Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Patrick Swayze's Boots from Dirty Dancing

Well we did it. We made a pair of boots from the Patrick Swayze boots lasts that we bought at auction. It was a crazy experiment, and its great to own something of historical value. Below is style we ended up making, I think is fairly similar to what Johnny Castle was wearing in Dirty Dancing.

Here is our light-hearted video us making the shoes and letting our special friend try them on...



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