At one time Bob McLean was the manager at PB & an agreement was in place to buy the company when Mr. Bond was ready to sell. He learned the business of boot making at PB. Next thing anyone knew Bob was gone. Some time later he started Legendary but he has never stayed with it to make it successful. This is the second time I know of that Legendary has closed.
Pretty fine score, Bob. Sorry about the others, but I can totally relate about the expensive year.
The vamps are Shrunken Bull shoulder. I like the tops. The ink stamp indicates they were originally sold off the shelf, made on his standard last.
“There was a time…”
Nice pair, Bob. They look like they were built in the style of their Working Cowboy Boot with some nice embellishments. Shrunken shoulder is about as tough a domestic hide that can be had and Bond kinda perfected the variegated stitching thing. He's one of the few makers you'll find matching the colors on multiple rows of stitching. Hard to count in the pics but it looks like your's have six or so. I had assumed for some time that variegated stitching was a somewhat modern thing until i picked up a pair of 1965 TL's with a single row.
Paul Bond was known for 8 rows. Factory boots are usually 6.
Those are impressive!
