A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Danner Boots
Danner’s primary goal is to build footwear for hunters, loggers, the military and law enforcement. The factory produces meticulously hand-crafted...
Rebuilding
This craftsman trained for years before he gained the skills to move over to the boot repair shop. This pair of beat-to-death logging boots is getting new Gore-Tex/Danner quilted liners and later, a new set of Vibram soles.
This craftsman trained for years before he gained the skills to move over to the boot repair shop. This pair of beat-to-death logging boots is getting new Gore-Tex/Danner quilted liners and later, a new set of Vibram soles.
Two shifts, 500 employees enter a sparkling clean facility to work and build boots in America for Americans.
Leather is the most basic ingredient of any boot, here you have the makings of more than one thousand pairs of RAT boots.
Each boot has numerous cutouts that happen in pre-assembly. This worker picks and cuts the larger leather sections that will be stamped out later.
While the leather and nylon pieces are cut, the quilted Gore-Tex liner is sewn in one piece as a finished bootie. FYI; Danner perfected the breathable bootie liner decades ago and sold the technology to Gore-Tex.
Each Danner RAT Boot comes with an approved Marines insignia on every pair.
Except for the sole, all the parts are assembled and ready for sewing.
With more than one dozen stations and many hands, all these parts are transformed into what’s called in the boot biz as the “upper”
The final Vibram rubber sole is trimmed.
The sole is buffed, and the boot is inspected for a rigorous list of quality control specifications.
Packed and ready to ship to a Marine expecting an excellent patrol boot that can even be repaired or rebuilt. For more information click here.
If you procure a pair of these heavy duty Danners and you think they could be ready for the incinerator, think again. You can send them back to their place of origin where they’ll be affectionately rebuilt even if your dog used them as a training bumper. Danner’s recrafting shop is connected to their retail store in Portland, Oregon. You can watch though the looking glass as you see a pair of boots come back to life.
When you call Danner, you’ll most likely speak to TC who will guide you through the process to help you order the correct repair, or even a complete rebuild of your boots.
Once your order has been assigned its specific repair, your boots hit the shop floor with all of the parts placed in a bin ready for the repair table.
This craftsman trained for years before he gained the skills to move over to the boot repair shop. This pair of beat-to-death logging boots is getting new Gore-Tex/Danner quilted liners and later, a new set of Vibram soles.
With new liners, soles, leather holes repaired, this pair of boots is polished and ready for the mountain for another decade or so.
Danner’s primary goal is to build footwear for hunters, loggers, the military and law enforcement. The factory produces meticulously hand-crafted “old school” stitched-down leather boots combined with nylon that deliver outstanding support.
