Monthly Archives: January 2016

These full alligator boots are almost completed. I really want to name them “Amos Moses” but I doubt I will.

I just received a shipment of Baker Leather! 🙂 Now I have to put it all away. 😦

This client’s puppy has a taste for cowboy boots. We’ll see if I can fix it…

This is a part of what I’ve been doing today.

Here’s a link to the January episode of: It’s a Boot Life

I just have to brag a little bit. I remember when it was difficult to find ONE good awl. I’ve filled up 15 drawers now with different varieties of inseaming, outseaming, and pegging awls for sale!

I get to make a pair of full alligator boots. They don’t need any stitch design–the leather is design enough.

My student David has started stitching his boot tops and he’s doing well. By next Friday he will have made a pair of boots!

“By the Time I Get to Phoenix”

Owning a small business isn’t all “skipping through daisies while singing a merry tune.” I recently wired a small fortune to a supplier–at least I thought I did. The bank sent the money somewhere else–no one seems to know where–and … Continue reading →