Trystan Franziskus Custom Model

Italian natural Veg Tan 3.8mm & Italian natural Veg Tan Belly 2mm

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trystanfranziskusabout 2 months ago

I might put a different sole on them next year I didn't like how they felt on the trail with the leather stack heel

Taken on December 19, 2025

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Maker

Trystan Franziskus

Model

Custom Model

Leather

Italian natural Veg Tan Belly 2mm

Italian natural Veg Tan 3.8mm

Last

random Dress Shoe Tree I Got From Amazon Last

US Men's Brannock: 9.5D

random Dress Shoe Tree I Got From Amazon Last: 42.5D

It's a shoe tree I modified with shaped leather

Sole

I Seperated The Heel From the Front

Almost 2 years, current sole

Vibram 132 Montagna Lug Unit Sole

Almost 2 years, current sole

Purchased from

Myself

More about this item

I decided to make a pair of logger style boots from 3.8mm thick Italian vegetable tanned leather sometime around may of 2023. I built the entire pair of boots in my room with limited hand tools over a period of roughly half a year. Every single stitch in this entire pair of boots is saddle stitched since I didn't know any other way of stitching them together. I learned a lot making these boots but I am still quite OK with the outcome. I am planning to hike the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail with them this September.

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