Tag Archives: bespoke

I put the Karner Blue butterfly boots on the last this afternoon.

I had an appointment this afternoon and was scheduled to give a presentation about cowboy boots and their history this evening over Zoom to the Rhode Island Historical Society. During the appointment, while I couldn’t check my phone, I convinced … Continue reading →

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 →