Ask the Bootmaker podcast with Jarrett Van Curen
- can’t machine-last box toes in factories
- stitch pattern similar to Mike Vaughn’s
- factory boots since 1990 “throw-away items”
- everybody says 40 hours, but can’t say
- full-time ag teacher at a high school, focusing on welding
- gets up at 3:30, does 3 hours of boots
- base boot $1,700
- with consultation and last
- pig vamp, kid top
- 1 row of stitching
- $65 per row of stitching
- signature fender stitch style
- calls Mike Vaughn at least once a week, always shares what he knows
- other influence: Bryan Thomas
- industry was cutthroat 50 years ago, now more worried about preserving craft
- nobody new coming in