A Boot Collector Feature
Eddie Kimmel built one of the most productive small bootmaking shops in Texas out of Comanche, on old-style construction made to last.
Eddie Kimmel learned bootmaking from the late Dan Trujillo and built the Kimmel Company into one of the most productive small bootmaking shops in Texas, working out of Comanche. A Texas Monthly feature on the state's top custom bootmakers highlighted Kimmel's old-style boots — stouter, with heavier inner soles built for durability — with pairs at the time starting around $550 and a three-month turnaround. Eddie and Kathy Kimmel also carried on the Boot and Saddle Makers Roundup, the trade gathering first organized by Jack Reed in Burnet in the late 1980s.
Durable, old-style construction from a small-town shop with an outsized output, with clients that have included actresses Sandra Bullock and Priscilla Presley, and movie producer Lynda Obst.
Stout, old-style boots out of Comanche, Texas.
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.