Category Archives: Cowboy Boots

Cowboy boots

Zoe Rios, shoemaker

Posted on September 20, 2017 by customboots

Check out my friend Zoe Rios, a custom shoemaker who specializes in fashionable ladies shoes. Zoe Rios, shoemaker

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Almost finished

Posted on September 19, 2017 by customboots

Mallory and I are almost finished with our boots. I’ve pulled the lasts out of mine and she has one last out. Soon she’ll be striding around Guthrie in cowboy boots. I wonder if her personality will change?

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Roses

Posted on September 19, 2017 by customboots

I have the toe box in the rose boots. Depending on how my day goes, I may inseam them this afternoon.

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Much pride

Posted on September 15, 2017 by customboots

This is Shane, my honorary son, who has his own business doing auto and boat upholstery. This is a pair of seats he just finished, done in hair-on cowhide. It was heavy and hard to work with, and he even … Continue reading →

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The hard part is done

Posted on September 12, 2017 by customboots

I made these boots for myself in 2003. They’ve been resoled once, but this time the toe was worn through and they needed a new foot too. I tore them apart to fix a year ago, but putting on a … Continue reading →

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Cool new boots

Posted on September 11, 2017 by customboots

My apprentice Mallory just finished a new pair of boots for herself. She started these before she came to my shop and she built them all on her own so I can’t take any of the credit. 🙂 I need … Continue reading →

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“You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma”

Posted on September 8, 2017 by customboots

This is my latest project. It’s an 18″ square leather pillow featuring Oklahoma’s state bird, the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, and Oklahoma’s state wildflower, the Indian Blanket. It’s titled “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma.”

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Wonder Women

Posted on September 1, 2017 by customboots

I’m teaching a class in North Carolina, and one of the machines evidently experience a power surge overnight. We took it apart, diagnosed it, and then (since they had another machine that wasn’t being used) replaced the motor.

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Apprentice

Posted on August 23, 2017 by customboots

My new apprentice Mallory is showing a remarkable aptitude for leather inlay and overlay. She’s inlaid the Beijing Drum and Bell Towers into her boot tops.

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Working Man Blues

Posted on August 23, 2017 by customboots

Introducing the encore edition of “Working Man Blues.” These boots have needed to be resoled for a long time and I’m happy to have them back.

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