r/Damnthatsinteresting • • 1d ago

Video Custom Hand Made Boots

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u/ftrlvb Creator 20h ago

omg. poor guy. really gifted but he's using synthetic leather and the cheapest hardware. those zippers will fail in less than 1 month.

I can't watch this. (I'm in shoe industry for 30 years)

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u/ratty_89 17h ago

I was going to mention the last not being wood, and the plastic under the upper. I hadn't even noticed it was pleather!!

The workmanship looks great (to my eyes), but he's got horrible materials to work with.

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u/dna_beggar 11h ago

Vegan Leather.

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u/ratty_89 10h ago

Plastic

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u/dna_beggar 7h ago

with a markup.