Bootmaker Profiles
A growing, alphabetical list of bootmakers, retailers, and labels — from century-old family shops to modern custom ateliers to the vintage names collectors still ask about. New profiles go live as they're finished.
Clarksville, TN · once the world's largest boot maker
LiveHeritage American label · vintage, no longer producing
LiveChicago, IL · retailer, founded 1972
LiveMexico · exotic-skin specialty brand
LiveAustin, TX · retailer & own-brand maker since 2018
LiveAlvaro Rivera's Houston shop, five generations deep in bootmaking, shipping boots worldwide.
LiveEl Paso, TX · founded 1985 by Rodney Ammons
LiveAn Oklahoma City boot and saddle maker named among the state's well-known craftsmen.
LiveSan Benito, TX · bespoke, measure-to-fit maker
LiveSan Leandro, CA · founded 1993 by Beth Cross & Pam Parker
LiveA Raymondville shop run by Armando Duarte Rios, known for fancy inlay work.
LiveMexican Western label known via resale, including a Lupe Esparza special edition.
LiveEl Paso, TX · inlay & overlay "wearable art"
LiveSold through Allens Boots · Austin, TX
LiveWomen-owned Santa Fe bootmaker, founded 1990, now in its third generation.
LiveFounded 1916 by twin brothers Earl and Bearl Beck; still family-run in Amarillo.
LiveAlan Bell's Abilene shop, built after training under bootmaker Tex Robin.
LiveIndustry executive · ran two companies under his name
LiveBrad Glenn's Lubbock shop, carrying forward the city's Willie Lusk-era bootmaking legacy.
LiveNew York, NY · founded 1979, NYC store closed 2011
LiveTim Bishop, a Tucumcari, New Mexico maker who fits every customer in person.
LiveEl Paso, TX · founded 1996 by Gerardo "Jerry" Guerra
LiveDecatur, TX · rescued 2008 by Prasad Reddy
LiveFounded 1915 in Cheyenne, Wyoming — still making reproduction early-1900s boots today.
LiveGeorgia tannery & saddlery, 1873–1981 · once made thousands of boots a day.
LiveCustom & handmade cowboy boots, by its own account.
LiveSte-Tite, QC · founded 1933, largest boot factory in Canada
LiveExotic-skin label · limited documentation
LiveSalina, UT · oldest same-family Western retailer in the world
LiveEl Paso, TX · reborn 1986 from a 1928 shop
LiveLeón, Mexico · founded 1978
LiveHenry Camargo's Mercedes, Texas shop, known for pop-culture top art.
LiveMark Candela's exotic-leather shop near Columbus, Texas, built after a career switch from accounting.
LiveMontana short-boot brand, founded 2010, known for its patented riveted-top design.
LiveA third-generation Texas bootmaker in Saint Jo who also teaches bootmaking seminars.
LiveWichita, KS · Teitzel-Jones trained, from 1946
LiveEl Paso, TX · a bootmaker known so far from a single credited pair.
LiveA former bull rider turned Fort Worth bootmaker, known for a trademark lightning bolt.
LiveVicente Cavazos builds every Mercedes, Texas boot himself, start to finish.
LiveJose Luis Sanchez's El Paso shop, carrying a bootmaking heritage from León, Mexico.
LiveHat brand, founded 1978 · once had a boot line via Lucchese
LiveAustin, TX · active 1920s–1988
LiveSan Angelo & Hollywood · Roy Rogers’ bootmaker
LiveDan Post sub-brand · distressed leather, 1980s
LiveEdinburg, TX · founded 1999 by Othell Welch
LiveDennis Cottle's Amarillo shop, bootmaking since 1976.
LiveEl Paso, TX · factory-direct boot house
LiveGenuinely rare label — stitched labels confirmed, every pair seen is one-of-a-kind.
LiveMexico · vintage Western label
LiveLeón, Mexico · founded 1991
LiveA Houston father-son shop that booted former mayor Bob Lanier.
LiveSonny Dawkins's genuine-cowboy-boot shop in the Texas Panhandle.
LiveFounded 1965
LivePhoenix, AZ · shop "BOOTMAKER," acquired 1990
LiveAlbuquerque, NM · third-generation bootmaker
LiveOmaha, NE · handmade since 1875
LiveA working cowboy's spare-time bootmaking operation in Electra, Texas.
LiveFounded 1969 · fashion-forward Western label
LiveWichita Falls, TX · Hank Williams’ bootmakers
LiveA former bull rider's Ingram, Texas shop known for elaborate show boots.
LiveYoakum, TX · fashion label, founded 1989
LiveDustin Lauw's custom bootmaking shop out of Salado, Texas.
LiveFlowery Branch, GA · founded 1966
LiveAn Oregon bootmaker and author whose book and teaching trained makers across the country.
LiveA 1980s handmade boot label sold through Thieves Market, revived by Dan Post in 2011.
LiveNacho Martinez's Raymondville shop, with roots in presidential bootmaking history.
LiveRockport, TX · founded 1986
LiveEl Paso, TX · custom boots, belts & buckles
LiveA family-owned East Texas shop built on custom boots, ready-to-wear, and repair.
LiveDenver, CO · saddles & mail-order boots, 1891–1960s
LiveMarlborough, MA · founded 1863
LiveEl Paso, TX · founded early 1980s by Garner Moss
LiveVintage Western boot name with very limited documentation.
LiveAn East Austin bootmaker trained under Lee Miller, known for original-artwork boots.
LiveA Houston boot shop with a loyal local following and limited independent documentation.
LivePendleton, OR · saddlery since 1883
LiveFashion label · boots are a small part of the lineup
LiveAustin, TX · founded 2005
LiveA Boulder, Colorado bootmaker building welted boots on a custom last for every foot.
LiveLos Angeles · Pascal Davayat, custom
LiveEl Paso, TX · registered 1999, working & riding boots
LiveEl Paso, TX · founded 1965
LiveOlathe, KS · designed the original cowboy boot, 1876
LiveMid-20th century · no longer producing
LiveLlano & Burnet, TX · bootmaker, teacher, roundup founder
LiveWalnut Springs, TX · Larry Jackson
LiveAn Abilene, Texas family bootmaking shop run by a nephew of M. L. Leddy.
LiveA two-generation custom shop in Clarendon, in the Texas Panhandle.
LiveRio Grande Valley, TX · custom, new & pre-owned
LiveFamily shop since 1994 — founder’s path ran through Franklin, Ben Miller & Tony Lama.
LivePablo Jass's Lampasas shop, carrying forward Ray Jones's bootmaking style.
LiveThe Guthrie, Oklahoma bootmaker who gave Lisa Sorrell her start in the trade.
LiveEl Paso, TX · founded 1996 by Dr. James Hill
LiveExotic-skin & Buckaroo-style label, known mainly through vintage listings.
LiveSmall, little-documented Western label, seen in a handful of collections.
LiveNew Mexico bootmaker trained under Deana McGuffin — boots as storytelling.
LiveFounded in 1989 by Jose Jesus Guevara — "Jesse" — in South Houston, now run by his daughter.
LiveSeventy years in the trade from a San Angelo storefront and the rodeo circuit.
LiveBoulder, CO · by private appointment only
LiveBlake Jones's one-man, round-toe boot shop in Harper, Texas.
LiveA self-taught Oklahoma City bootmaker who learned from worn-out boots and Lisa Sorrell's DVDs.
LiveVintage exotic-skin label, best known for its ostrich “Donna Jean” model.
LiveSpanish Fort, TX · founded 1879
LiveFine reproductions of vintage styles — possibly made for Santa Fe Boot Company.
LiveSnowmass Village, CO · founded early 1990s
LiveEddie Kimmel's productive small Comanche, Texas shop, known for stout construction.
LiveOmaha, NE · Diamond K, Challenger, Gladiator
LiveFort Worth, TX · Leon White’s North Main boot and saddle shop
LiveLeón, Mexico · founded 2007
LiveA vintage 1960s–70s handmade label, distinct from the modern "Laramie" style name.
LiveLicensed brand · rodeo legend turned boot namesake
LiveLewisville, TX · founded 2000
LiveWestern boot brand · limited documentation
LiveGuthrie, OK · fine-art inlay & overlay, selective orders
LiveSan Antonio, TX · four generations, since 1915
LiveEl Paso, TX · founded 1992, now part of Allens Boots
LiveCaracas, Venezuela · founded 1959
LiveCustom hand made boots · details wanted
LiveHand crafted in Mexico · details wanted
LiveLeón, Mexico · exotic-skin specialist
LiveOklahoma City, OK · custom boots & orthotics since 1978
LiveSan Antonio, TX · founded 1883
LiveFort Worth, TX · Luskey's 1919, Ryon's 1944
LiveA Bulgarian-born menswear designer turned hand-tooled bootmaker in Whitefish, Montana.
LiveA Houston bootmaker founded by Sal Maida Sr. — distinct from El Paso's Black Jack Boots.
LiveThree generations of the Mandujano family building custom boots in Weslaco, Texas.
LiveA Reynolds, Georgia shop still using 40-penny nails as shanks, a 1800s technique.
LiveEl Paso, TX · Custom Boots by MG, Lucchese-trained
LiveA late-1990s boot and apparel label known mostly from its labels and a 2000 trademark filing.
LiveMercedes, TX · founded 1975 by Rod Patrick
LiveA family bootmaking shop in Caldwell, Texas, working in an unusually wide range of exotic skins.
LiveA León, Mexico bootmaker selling made-to-measure custom boots directly to collectors.
LiveA one-man Whitesboro, Texas shop running since 1976.
LiveA named Texas custom bootmaker with limited independent documentation so far.
LiveA Bowie, Texas bootmaker trained by Clyde and Joe Vasquez of M.L. Leddy's.
LiveA family-run El Paso shop founded by Domingo Jauregui Sr., now run by his four sons.
LiveSisters Lizzie Duplantis and Sarah Ward's Dallas luxury cowboy boot brand.
LiveVintage USA-made Western label — star inlay & fringe · Capezio tie unconfirmed.
LiveA registered El Paso bootmaker with limited independent documentation so far.
LiveBrady, TX · founded 1922
LiveA Mexican-made Western label known for exotic skins and flower inlay on the shaft.
LiveRafael Moran's five-man exotic-leather shop in Weslaco, Texas.
LiveEl Paso, TX · no longer producing
LiveFort Worth, TX · reopened 2010 by Steven Parker
LiveOrange County, CA · Tony Murga, since 1987
LiveNocona, TX · founded 1925 by Enid Justin
LiveFounded 1916 · saddle maker, now an archive only
LiveThe rhinestone-suit tailor whose shop also built hand-tooled boots for Hank Williams and Jim Reeves.
LiveMercedes, TX · heritage name from 1875 Kansas
LiveLeón, Mexico · founded 2000, HQ in Fort Worth
LiveManufacturer · founded 1966
LiveHenrietta, TX · founded 1900
LiveWestern footwear seller (Pancho's Footwear), limited documentation.
LiveFounded 1946 in Minneapolis, MN
LiveA Houston-area custom boot and shoe repair shop in Pasadena, Texas.
LiveVenezuelan footwear manufacturer (Creaciones Pasotini), San Antonio del Táchira.
LiveA Nogales, AZ shop from a bronc rider turned bootmaker, inducted into the National Rodeo Hall of Fame.
LiveA Prescott, Arizona bootmaker who trained under D.W. Frommer after decades in shoe repair.
LiveHouston, TX · founded 2004 by Walter Pye Jr.
LiveNashville, TN · "future vintage" boots
LivePonder, TX · founded 1979
LiveFort Worth, TX · founded 2021 by Clay Miller
LiveEl Paso, TX · retro, pop-culture themed line from Caboots
LiveLegendary, unlabeled central Texas bootmaker, active 1960s–1990s.
LiveWeldon Ray's rugged boot shop in art-town Marfa, Texas.
LiveRuben Cobos's family shop, from 1962 Mexico to a Lubbock storefront with a TikTok following.
LiveVintage El Paso bootmaker — distinct from the common “Remington” boot style name.
LiveHouston, TX · founded 2011 by Chris Conrad
LiveHat brand since 1927 · active boot line
LiveZorn, TX · Jack Reed’s last student
LiveMercedes, TX · family lineage since 1853
LiveAn 86-year-old Houston name run by Rocky Carroll, known for logo and metallic inlays.
LiveEl Paso, TX · founded 1989 by Marty Snortum & Nevena Christi
LiveMexican-made Western & biker boots sold widely through Western retailers.
LiveFort Worth, TX · founded in Weatherford, TX
LiveA San Antonio shop continuing bootmaking "gran maestro" Genero Uribe's legacy.
LiveSan Antonio, TX · made in León, Mexico
LiveSan Angelo bootmaker, now run by an owner committed to American-made production.
LiveSisters & Redmond, OR · custom boots and rodeo chaps
LiveCrowley, TX · wholesale-only family brand
LiveEnglish heritage footwear since 1873 — worn by James Bond, not a Western bootmaker.
LiveClosed Santa Fe retailer tied to small, contracted reproduction runs.
LiveEl Paso, TX · custom boots from Santana’s Boots, often listed as just “Santana.”
LiveThe mail-order retailer whose house-brand boots reached far beyond cowboy country.
LiveSpanish bootmaker since 1913 — Western boots and, since 1988, biker boots.
LiveA vintage handmade label, with surviving pairs marked Spain rather than Mexico.
LiveSanger, TX · founded c. 2011 by Ernesto Serna
LiveMexican charro & Western boot brand — distinct from an unrelated denim maker of the same name.
LiveTy Skiver's Fallon, Nevada brand, built from a trip to Mexico into an NFR fixture.
LiveA Yugoslav immigrant bootmaker in Rankin, Texas, specializing in hard-to-fit feet.
LiveEl Paso, TX · founded 1980
LiveA legacy label built around soft, break-in-free deer-tan leather.
LiveA Millsap, Texas maker known for flamboyant, three-dimensional overlay work.
LiveThe hat that defined “cowboy hat” since 1865 — now also a licensed boot line.
LiveHandmade cowhide boots dated 1977 — distinct from Stewart Romero.
LiveA genuine 1940s vintage Western label — distinct from Stewart Boot Co.
LiveModern Western boots, widely stocked, limited company history found.
LiveDirect-to-consumer boot startup, founded 2015 — the “Warby Parker of cowboy boots.”
LiveWichita, KS · cavalry & cowboy boots, 1875–1950
LiveChris Liggett's Houston shop, carrying forward founder Mike Kirkendahl's bench after a 16-year apprenticeship.
LiveBastrop retailer, founded 2010, built on a family boot business since 1965.
LiveAustin shop whose master bootmaker built boots for Clint Eastwood and Willie Nelson.
LiveCharlie Dunn’s shop, carried forward by apprentice Lee Miller since 1986.
LiveFifty-plus years of custom bootmaking in Coleman and Abilene, Texas.
LiveSouthern California western wear chain and home of the El Dorado label.
LiveA lawyer-turned-bootmaker in El Paso whose clients include a Soviet president.
LiveSanta Fe, NM · custom boots
LiveEl Paso, TX · founded 1911 by Tony Lama Sr.
LiveA Bangkok exotic-leather boot shop that outfitted decades of visiting collectors before closing.
LiveBossier City, LA western store, 1970–2025, with its own store-label boots.
LiveA Raymondville family shop reopened by brothers Raul and Frank Torres in 1997.
LiveEl Paso, TX · founded 1979 by T.O. Stanley
LiveEl Paso, TX · founded 1995
LiveA San Antonio-rooted, family-owned brand running its own factory in León, Mexico.
LivePittsburg, Texas bootmaker Jarrett Van Curen, known for the Van Curen Ribcage stitch.
LiveA one-man shop in Blossom, Texas, built on 25 years at the bench.
LiveJohn Weinkauf's by-appointment custom shop in Kerrville, Texas.
LiveNashville's Music City Leather bootmaker, trained by Deana McGuffin and Paul Krause.
LiveFour generations of the Ross family making boots in Amarillo since 1914.
LiveA three-generation Houston family shop known for colorful boots-as-art.
LiveWichita Falls, TX · mid-century label with 1940s–60s-style cloth pull labels.
LiveA renowned Lubbock bootmaker who built boots for Shirley Temple and Ronald Reagan.
LiveThe denim legend's licensed take on the Western work boot.
LiveA vintage Mexico-made label known for exotic skins like python and ringtail lizard.
LiveA Houston bootmaker trained at Jass Boot Shop and Wheeler Boot Company before founding his own shop.