A method for producing a stripper shoe, the stripper shoe being used in a process for producing a dry cast concrete block with a pre-determined three dimensional pattern impressed into a front face of the block; wherein the method comprises: providing the stripper shoe with the mirror image of the pre-determined three dimensional pattern that simulates natural stone thereon by: 1) providing a pattern for provision on the stripper shoe by selecting one or more natural rock surfaces; 2) scanning the surfaces of the one or more natural rock surfaces using a digital scanning machine to form scanned data, the scanning providing the scanned data having X, Y and Z axis data; 3) collecting and manipulating the scanned data to increase or decrease the relief to be milled into the face of the stripper shoe; the step of manipulating the scanned data also including manipulation of the scanned data to create appropriate draft angles for release of dry cast concrete from the stripper shoe; 4) scaling and/or trimming the collected and manipulated data to the dimensions of the front surface of the block to form scaled and/or trimmed data, the scaled and/or trimmed data representing a single rock surface from the one or more individually scanned rock surfaces; 5) milling the mirror image of the scaled and/or trimmed data into the face of the stripper shoe to produce the mirror image of the pre-determined three dimensional pattern that simulates natural stone thereon; the pattern having a maximum relief of at least about 12.7 mm (about 0.5 inch). providing the stripper shoe with the mirror image of the pre-determined three dimensional pattern that simulates natural stone thereon by: 1) providing a pattern for provision on the stripper shoe by selecting one or more natural rock surfaces; 2) scanning the surfaces of the one or more natural rock surfaces using a digital scanning machine to form scanned data, the scanning providing the scanned data having X, Y and Z axis data; 3) collecting and manipulating the scanned data to increase or decrease the relief to be milled into the face of the stripper shoe; the step of manipulating the scanned data also including manipulation of the scanned data to create appropriate draft angles for release of dry cast concrete from the stripper shoe; 4) scaling and/or trimming the collected and manipulated data to the dimensions of the front surface of the block to form scaled and/or trimmed data, the scaled and/or trimmed data representing a single rock surface from the one or more individually scanned rock surfaces; 5) milling the mirror image of the scaled and/or trimmed data into the face of the stripper shoe to produce the mirror image of the pre-determined three dimensional pattern that simulates natural stone thereon; the pattern having a maximum relief of at least about 12.7 mm (about 0.5 inch). 1) providing a pattern for provision on the stripper shoe by selecting one or more natural rock surfaces; 2) scanning the surfaces of the one or more natural rock surfaces using a digital scanning machine to form scanned data, the scanning providing the scanned data having X, Y and Z axis data; 3) collecting and manipulating the scanned data to increase or decrease the relief to be milled into the face of the stripper shoe; the step of manipulating the scanned data also including manipulation of the scanned data to create appropriate draft angles for release of dry cast concrete from the stripper shoe; 4) scaling and/or trimming the collected and manipulated data to the dimensions of the front surface of the block to form scaled and/or trimmed data, the scaled and/or trimmed data representing a single rock surface from the one or more individually scanned rock surfaces; 5) milling the mirror image of the scaled and/or trimmed data into the face of the stripper shoe to produce the mirror image of the pre-determined three dimensional pattern that simulates natural stone thereon; the pattern having a maximum relief of at least about 12.7 mm (about 0.5 inch).