- boot lasts have higher insteps and ankle areas
- not good for making shoes
- quarter profile different
- especially bad for slip-on shoes
- recommend putting fittings on shoe last
- most important: above instep, in throat
- have to be able to get foot in, but also hold snug
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soak a thin piece of insole shoulder or heel lift and cut it
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skive it flat where it meets the instep of the last
- tack it
- let it dry hard
- don’t cover split in last
- boot last will have shaping around the ankle
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but we have never found this necessary with our customers
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As long as you measure the ankles well and the upper pattern is good, you should be fine with just the fitting at the front.
- pictured fittings low, since making a low bootie