furiosa Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Hey guys´n gals, yesterday and today weh where busy doing the boots for my BF (hirnvernrannt) before we started we searched a lot in this forum and read quiet a few threads from other members, doing their boots. this helped quiet a lot. It was much fun and I think the boots turned out great ...hope you think the same. attached you find some photos from the production. inside I´ve attached an additional velcro fastening system to attach the boot on the leg. so this will keep the boot from moving down when trooping, especially at the side, where the blaster is attached. an other thing we made different is the attachement of the rear part. as seen and advised in the forum and from other members, it should be fixed by a rivet. But since the rivet may hurt inside, during wearing and also the fixing point is very tiny. we did worry the rear vinly will rip after a few times putting the boot on and off. so we decided to make a mold of thinn plastic (cut from a plastic office folder) and pinned 5 holes inside. which give it more fixation. then we stitched the part down by hand with a thick thread. this is way more comfy inside and the fixation will last forever (i guess ,...and hope) The holster of the blaster is still missing, since we are still waiting for the armor parts from D´chef Rob to arrive. also the pad inside the velcro adjustment is missing. I will sew this, after attaching the holster. so it has the perfect thickness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Interesting... So you just use those five stitches along with the glue to secure that side? I am worried about the rivet digging in to my foot also. What gauge needle did you use to get through the leather on the boot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasz Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furiosa Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 Interesting... So you just use those five stitches along with the glue to secure that side? I am worried about the rivet digging in to my foot also. What gauge needle did you use to get through the leather on the boot? Yes, these stitches we made on the inside and the outside of both boots. Its fully hidden by the dogbone, which is glued over this area afterwards. We used the thickest needle I had in my studio which was about 2-3mm thick and had a sharp front after that we widend the holes with a 5mm thorn. The sewing was done with a quiet thick thread and also the mentioned needle above. Im germany the thickness is called "30", just to compare regular sewing thread has a thickness of " 120" - "100". As you can see on the pic. I sew up along all holes quiet a lot to make it hold thight. I took care, the knots are all hidden and thight also. The sewing was actually done pretty fast, took about 15min all 4 together. I'm sorry, I can't explain it better, since I don't know all the correct english words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 No worries, I know exactly what you mean. Looks good. I'll keep it as an option for my boots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowfanny Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Really like that stitching idea. I have a leather stitching tool that could very well be useful to do that with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indylead Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Great idea on the stitching! I riveted mine, and haven't noticed any problem with it rubbing - although there are different types of rivet, so maybe some are worse than others. As for the glue coming off...I used a lot of E6000 adhesive on mine. I then had to re-do the leg section as I had made them too short - it took *a lot* of pulling to get the old material off, and for the new version I've no worries about things coming apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K@nne Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Great work on the boots. Hopefully the hard parts will arrive soon. Can´t wait to see the whole Scout of your BF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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