Rattlesnakes make nice western boots. Frankly I haven’t ever really found much other use for rattlesnakes. I had rattlesnake rattler for a baby rattle when I was young. I also had a few hanging off a key chain like a rabbit’s foot when I was older. A Texas rabbit’s foot if you will. We leave […]
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I love these old cowboy pictures I scanned from one of our picture boxes. They capture life around the ranch and on the range. Cowboys posing with the ranch owner. You certainly see the individual and functional styles of these cowpokes. This is a great one as well out on the range at the chuck […]
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Like many a Texan, I watched our lakes fill up this spring. I watched many of them overflow too. I once heard that all our droughts end in a flood. It appears so. Every summer I would go camping with my grandparents at Lake Buchanan. On the Lake is the pretty much the only place […]
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When was the last time you looked at what a cowboy boot was made of? Never? Well here is your chance. What you see below is a typical manufactured boot diagram. However custom boots will have many of the same components. Watch out for plastic shanks, paper rands, plastic in the heels and inferior leather […]
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It is gone like a thousand yesterdays. Really it is. That tactile connection to the past. In today’s world if you ask someone where their steak comes from they are likely to say the store…now they might be joking or then again they might not. In a world where we don’t even “see” the endless/seamless […]
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Do you remember Dublin Dr. Pepper? Ever even heard of it much less tasted it? Well too late because it is gone and has been for a few years now. Dublin, Texas Dr. Pepper Bottling story is a great one. You can find detailed versions around the web, but in summary, Dublin Dr. Pepper used […]
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When most people think Ostrich they think Ostrich leather with a quill pattern, not smooth Ostrich. For many years that is all there really was out on the retail market. The custom market was first to recognize the Ostrich Leg as a good leather to work with. First in tops and accents, then full vamps. […]
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Texas, a land rich in culture and history, the land of the individual, the land of the cowboy! One image consistently comes to mind when one thinks of Texas. The Texas Cowboy with his boots, hat, lasso, and trusted horse. He may be herding mustangs; enjoying some coffee around a camp fire; or kicking up […]
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