A Boot Collector Feature
An El Paso bootmaker whose name has surfaced on a pair of boots for sale — one of the many skilled hands in the boot capital whose work outlasts the paper trail.
El Paso has been home to more bootmakers than almost anywhere in the country, from big factories like Tony Lama and Lucchese to small custom shops like Rocketbuster and Tres Outlaws. Many of the craftspeople who built those boots never had their names on a label or in the newspaper. Carlos Lujan is one of the names collectors are starting to attach to individual pairs, and his entry is here so that more pieces of his story can be gathered in one place.
So far, a single pair credited to him as an El Paso maker. If you own a pair with his name on the label or inside the shaft, or you know where he worked, the label wording, construction, and any shop names are exactly the details that would fill in this page.
An El Paso maker whose story is still being pieced together.
Pairs from smaller, custom, or long-closed makers rarely come up for sale, so this search may not find anything. It’s worth checking back now and then.