with a sewing machine?
BTW - IIRC the guy who did these for us a couple of years ago was the pepperman ... he's still quite active on the "airplane" site sout of the border.
And finally ... I was wondering what kind of fragrance the leather had ... cowhide or .......... female.
Leather Shift Boot - Canadian ST - 05-04-2009
ZTWsquared,May 3 2009, 08:23 PM Wrote:Very nice work Vince ... does your wife know you're so handy with a sewing machine?
BTW - IIRC the guy who did these for us a couple of years ago was the pepperman ... he's still quite active on the "airplane" site sout of the border.
And finally ... I was wondering what kind of fragrance the leather had ... cowhide or .......... female.
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Hay Ken his name is "mailman666" I talked to him last summer, I think he is out of T.O.
He seems like a decent guy to deal with.
Leather Shift Boot - dBlast - 05-04-2009
ZTWsquared,May 3 2009, 07:23 PM Wrote:Very nice work Vince ... does your wife know you're so handy with a sewing machine?
BTW - IIRC the guy who did these for us a couple of years ago was the pepperman ... he's still quite active on the "airplane" site sout of the border.
And finally ... I was wondering what kind of fragrance the leather had ... cowhide or .......... female.
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Well lucky for me, my wife does not frequent this site. Actually it is only the second time I've used that sewing machine. I prefer to figure out how to do something and then have the satisfaction that I did it myself. The internet is a great resource.
As far as your last question... lambskin... :ph34r:
I knew that a co-worker had worked at Danier Leather and I had asked her if she could get some leather scraps for my project. She tried unsucessfully and then offered to part out her extensive little-worn leather wardrobe.