Cowboy boots
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any thoughts on french calf leather? i've also seen it used on white's smokejumpers:
Shit, those look super dope
Are those made by the mighty mighty Lee Miller from Austin Texas? -
Yes, they're his work.
French calf is good stuff; calf skin is finer grained than leather from grown cattle, so it takes a shine better and is more comfortable. It's on my list of leathers to get in a pair of boots (eventually).
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Yeah I just love everything about that boot. The colors on the tube and foot, the white piping detail, toe shape…one other awesome thing about his work is the astounding catalog he has of thread pattern designs for the tubes. Check these out
At this point I'm narrowed down to kangaroo or french calf. Like the softness and durability both provide and i think they should age well with a bit of care
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Beware! Lee does'nt take new customers, he is so backlogged that existingcustomers are on a 3 year wait list
Dave Little in San Antonio has a 6 months turnaround time -
if anyone has any pictures of well made elephant leather cowboy boots I'd love to see them. Was in LA this last week and saw two that piqued my curiosity…in fact I saw what Chris had mentioned as one pair was very smooth and supple while the other had much more pronounced lines on the leather.
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Kinda like this?
and a close up of the differences in the leather
Both pairs are from Black Jack Boots, a San Antonio based company that makes really solid, reasonably priced boots.
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Was in San Antonio today and visited Dave Little's shop. It's a fucking trip going there, so many pairs are exposed, you want them all.
Anyway, I ordered a pair
http://www.davelittleboots.com/calf.html
check out the pair on the right handside and imagine the following: replace the black top by a yellow one with yellow stiching, a black rim, black and yellow ears.
this is going to be fucking dope! Gonna have to wait about 6 months, but I'll be fine. I hope.
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I grew up on a cattle ranch in Oklahoma. They mainly train cutting horses, and we usually have somewhere around 500 head of cattle grazing. In fact, here's a picture of my dad working horses in the barn.
It seems like the real "in" boots in the younger ranch/rodeo community where I live is Anderson Bean. They're an affordable hand made boot by Rios of Mercedes, and are probably my favorite daily wear cowboy boot. They may not be the most fashion forward pair of boots, but have real working cowboy credibility, which feels kind of cool when wearing them. I love rocking them and have this pair:
And even posted a pic in WAYWT the other day.
If you want to check them out, here's their story:
http://andersonbean.com/?page_id=2
Oh, and this'll probably be my next pair:
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I took some iPad pics today. This is about three years of good abuse. They've been chewed on, stomped on by a steer we were doctoring, and covered in blood. They've stepped in cow shit and walked down 5th avenue. They seem to be my favorite thing to travel in because they remind me of home.
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Hanging out with Okies in DC and look what they are wearing.
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Here is a link to a series of pix I took at Dave Little's shop last year and that I stumbled upon today.
http://s90.photobucket.com/albums/k267/gbougard/Dave%20Little%20Boots/
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Man, I can't see the photos. I was super stoked. I may have to get some custom cowboy boots soon and I really wanted to see his shop.
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Man, I can't see the photos. I was super stoked. I may have to get some custom cowboy boots soon and I really wanted to see his shop.
Cant see them, bummer.
what seems to be the problem? let me know so I can try and correct the problem
in the meantime check out his website. rudimentary but some nice boots still http://www.davelittleboots.com/catalog.html
trust me great placeok, I changed privacy settings should work now
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Oh daim, that's awesome!!!
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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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I'm going to Austin in Nov, I may have to make a special trip to San Antonio…
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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.
