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    • joesaintjohnJ
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      Oh daim, that's awesome!!!

      Fat dudes need good clothes too.

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      • ChrisC
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        The Little showroom is really overwhelming.  You walk in and everywhere you look, there are amazing boots.  Sharon (Dave's daughter) told me that whenever they get an order for a really interesting pair of boots, they make two pairs- one for the customer, one for the showroom.  Do that for a couple of decades and you have the most spectacular collection imaginable.

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        • joesaintjohnJ
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          I'm going to Austin in Nov, I may have to make a special trip to San Antonio…

          Fat dudes need good clothes too.

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          • ChrisC
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            It's worth the effort- San Antonio is only an hour or so down the road and the shop is right off I-35.  Anyone who loves boots should go if they have the chance.

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            • gbougardG
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              @joesaintjohn:

              I'm going to Austin in Nov, I may have to make a special trip to San Antonio…

              Do make the trip
              But in Austin, you have Heritage Boots on South Congress which has some nice boots, too. Not custom made, but the selection is quite nice and better value than most boots sold at Allens a couple blocks down SoCo

              Sly Dunbar bigs up IH on YT
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t2OM738mKY
              Sly & Robbie A Run Tings
              Gregory Isaacs Liveth 4 I-ver

              Renault: What in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca?
              Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
              Renault: The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert.
              Ric

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              • joesaintjohnJ
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                Yeah, it's my only regret from last years fun fun fun fest. I really want to go explore Austin more.

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                Fat dudes need good clothes too.

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                  Hathorn/White's Classic cowboy boots, leather lined, size 13

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                  • GraemeG
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                    I was just looking through GB's pictures of Dave Little's shop, and I noticed this one of a foot tracing.

                    I took a look in the John Lobb shop on St. James Street in London yesterday. They're one of the few surviving bespoke shoemakers in the UK, and there was an identical tracing on display. The line inside the outline represents the arch.

                    It looks like a pretty serious set of measurements. Does Dave carve his own lasts?

                    Oh, if you're in London then take a look in Lobb's. It's probably not changed in the last century. Unfortunately the shoes are on the far side of reassuringly expensive. :o

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                    • GilesG
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                      I was amazingly lucky a few years back.  My cousin worked at Lobbs and once a year she was allowed to have one pair of shoes that had not been picked up for her or one of her family.  She let me have a turn, so I went in early on a Saturday morning and spent the day rooting around in the cellars and store rooms.  It is totally Dickensian below street level….Anyway I found a pair that fit, so I now own a pair of Lobbs.....

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • GraemeG
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                        So you got a pair of button-up boots from Lobb's then Giles? 😉

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                        • GilesG
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                          No, a very pretty pair of calf slip on brogues…..

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • gbougardG
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                            @Graeme:

                            It looks like a pretty serious set of measurements. Does Dave carve his own lasts?

                            Yes he does, of course. Custom boot makers I've visited in Texas all make their own lasts. The level of craftmanship in this "industry" is quite amazing. Handmade top quality, they regularly get visits from luxury manufacturers like Hermes.

                            Sly Dunbar bigs up IH on YT
                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t2OM738mKY
                            Sly & Robbie A Run Tings
                            Gregory Isaacs Liveth 4 I-ver

                            Renault: What in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca?
                            Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
                            Renault: The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert.
                            Ric

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                            • natehateN
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                              what do you guys think about this company

                              http://cobrarock.com/index.php?route=common/home

                              don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                              • joesaintjohnJ
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                                I think you should get a pair, so I can see fitpics…

                                Fat dudes need good clothes too.

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                                • natehateN
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                                  haha a friend of mine that works at a levis showed me the site
                                  thought they were kinda cool
                                  theyre way closer to you, you go try some on and let me know

                                  don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                                  • ChrisC
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                                    The style doesn't do anything for me, sorry.  And it could be the boot snob in me, but when I see a company based in Marfa, I can't help but think that they located there because a) they can sell to a bunch of country club artsy types and b) they can't compete with the serious bootmakers in El Paso or the Hill Country.

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                                      ^Strongly backed, just because he has a southern accent. This is sort of a joke but not really. Haha

                                      Remember, I used to be a dirty ass Memphian…..

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                                      • gbougardG
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                                        @Chris:

                                        The style doesn't do anything for me, sorry.  And it could be the boot snob in me, but when I see a company based in Marfa, I can't help but think that they located there because a) they can sell to a bunch of country club artsy types and b) they can't compete with the serious bootmakers in El Paso or the Hill Country.

                                        or San Antonio (Dave Little), or Austin (Lee Miller), or…

                                        I fkcing hate it when someone decides that a proven design is old and needs to be updated. Cowboy boots are fcking works of art and cant take being tampered with. Fck that

                                        Sly Dunbar bigs up IH on YT
                                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t2OM738mKY
                                        Sly & Robbie A Run Tings
                                        Gregory Isaacs Liveth 4 I-ver

                                        Renault: What in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca?
                                        Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
                                        Renault: The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert.
                                        Ric

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                                        • ChrisC
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                                          I should clarify my previous comment, as it really seems a bit dickish.  The boots look like they're well made and if you like the style, (and the price, whatever it may be) then they're fine.  That said, I'm something of a purist about cowboy boots, and those aren't, so I'm not interested.

                                          Also, Marfa is a super trendy little town out in west Texas that caters to rich artsy types.  For those of you familiar with Sedona, it's kinda similar.  When folks open up a shop there and call it something catchy like "Cobra Rock", I'm pretty sure they're not aiming their products at crotchety traditionalists like me.

                                          There are lots of places in Texas to get traditional, handmade cowboy boots- El Paso, (Tres Amigos, Rocketbuster, Stallion, JB Hill, etc.) the Rio Grande Valley, (Rios of Mercedes, all the Raymondville makers, etc.) the Hill Country, (which includes Austin, San Antonio, plus great makers like Duck Menzies in Temple, Eddie Kimmel in Comanche, the Jass Brothers in Lampasas, etc.) and other folks scattered around the state that will build individually lasted, made to order custom boots.  With that wealth of opportunity to get exactly what I want, I can't see any reason to go out to the middle of nowhere to buy something off the shelf.

                                          Hmmm, that still sounds kinda dickish, doesn't it…

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                                          • SeulS
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                                            Yeah, maybe: but you're damn right as well…

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