A Boot Collector Feature

Jackson’s Custom Made Boots

Handmade boots from Walnut Springs, a small Bosque County town in Central Texas, by a bootmaker collectors still call legendary.

Based inWalnut Springs, Texas
BootmakerLarry Jackson
MadeCustom, handmade
DocumentationLimited
Documentation is limitedWe haven’t found a published history for this name. What’s here comes from surviving boots and their labels. If you know more, we’d love to hear it.

The Story

Jackson’s Custom Made Boots was the shop of Larry Jackson in Walnut Springs, Texas, a town of only a few hundred people in Bosque County, southwest of Fort Worth. Its woven label reads simply “Jackson’s Custom Made Boots, Walnut Springs, Texas.” We haven’t found a published history of the shop or its years in business.

What They’re Known For

True custom work. One surviving women’s pair, sold as the work of “legendary bootmaker” Larry Jackson of Walnut Springs, was built of soft calf with inlaid flowers and butterflies, pegged soles, and stacked leather heels. Small-town shops like this one built boots to order for local ranch families, which is why their pairs turn up rarely and are worth knowing on sight.

Labels & Markings

A marking from a pair in the TW Collection. Select a photo to see it full size.

Jacksons Custom Made Boots Walnut Springs Texas label
Woven label: “Jackson’s Custom Made Boots, Walnut Springs, Texas.”

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