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Cowboy Boots

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I've wanted a pair of these Acmes for a long time. A combination of late night, two bourbons, available credit and a BIN allowed it to happen. I know these are not the best made boots, but they are iconic and the larger sizes (and lower prices) don't come around that often. My birthday is next month so ... Happy Birthday to me!

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I've see the rainbow cloth pulls on a couple of other pairs (vs. the black with "ACME"). I wonder if they were ones sold through Sears or some other outlet.

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Those are great Bob, I like the old Acme boots too. Congratulations!

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I've wanted a pair of these Acmes for a long time. A combination of late night, two bourbons, available credit and a BIN allowed it to happen. I know these are not the best made boots, but they are iconic and the larger sizes (and lower prices) don't come around that often. My birthday is next month so ... Happy Birthday to me!

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I've see the rainbow cloth pulls on a couple of other pairs (vs. the black with "ACME"). I wonder if they were ones sold through Sears or some other outlet.

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Nice snag on the Acmes, Bob. Great inlay pattern. I have two pair of boots with cloth pulls, both customs. Apparently it's not made anymore as I've heard bootmakers complain of not being able to find it and those that have some guard it like a State secret.
 
Nice snag on the Acmes, Bob. Great inlay pattern. I have two pair of boots with cloth pulls, both customs. Apparently it's not made anymore as I've heard bootmakers complain of not being able to find it and those that have some guard it like a State secret.

Thanks Greg! There is another pair on eBay now with the same pattern, but with the Acme cloth pulls. I was just wondering if the non-branded pulls were used for large retailers like Sears, etc. and the branded were sold on the shelves of the mom & pop western wear stores.

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Thanks Greg! There is another pair on eBay now with the same pattern, but with the Acme cloth pulls. I was just wondering if the non-branded pulls were used for large retailers like Sears, etc. and the branded were sold on the shelves of the mom & pop western wear stores.

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Bob, that's a good point and one I've never heard come up. Have you looked closely to ensure the pulls haven't been replaced?
 

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Speaking of snakeskin does anyone know how to mount one? Can a taxidermist do that? I have a black/white Kingsnake skin I'd like to make a belt out of. It's about 5-1/2' long. I skinned it out last summer, staked it out on a plank & salted the backside. Hope I didn't ruin it. I have a couple of smaller skins where that has worked but I have never done anything with them.

I remember one summer I killed one that was harassing my horse on the ranch, we put it in some sort of vinegar mixture I can’t remember what it was exactly but we found it in the google machine.

Then we used some nails and racked the hide to a cedar plank.


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I've wanted a pair of these Acmes for a long time. A combination of late night, two bourbons, available credit and a BIN allowed it to happen. I know these are not the best made boots, but they are iconic and the larger sizes (and lower prices) don't come around that often. My birthday is next month so ... Happy Birthday to me!

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I've see the rainbow cloth pulls on a couple of other pairs (vs. the black with "ACME"). I wonder if they were ones sold through Sears or some other outlet.

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Sweet find Bob! Those are good ones.

I love the old inlaid boots, and Acme was about as prolific at them as anyone. They were an everyman's manufacturer, without a doubt, but much like with old hats, some middle of the road products from back then were built as well or better than top of the line items today.

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