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Sewing the Vamp and the Heel onto the old upper of the BuilderPro
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World's Toughest Work Boots Restored - Nicks BuilderPro Rebuild
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- 1 Tearing off the Heel Stack with the Cap and the Vibram Rubber Lug Sole
- 2 Cutting off the Vamp and the Heel Leather away from the upper
- 3 Clicking new leather pieces to replace the old ones
- 4 Skiving the newly cut leather to help the sewers put the pieces together
- 5 Sewing the Vamp and the Heel onto the old upper of the BuilderPro
- 6 Attaching new insole to the last of the boot
- 7 Inserting Old shaped heel counter in between the old upper and new heel-piece
- 8 Lasting the boot onto the last with an insole
- 9 Securing the heel counter and back part of the boot onto the new insole
- 10 Glueing and tacking the new Toe-liner and Vamp onto the insole
- 11 Flaring the vamp to prepare for stitching and nailing a new leather shank in
- 12 Glueing and nailing new midsole onto the boot
- 13 McKay Stitch attaching the midsole to the insole at the toe area of the boot
- 14 Glueing the Slip-Sole and the new Vibram Lug Sole onto the base of the boot
- 15 Stitching the boot going through the Sole, Midsole, Insole, and the previously Flared Vamp
- 16 Nailing on the new Leather heel stack
- 17 Nailing on the new Vibram Heel cap onto the leather stack
- 18 Sanding down the edges of the boot into shape and shaping the heel box
- 19 Screwing the Vibram Lug sole for added security on the job
- 20 Flattening any non-clinched nails and covering them all with a sock-liner
- 21 Finishing the sole edge with some walnut stain and wax
- 22 Final reveal of the completed boot rebuild
