- block to last and let dry
- trim to feather edge
- only waist area ambiguous
- draw waist line with pen
- style decision
- beveled or square
- cut straight down, without angling knife
- remove lip of leather around top edge or foot will feel it
- first mark heel line
- then mark line ½″ back from joints
- mark first line 3/16” back from edge
- on toe, 1/4”
- “appealing line” for inside waist
- second line 3/8” within first