Advice from a pro:

Posted on October 20, 2016 by customboots

Tip: You can set something aside and wait 20 minutes for the glue to dry, but if you forgot to actually put glue on it, it won’t stick.

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Second boot

Posted on October 18, 2016 by customboots

Unfortunately, it wasn’t.

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First boot

Posted on October 18, 2016 by customboots

When lasting a pair of boots, there’s always one boot that’s harder to last than the other. I really, most fervently hope that this one is the hard one. Let me rest a bit, then I’ll go last the second one.

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Book signing

Posted on October 13, 2016 by customboots

Tomorrow and Saturday I’ll be doing a book signing event for my book “The Art of Inlay and Overlay” at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. I’ll be in the gift shop signing books from 10am to noon on Friday and 10am to 11:30am on Saturday. If you’re in the area, stop by and see me!

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Exercise

Posted on October 11, 2016 by customboots
Has anyone ever wondered what the life of a cowboy boot maker is like after hours? Wonder no more.
My daily exercise routine: Heading to town, I push the button in my car for the electric gate. Donkeys see the gate opening and run out toward the road. I hop out of the car and run after them, finally managing to get in front of them so I can turn them back up the driveway. I chase them up the driveway and well into the woods, but now the electric gate is closing. I open the electric gate again so I can drive through. The sheep and goats, hearing my hysterical screeching, wander down and see the open gate. I jump in the car, tear through the open gate, fling myself out of the car and run screaming up the driveway, chasing the goats and sheep away from the open gate. It begins to close, so I run through and, 12 minutes later, I’m finally in my car and ready to drive away.
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Cowboy Boot Making Class

Posted on October 4, 2016 by customboots

I’ve added a cowboy boot making class to my calendar for January, 2017. Class size is limited to two students.

Boot Making Class Link

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Paige

Posted on October 1, 2016 by customboots

Paige has made herself a new pair of shoes. Aren’t they cute? 

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It’s a Boot Life

Posted on September 26, 2016 by customboots

Here’s a link to my YouTube video for September.

It’s a Boot Life

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American Craft magazine

Posted on September 14, 2016 by customboots

Here’s a link to the article about me in American Craft magazine.

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Joys of traveling

Posted on September 7, 2016 by customboots

I’m sitting in the OKC airport, waiting to fly to Denver and then on to Jackson Hole; I’m going to be a judge at the Western Design Conference. This morning I panicked, thinking that maybe the judging was today instead of tomorrow and I’d messed up on choosing my travel date. Then on the way to airport I decided that perhaps my flight time was 11:50 instead of 1:50 and I’d missed it. This is why traveling gives me migraines.

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