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Cowboy Boots

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Vintage 1940s or 50s peewees with tooled tops made by Bob Fogel at Kansas City Boot Shop. They appear to be barely worn, if at all, just a little banged up from being tossed around for decades. Some of the stitching has dry rotted and come loose, that should be an easy enough fix, but sadly they're a little snug, so they might have to move along.
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Dale, I'm curious. Is there an address for the Kansas City Boot Shop in the stamp? I can't read it very well due to the lighting. What size do you estimate the boots to be?

Now I can get Prospect but can't make out the number.

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Dale, I'm curious. Is there an address for the Kansas City Boot Shop in the stamp? I can't read it very well due to the lighting. What size do you estimate the boots to be?

Now I can get Prospect but can't make out the number.

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3317 Prospect, KC, Missouri

Jack the seller called them a 12, but they're pretty snug on my size 11 feet. I'd say more accurately they'd fit a 10 or 10 1/2 comfortably.

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"A circa 1957 bench made Roark tooled leather case created for Nashville legend, the King of Country Swing, Hank Thompson"
I don't care about Hank Thompson but I would like to have something like that. I wonder who made it?

He had several pairs of killer vintage boots (all tiny, sadly).
ACME must have made a million pair of tiny killer boots back in the day!
 
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Didn't see it elsewhere, but it's been a big deal around these parts this week...legendary Texas boot maker Rocky Carroll died last week at age 79. Carroll made custom boots for everyone from Elizabeth Taylor to U.S. Presidents to Queen Elizabeth II, along with thousands of regular folks in between.

Thanks for that, HH. I haven't seen that posted anywhere else. Sad news.
 

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Mark, there are a number of them. Most importantly, one you are able to visit personally if you have the opportunity.
Second this recommendation.I should add that I did have good experiences with Tim's Boots of El Paso several years ago.I sent tracings and measurements and bought several pairs of Black Jack boots from them.
 

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