Finishing the Strider Boots

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:02:39 +0000

The Strider boots from the Lord Of The Rings movie are in the final stage. Teasing out the details on the action figures we are using for reference didn’t give us a lot of information about the construction of the cuff. Neither did several re-runs of the movie. We arrived at what we feel is a reasonable interpretation of the original. The nice scuffed and dirty pieces of salvaged suede we used didn’t have a large enough straight piece to make the cuffs in one piece. In the spirit of the original, we seamed it together to make our wrap around cuff look close to the movie original. In this case, the natural scars and flaws in the leather would make the boots look more like what the character might have cobbled together than using a fresh new piece, so we went with it. Yesterday I finally solved the tie issue. Leather laces were too perfect and short, twine from the home improvement sources just didn’t look right, braiding the waxed cord we used for the stitching was too wimpy ….nothing was coming up right. I was at the drapery workroom that I use in my other life and looking at new trim samples. One of the companies had introduced a line of natural jute trims and there was my rope. Three ply, 1/4″ jute rope sturdy enough to hold up to actual use with the right amount of rustic. Next step – distressing and off they go.

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Finishing the Strider Boots