Category Archives: boot maker

Introducing: “Take Me Back To Tulsa”

I’m going to rough shape the heels before I go home so they don’t have to sit in my shop with ugly heels all night.

One boot is turned right-side-out and one hasn’t been turned yet.

Y’all want to know a really good feeling? It’s when you decide to get soles laid and stitched before you go home, so you lay the soles and you stitch them and everything goes great and you go home.

Don’t judge a book by its cover; don’t judge leather inlay/overlay before it’s stitched.

I decided to do the wingtip first so I could see the shapes and colors. The wingtip flowers are small and require utmost precision. Even cutting slightly outside the line on one flower and slightly inside the line on its … Continue reading →

I wasn’t really feeling like a person who wanted to work today* so I decided to inseam because it’s my favorite thing. I put on the Osborne Brothers and they sang me through the afternoon. *I felt like an independently … Continue reading →

The Counter (also called Heel Stiffener in Europe) is the firm piece of leather or synthetic that supports the heel area of a shoe or boot. Cowboy boot counters are made from the same heavy, 1/4″ thick leather as soles. … Continue reading →

Karner Blue Butterfly and Wild Lupine boot tops are stitched!

I copied this wingtip design from a vintage boot (maker unknown) and it’s always been one of my favorite wingtip shapes. It was fun to reimagine it as a top band also for this pair of boots.