Recent content by Recoil Rob

Dry but no fibers broken. If I get them I'll try several coats of some rejuvenater...

Looking at some boots with hand tooled uppers that are very stiff and dried out. Anyone have any luck "re-hydrating" something like this? What did you do? thanks, Rob

Love cloth label Justins!

Hmmm, my hippos don't have a hard finish like yours, more like rough suede....

BOB, Bad Ole' Boy...

Brings to mind a conundrum...a few times I've seen a pair of boots in my size that I definitely would have gone after, but they had the original owners initials. I've passed on some real stunners because of this. I'm beginning to think that, since I never wear pants tucked, I shouldn't let that...

I emailed PB, it's shark vamps and collars. I didn't win the auction...

Diggin' Tony's tie clasp/chain!

Heard back already... "The style number shows to be a Cowhide, name “Saddle Latigo” and has a Green Majestic shaft. They were in the Justin line for one year 1.97-1/98."

I think Justins had cloth labels through the 70's but not sure. I also thought they might be from the Vintage line. I reached out to my contact at Justin about them for you. May take a couple weeks but she'll get back to me with the info.

Paul Bonds.

Anyone recognize this type leather?

About 30 years ago, as I was nearing 35, I scratched my mid life itch and bought a Harley Davidson Sportster and a lot of black leather. I already had a pair of Frye "reindeer" boots, tall stovepipes with clunky heels... I had them dyed black and when riding the extra heel helped when stopped...

TTT

Sizing is such a crapshoot. I found a lovely pair of Mahan peanut brittle tegu with one piece vamps. Label is El Paso so could be Lama or Lucchese. They're stamped 10D but a 9-1/2C is more like it, can't even get my foot in...