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.)
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.
If you are up for the challenge, go for it! I guarantee you’ll bidding against top-notch boot collectors and Hollywood stylists for this pair of vintage cowboy boots.
Five rows of stitching. Ranch-worn and high-fashion… this pair of Dixon from the 50’s-’60’s are today’s definition of uni-sexy.
These are the boots you wear to fashion week anywhere in the world, eliciting the envy of others.
Classic never-ending style.
(Ladies, confirm your calf measurements before bidding.) Good luck!
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