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I had a very Pathfinder-Full Christmas, and was able to start getting some things together for my rig - flightsuit, gloves, and boot materials. I never thought I'd be asking for Jo-Ann Fabrics giftcards!

 

I decided to have a go at the heel carving and am pretty happy with the result. The boots are Texas Steer ($20 from Kmart) and are very light and fairly comfortable for the price. And if I blew it, $20 isn't too much of a hit...

 

I tried a few different patterns sketched out onto the heel before hacking away with X-Actos, and the one I liked the look of best is below. It's not exact, but i thought it looked the best working with the existing tread and contours.

 

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Any comments or critiques are very much appreciated.

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Not too bad. On the back though, the top notches, just go ahead and take out the rest at the top.

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All I can smell is E-6000 and warm vinyl. I'm living in constant fear of finding that one last thumbtack with my bare foot, but...

My boots are done! For my first try I'm pretty pleased. Now, armed with a little knowledge and enough left over material, I think I'll scoop up another pair of base boots and make another pair.

 

Please let me know what you guys think!

 

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  On 1/5/2015 at 12:28 PM, Chex said:

Not too bad. On the back though, the top notches, just go ahead and take out the rest at the top.

 

I'm still kicking around taking the top of the back notches out, Chex. My concern is that then the top and bottom notches would be pretty much equal size and it looked to me like the top notches were smaller than the bottom.

 

On my next pair I think I'll try tighter, thinner cuts more like Marcel does. Those look sharp ;)

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Thanks, Sapper!

 

I used THE tutorial. It's pinned at the top of the Boots forum and here's a link as well:

 

http://forum.bikerscout.net/index.php?showtopic=903

 

For me, it was a great place to start my project, and get my confidence built up to tackle the rest.Not too tough, not too expensive, and definitely walked away with the feeling "hey, I can do this!"

 

I pretty much followed it exactly, and if something wasn't clear I just hit the forums. The answers are there. Or anyone would be happy to point you on the right direction.

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Posted

Maybe the photo angle, but do you have the velcro closure the right way round?

 

Is that the left boot in the photo?

 

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Good eye, Marcel. I had the calf parts wrong when I took that pic. I ended up switching them a while back. Also got my holster on today.

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