Handmade Leather Boots | Made in America - By a Local Utah Bootmaker 

Thank you! Will do!

Did the video get muted? I hear nothing at all.

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Awesome I use to live in Stirling just down the street from a cobbler. That's what started this career for me.

I stay in Perth about 30mins from Stirling, some of my wife's family stay in Stirling. Small world.

Thanks for watching! We really want to get another Bootmaking video up!

Appreciate the support, Ron! We wanted to try something a little different with the music.

Thank you!

Glad you enjoyed it! More videos to come

Thank you. Working hard trying to keep this craft alive.

Thank you! Trying to keep the craft alive! “Not dead yet” my wife and I say

Thank you! If you ever wanted to learn how to make a pair of your own, I teach a 5-6 day class. schmidtsbootmaker.com/pages/boot-making-classes

Hey, thanks so much. This pair took a lot of work

Thanks for watching! I'm glad you liked it

And now we just moved to Wyoming haha

Thank you for watching! I hope to keep it alive and teach others this trade!

Thank you Brian!

Thank you! Appreciate it!

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I love making boots and enjoy every step it takes to finish a pair.

That’s awesome! Glad you found us. I’ll give your channel a look!

Thanks for watching!

People just don't know how much more convenient it is!

@@schmidts.bootmaker I'm relatively new to the skill. I figured file folders would hold up longer than just paper!

nah you will get the hang of it I have some tricks to make it easier if you want to know

You are in luck, I teach one-on-one boot making classes! You can read more about it in the link here > schmidtsbootmaker.com/pages/boot-making-classes

o I feel like Im cheating with that thing it's so awesome.

thanks so much .This craft is dying, so many boot makers today will offer classes and apprenticeships to keep it alive.

Sad but true. I grew up a cobbler and it was dying back then even with all the cheap disposable shoes. Funny how RU-vid has brought new light to these old trades. My dad and I would have been famous for sure! It was such fun work and I miss the smell of leather and glue and polish. The sounds of a 5 n 1 cutting, the naumkeag, awl stitching with waxed thread. Memories

let's make it happen. Sounds like a fun project! email or call me: schmidts.bootmaker@gmail.com or 435-522-8210

Thanks Mckaila! My favorite part is the lasting. It's where I finally see the boot coming together. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Honestly, if they are custom fit, there shouldn't be any issues. If you can, find a bespoke cobbler that will take molds of you feet to make the last.

@@mikeford963 that's what I figured. I think my next boots will be custom. Thanks for replying

Hey thanks so much. Ya this was our first long video showing the work I do. We have a plan to have a video for each boot that I do. The next one is a 2 piece hiking boot.

ya the next video we wanted to have all the shop sounds I just have to have the heaters off so you don't hear the fans.

346 thread and hand wax normally but for these boots it was 346 and beeswax

I can never get the curve I want in the heel with a one-piece so I split it into 3 parts to do my hiking boot.

@@schmidts.bootmaker I've been looking around to replace my Scarpa BXD from 2004. They are awesome for backpacking in the Rockies.

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cool, jump on our website and order a pair of dress boots. In the special instructions say that it's an oxford with leather filler. Im out till about June.

@@schmidts.bootmaker $1200 is bit out of my price range. What differentiates the dress boot from the $600 boots?

@@TEDodd oxfords are harder to do they require a different stitch pattern also the hide is more expensive.

@@schmidts.bootmaker I was thinking more like the Hunting boot, with a leather sole, cut like a shoe (below the ankle), and a smooth black leather. I love the construction, especially not using gimming/Goodyear welt.

@@TEDodd Hey thanks ya give me a call sometime and we can go over a design. This sound cool.

Nah we pulled music from the public domain but RU-vid still got mad

my dress shoes and boots go for 1200 and my other types of boots go for 600

@@schmidts.bootmaker $600 for these seems like a great price for all this work.

@@schmidts.bootmakerfor your time and skill, you honestly don’t charge enough, factory boots made with lower quality materials sometimes go for 5-600

600 dollars Im out till about June.

yeah unfortunately when switching this video to be monetized, one of the songs (which we checked to make sure was in the public domain) and RU-vid deemed was not, we lost all the sound on the video. We are thinking of uploading again but with no music and just shop sounds.

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Thanks for the feedback! We are looking to get a microphone so that it won't pick up my heavy breathing haha. The music was the only way to cover it up. Really just wanting to get the shop sounds in the future.

What? The music was awesome. I really enjoyed this video and the boot as well. No heavy metal or machine made music. Class act.

Easy answer to unliked sounds….mute…turn off volume.

I liked the jazz classics. I could listen to that all day.

Just turn off volume ;))

I know what I'm adding to every video now.