Thanks to everyone for the kinds words!
Another update;
Before lasting the uppers you attach the insole you feathered to the last with nails.
Then you basically pull the upper over the last and hammer in nails all around the edge.
Here is a picture of one side in the process of being lasted. You have to go to different points on the edge to obtain a nice even pull. By that I mean you don't start at one point and work your way sequentially around.
Easily the hardest and probably most time consuming bits of the construction is attaching the rand. You use your awl and go through the holes you made earlier in the feather, piercing the upper and rand. Then you sew through the hole you just made doubling over each stitch. This time round it took me forever, the leather I'm using is thick and its doubled over at toe and heel making those parts a tricky exercise. Once done cut away the excess leather carefully.
Anyways here is one finished with the rand attached;
Another update;
Before lasting the uppers you attach the insole you feathered to the last with nails.
Then you basically pull the upper over the last and hammer in nails all around the edge.
Here is a picture of one side in the process of being lasted. You have to go to different points on the edge to obtain a nice even pull. By that I mean you don't start at one point and work your way sequentially around.
Easily the hardest and probably most time consuming bits of the construction is attaching the rand. You use your awl and go through the holes you made earlier in the feather, piercing the upper and rand. Then you sew through the hole you just made doubling over each stitch. This time round it took me forever, the leather I'm using is thick and its doubled over at toe and heel making those parts a tricky exercise. Once done cut away the excess leather carefully.
Anyways here is one finished with the rand attached;
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