Cowboy Boots on eBay

If you're not on my mailing list, you may not know that I've updated my eBay pages with some groovy new searches, like...

• On my vintage eBay page, you'll find cowboy boot auctions ending soon, with zero bids (a.k.a. some great deals!)
• On my popular brands eBay page, there are new cowboy boots still in the box with tags attached.

The photo of "gas pump" cowboy boots is courtesy of ebay seller "ldpndp." Aren't those boots somethin'?

Justin Cowboy Boots

Have you seen the updated Justin Boots website with all its multimedia bells and whistles?

The video you see above is borrowed from their bootmaking page. It's great, because it's narrated...you are told exactly what those fancy machines are up to. "Freeze form molding," now you can say you've seen it in action. Wow.

You'll find a couple more videos on the heritage page. Just click on the corners of their virtual scrapbook to turn the pages. Zoom your mouse around to get a closer look at the photos. (Cameo by Mr. Warren Buffet.)

Kowboyz

I remember the first time I actually FELT LIKE A COWBOY BOOT EXPERT. It was when Evan Voyles held up a boot and said "Do you know who made this boot?"

And I did.

Not only that... but, I could tell the bootmaker and the where Evan had bought the boot just by looking at the sole.

That's when I knew I had met enough makers and peered into enough cowboy boots to call myself an expert...and now when the newspapers and magazines printed it, I believe it's true.

Clues:

• You can tell from the lightning bolts inked on the sole... this cowboy boot was made by Pascal (Riff Raff Leather.) There is also a pirate ship stamped inside the boot on its heel slide.
• You can tell by the big ol' "red ink" size and price...the boots were purchased at Kowboyz, a vintage cowboy boot shop once located in Los Angeles, now recently moved to Santa Fe, NM.

Here's a great article about Kowboyz... full of dishy Hollywood-style namedropping. And yes, that's $99 for a "custom" boot made of nubuck and foil leather... you really oughta pay Kowboyz a visit.

Check out my newly-updated vintage cowboy boot dealer page for other shops!