100% Handmade and crafted, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
All Dog Leap boots are 100% handmade leather boots on the banks of the river Tyne by our team of life long craftsmen.
All our boots are soaked for days in water from the river Tyne to soften the leather before shaping it to comfortable and unique boots.
Dog Leap boots are unique. No two pairs will ever be exactly the same.
Dog Leap boots have been making footwear for well over 100 years, originally right in the heart of Newcastle city centre on the ‘Dog Leap Stairs’.
The new generation is going back to the good old fashioned quality and craftsmanship of their forefathers by handcrafting these classic custom made boots.
Each pair of our handmade leather boots is made to order and goes through each process by hand.
Lastmaking: last shape has been designed for practicality and comfort a slightly shallower toe as standard than the originals.
Pattern cutting: slightly lower cut derby than normal, with a bellows tongue.
Clicking. Closing. Lasting in. Bottoming.
Finishing. Poron/Leather insole. Stamping/naming.
All boots are lined with premium leather.
Uppers are Horween and Badalassi leather.
All boots are repairable, whichever construction you choose, or prefer.
Triple leather middles, and leather heels, all cut to shape by hand, and stacked individually.
Each pair is made individually by hand, so no two pairs will be exactly the same.
Dog Leap Boots are your boots.
No one else will ever have exactly the same pair.
If alterations to standard sizing or patterns (style) are required, please contact us and we can discuss your requirements.
Unlike other more expensive ‘handmade’ boots, Dog Leap boots come with handskived leather heel stiffeners and toepuffs (between the lining and upper).
Soaked for days in water pulled from our own Tyne river, then skived thinly around the edges and left to dry naturally around the last for 3 days to produce a boot that moulds directly to your foot.
Footwear these days are made with plastic toepuffs and stiffeners and lasted using heat and machinery to ‘last’ or pull the leather over the last. The plastic is dead, and will never mould to the exact shape of your foot.
One foot 8½, one foot 10½, it doesn’t matter to us, we’ll hand craft your boots to fit. If alterations to standard sizing or patterns (style) are required, please contact us and we can discuss your requirements. Same thing for bigger sizes. Dog Leap boots are an individual, custom made product and thats what we’ll craft for you.
“Very nice! I like the double row stitch, reminds me of my Vibergs although they’re not Veldtschoen”