Cowboy boot wearers?

[Poulin]

Hey fellas.

I have to admit that one of the most comfortable pairs of footwear I own is a pair of cowboy boots I've had for about 6 years. Mine were made by Alberta Boot, here in Calgary. http://www.albertaboot.com/

Do you wear cowboy boots?

Here's mine http://www.albertaboot.com/popups/3037TN.htm

 

[Austin]

Nice boots. I have about 10 pairs that I wear any time I can. The older the better for me.

 

[Dpflaum]

I bought my first pair this winter. Just some basic boots, nothing too fancy. They were on sale at the western store here for $130, so I jumped on it.

Couldn't be happier with them.

 

[richmondesi]

I've got a few...

 

[Thebigspendur]

I use to wear them exclusively. I used to go to El Paso on a regular basis and would buy them in the factory stores before they started making them in Mexico and selling junk. I have several Tona Lama and Luccese.

 

[Dustinl]

Here are some of mine. These two pair were made for me in the mid-90's by maker Duck Menzies.

 

[Dustinl]

These I made for myself and my wife after I became Duck's apprentice. Needless to say, I am very passionate about handmade cowboy boots and hope one day to be able to build them full-time.

DL

 

[demaro]

I have six or seven pairs. I wear them just about every day. Very comfortable!!! Lots of back support.

 

[Austin]

Dustin, those are awesome boots!

 

[faster_than_u]

Very nice boots posted. I have been wanting to pick up a pair for awhile now. This may be the motivation I have been seeking. Thanks

 

[Dustinl]

Dustin, those are awesome boots!

Thanks Andrew!


DL

 

[Verderer]

I have no cowboy boots. I suppose I don't have anything that comes close, the best I can do are these:

Dealer boots aka chelsea boots, a bit of mishmash of styles with the brogue and the mustang grain leather.

 

[texquill]

When I was just out of university, I worked in agribusiness and wore boots exclusively. Many years later, I'm no longer in the cattle industry and rarely wear the remaining 2 pair of full quill ostrich in the back of my closet. Lucchese is my favorite "off the rack" brand.

 

[americanarmsdealer]

I've got one pair of boots that I bought after Christmas this last year. I figured that since I've lived in the Texas Panhandle my whole life, my 1st pair should be made from Diamondback rattlesnake skin. We've got those ill-tempered vipers all over the place here!

 

[Mr. Clean]

Dustin, those are awesome boots!

Agreed! I like how you work your initials and the styling of your shafts. Are those "rough outs" with the orange shafts? Haven't seen those in years.

I've passed on most of my own boots to my son. I kept one pair of handmade (but not custom) full quill ostrich (gifted to me by my parents on my 30th b'day), one pair of custom (Carman Allen), one pair of Python (can't recall the maker) that are @ 30 years old. Don't wear the snakeskin anymore, just on display along with one pair each of custom Leddy Brothers boots belonging to my Grandfather and Dad from the 40s.

 

[Dustinl]

Are those "rough outs" with the orange shafts?

Yes sir. They are pig skin bottoms and kid skin tops. Those were the first pair of boots that I ever made in their entirety.


DL

 

[bald1]

Best I've ever owned were custom horsehide boots made by Stewart Boots of Tuscon AZ. Handfitted and spendy, but super comfortable and wore like iron

 

[Mr. Clean]

Yes sir. They are pig skin bottoms and kid skin tops. Those were the first pair of boots that I ever made in their entirety.


DL

Is rough outs still the current terminology? I don't seem to see that style anymore?

 

[Dustinl]

Is rough outs still the current terminology? I don't seem to see that style anymore?

That's what we call them. Pig skin is pretty popular for handmade boots in Central Texas. I have never seen rough-outs in a shelf boot though.


DL

 

[Mr. Clean]

That's what we call them. Pig skin is pretty popular for handmade boots in Central Texas. I have never seen rough-outs in a shelf boot though.


DL

Yeah, my first pair was back in junior high (mid-late '60s). The last pair was probably sometime during HS (that was a year or so back )