Long boots

[janne melkersson]

It is not often I have seen long boots on S.F. so here is a photo of a strap buckle laced field boot that was finnished last week. It is made for a Swedish polo rider. I think Loobs call the style Greenly boot.

It is an interesting style with a long folded belows tongue which make it possible to open up the boot wide. The client choosed to make it pretty traditional, regarding toe style and the waist (square). However, this and all other riding boot styles can be made with a chisel toe and a fiddle back waist. Actually, that would be a pretty cool boot!

Credit goes to my friend, colleague and co-operator Mr Pelle Kraft, Brixton who is one of the anonymous free lancing makers in London. Whom without this trade would be long time gone. The English motorcyckle Vincent had a saying that their bikes was made by enthusiastics for enthusiastics and this could be said about Pelle and about many other free lancers.

I will be in London in the end of April or beginning of May and Pelles work shop will be open for those interested to see the work of two enthusiastic Swedes. Please let me know if there is any particular stage of the making that would be of interest and I will try to have it on the bench. I come back later with my itinerary.

 

[j]

Very nice Janne. I hope someone can be there to take some pictures in the workshop for us.

Could you tell us what the other items visible in the picture are? I see a box of nails or staples, some rasps and files, some kind of bone (?), and some compounds at right of the boots... some pliers in that case?

 

[morsem]

Look at the lacing! The tie is in the center of the eyelet group? Interesting.

 

[j]

Originally Posted by morsem

Look at the lacing! The tie is in the center of the eyelet group? Interesting.
That is normal for tall boots with closed leather above and below the laces (there's probably a term for that). Police motorcycle boots among others use the same lacing.

 

[janne melkersson]

J,
Thank's for the compliment.

To the left of the boot there is a box of nails for the heel liftings and a can of cement for the heel and toe stiffener. To the right there are some rasps and files for the finnishing of the heel and soles. Above the boot there are a serie of different edge iron. The bone is from a seal and is among other things used for burnishing leather.
In the case there are all kinds of hand tools needed for the making and as you noticed three lasting pliers in different sizes. These pliers are desirable items among makers all over the world. To the right of the boot you can also see home made shoemakers-wax, bees-wax and paraffin-wax. And finally, to the left of the boot you can see some pieces of broken glass which I will form to small tools used as scrapers.

Please let me know if there is a tool you want to see. If I have I will post it

 

[von Rothbart]

Originally Posted by janne melkersson

It is an interesting style with a long folded belows tongue which make it possible to open up the boot wide.

Janne, that's one handsome looking boot. The only time I see people wearing this type of boots is when riding and on highway patrol and mounted cops. I think one advantage of the wide boot opening is to make the calf fitting much more flexible, ie, the boots can fit within a range of calf measurement plus allowance for the thickness of the breeches that supposed to tuck into the boots. Plus it's easier to get in and off.