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    Cowboy Boots

    Those dark cherry elephants are wonderful, and the stitching is great too. ; My fav elephants are "distressed" grey Lucchese Classics with an orangish trim on the shaft. Sounds hideous but really very distinctive. Very comfortable and as they are already distressed, I don't worry about wearing...
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    Sorry Joao, I rely on the web site to alert me to new postings, and today, I got a flood of them, including yours and Western's. As I recall, I paid about $450 for it from its original owner in South Carolina.
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    Hi Western, It's a Pure Beaver from ML Leddy's and is stamped 7 3/8 Dorer. It feels like the correct size today, but has felt large in the past. I love the hat, but the brim is just too wide for upstate NY.
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    Joao, I just noticed your signature line about looking for wide-brimmed westerns. What size are you? I have a bone Butch Dorer that though magnificent, I just can't get used to because of its wider brim. I wear a 7 3/8 but this thing is really more a 7 1/2.
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    I have been to ElPaso exactly once; I detoured to visit boot makers on my way to Santa Fe. Besides getting broadsided in a rental between Rocketbuster and Stallion, I got lost and was dangerously late to catch my departing flight the next morning. I had on a pair of JB Hills I bought from a...
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    Really like those; that matt finish is distinctive and the toe is the standard toe used in high-end bookmakers like JB Hill, Tres Outlaws and Lucchese Classics. etc.
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    Wyoming Deputy Resigns rather than forego his cowboy boots and hat: http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/take-this-job-and-new-dress-code-prompts-veteran-sublette/article_72e7f1ac-5d59-5814-91ad-3e18bdea661e.html
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    YIKES; but mine was even dumber: Standing in my club locker room, wearing a pair of Chelsea boots (with elastic gores at the ankles), yakking, I tucked my left heel under my right foot and yanked...and proceeded to dislocate my left hip. With a huge clunk, it set back into place by the...
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    Probably both if you are driving a Volvo wearing Birkenstocks.
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    Very 1950s look; handsome boots. What you need now is a 1950s vintage Jeep (without side curtains) to blast around in; maybe a little 'Red River Valley' on the radio....
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    I'm struck by two things in these posts: 1) How little boots have changed in outward appearance (and probably construction) in over 100 years 2) The artistry and love in BigShoe's work. Really terrific! Keep up the good work.
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    Can't say that I have seen the sneakers in the stirrups (how do they get spurs on them?) but my first visit to the southwest three years ago, (I went prepared with boots, etc.) astonished me that NOBODY was wearing boots, except one of the guys (very plain, conservative, but elegant) working in...
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    AhHa, I have an MSR Sparviero. Great watch. I'll try to find a pic when I get back form Maine.
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    Great watch straps, very distinctive, beefy buckles. Aluminum? What is the decorative piercing? And or what is 3646?
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    Former Famous Boots...Show and Tell! Hey Frank, Your post about your Montie Montana boots got me to thinking about those boots we own that have shod famous feet. I have a pair of wild hand-tooled Tres Outlaws that belonged to Gene Autry's pilot (how's that for third-hand fame?) And a...
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    Thought you'd never ask.....Last week, I scored a pair of J.B. Hill Sonomas in black French calf on ePrey for $285 (now $900) with bags and box. I've worn them since they arrived, and that's about 6 hours more than were on them from a wedding they were bought for. Very comfortable and...
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    Just don't be shocked by how FEW people wear boots out there. I was, but it was my first visit and we were in town (SantaFe, ABQ, Taos, etc.). But honestly, I did see more boots there than in--of all places--ElPaso! Enjoy your trip and send us some e-postcards.
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    I wore these with dark green cords to a Victorian Christmas Stroll in the city and got all kinds of compliments. Oh and my two Newfies drew the most attention. They are Falconhead Tres Outlaws "Flaming Youths" and after four hours on the mean streets of Troy, NY, they are still among the most...
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    Strokes, I don't know about Dr Jackson's hide treatment, but would be very careful of "cow hide" conditioner on snakeskin. Bicks #4 is the industry standard and is recommended by virtually all major boot makers for ALL SKINS. And I was introduced to it by my motorcycle dealer 25 years ago for...
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    Congrats on your meeting of the toes! First things first: Get a bottle of Bick #4 Leather conditioner (any good shoe repair shop) and lube those babies up. Pls don't even attempt to wear them without doing so. Being 10+ years old and snake skin, they will be very thirsty and let's hope not...

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