Tag Archives: bespoke

Look what just arrived in the mail. A customer sent me this pair of boots (from 2005) for the Boot Scootin’ History exhibition at the Bristol Birthplace of Country Music Museum.

It took me a whole lot of skiving to get to this point, and evidently the little elves in my shop party all night instead of sweeping my floors.

New pair of boot tops started

Vocabulary needed for the following discussion…Vamp: the foot part of a boot or shoeCrimp/crimping: stretching the leather vamp over a board so it becomes a three-dimensional shapeCrimp Break: mechanical device that forces leather into a curve before it’s put on … Continue reading →

I’d forgotten about this pair of boots until I was going through some old photos the other day and found them. There’s a disagreement among boot makers — well, actually there are several, but one is whether you should begin … Continue reading →

Introducing: “I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me” Jay had two variations of this design. I love them both and have used them for years, always giving him credit. This time the design changed a little to be more … Continue reading →

I finished a pair of boots today and they’re hanging in my shop window on the boot trees.

Here’s a full photo of the Marty Stuart boots that have my signature inside. I knew I had a photo of them on my computer at home. I thought I had an image of the boots at Jay’s boot shop … Continue reading →

Yesterday I got to go into the archives of the Country Music Hall of Fame and view boots from the Marty Stuart collection. My introduction to boot making was working for Jay Griffith; Jay made Marty’s boots at the time, … Continue reading →

It’s time to begin building the heels on this pair.