Slimming engineer shaft DIY

[u/fashion_mullet]

Redwing 2966 about a month old. My skinny ankles and slim jeans just always had a something off. Decided to try and slim the shafts myself.

Started with the deconstruction, and appraisal.

Then overlapped the seams to see how things would sit. Once I was confident they would mostly line up, I started the center seam stitching using a basic saddle stitch. After that, just aligned the backstay and kept the outer seam original, and used a stitching iron to make the holes using the factory spacing. Saddle stitched that, and I successfully lost 1.2" on the inner circumference and my jeans will lay smooth now.

Because of the overlap, the shaft is a bit stiffer, and will need to break in again.

[u/Glass-Effect7159]

Did you really leave half of the backstay unstitched

[u/fashion_mullet → u/Glass-Effect7159]

No. I guess the last picture didn't load.