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  1. OCULUS

    Cowboy boots

    Speaking of Italian Cowboys above, I finally got to wear and break in a pair of well-made Spanish riding/cowboy boots yesterday. I got them last spring from Yoox at a seriously reduced price (I had first ordered them at a minor $ reduction and decided they weren't worth the $$; but later when...
  2. OCULUS

    Cowboy boots

    Lugged soles on cowboy boots are being pushed more heavily this year by Back at the Ranch, Santa Fe. I just can't get used to them, and of course, question their utility (suede stains so badly with salt and of course, they are not lined). I find other shoes and boots to wear once we get...
  3. OCULUS

    Cowboy boots

     Spaghetti Westerns! I had a pair of Italian cowboys once and put them on ePrey almost immediately. They were just not comfortable for my E-width (their usual narrow last cut, I suspect), and like these, the tapered shape of the forefoot just looks fancy/odd to me. Great looking calf and...
  4. OCULUS

    Bespoke Tooled Cowboy Boots

    As I mentioned earlier this summer, I was about to expand beyond the conservative, plain-foot cowboy boots of my past and venture into something more exotic. Well, the J. B. Hill cognac anteaters were a "first step" in that they are triads (the last pair of legal hides they had were too small...
  5. OCULUS

    Cowboy boots

    Just found this Sandhills Boot Company's vid on another website and thought it interesting. I gather one needs to go to Etsy to see his work in detail. NB: I just went to Etsy and cannot find any listing for Sandhills. I'm not very familiar with Etsy, but thought a search would turn him up...
  6. OCULUS

    Cowboy boots

    Well, as advertised/warned a couple of posts back, I am busting out of my conservative (eastern) boot style. My first custom-designed J. B. Hill's arrived today, and they are even more spectacular--and fun-- than I had hoped. They are cognac and chocolate, based on their "cattails" triad...
  7. OCULUS

    Cowboy boots

    (I mistakenly posted this earlier as a NEW THREAD and saw it wind up on the main board; I repeat post it here where someone may have some experience to contribute.) Hi All, This morning, I pulled on a pair of olive jeans and matched up a pair Lucchese sueded crocs. Walking the dogs, they got...
  8. OCULUS

    Any Experience or Thoughts on Sueded Exotic Hides?

     New anteaters from J. B. Hill.
  9. OCULUS

    Any Experience or Thoughts on Sueded Exotic Hides?

    Whoops, this is supposed to have been posted in Cowboy Boots; pls feel free to move or delete. Hi All, This morning, I pulled on a pair of olive jeans and matched up a pair Lucchese sueded crocs. Walking the dogs, they got fairly wet in the cool morning dew and have now dried out nicely, but...
  10. OCULUS

    Cowboy boots

     The maker, DWFII is who posted the original shots of his work; go back one page to see others.
  11. OCULUS

    Cowboy boots

     Cluck, cluck....:nodding:
  12. OCULUS

    Cowboy boots

    In Googling ElVaquero, all I found were B2B listings and this listing in a 2002 Texas Monthly article that I registered to download. How many of these guys are still around 10 years (and considerable $$$ pricing) later?? [Is there a Pin where this could be saved for reference?] June 2002...
  13. OCULUS

    Cowboy boots

     Tell me about ElVaquero, don't think I have even heard of them. I have personally met (and been measured) by Pedro Munoz at Stallion, Dr. Jim Hill, Nevena at Rocketbusters and Chawne Stambach at Tres Outlaws, but I have missed EV. Enlighten me!
  14. OCULUS

    Cowboy boots

     Nice collection, especially considering they were designed by you. Your conservative style would pass along with mine here in the northeast; but. I'm about to break that mold in the next couple of weeks; stay tuned!
  15. OCULUS

    Cowboy boots

     Well Greg, I'm going to take a stab based on a pair in my closet...they look awfully similar (age too), and mine are Dave Little of San Antonio. His logo stamp is VERY faint, in the left hand side of the shaft in both boots, ahead of the pull at about 4 o'clock. See my lousy pic for...
  16. OCULUS

    Cowboy boots

    Like those elephants with maroon tops; very handsome. What color would you call the elephant? Also like the wispy stitch pattern; very elegant.
  17. OCULUS

    Cowboy boots

    As long as we are talking about boot geometry and heel and sole height, this would be an appropriate place to show a pair that I just got back from Falconhead/Tres Outlaws. I bought them (barely) used on ePrey with high, underslung heels and matching rather stout soles. First, I had new heel...
  18. OCULUS

    Cowboy boots

     DWFIi, I don't know anything more about them than I said in my original post, but based on that, (and my long-time dealing with the store owner) I would also say that you contradict yourself in your first line. Nobody said these were meant to be historical cowboy boots; ergo the "were...
  19. OCULUS

    Cowboy boots

     I wanted to ask about, and perhaps address your source for "authentic" thick-soled remarks by showing you a pair of new, "bespoke" Luccheses that I ordered this spring. They feature the more comfortable in the stirrups "double sole" and slightly lower tops and spur ledge that were...
  20. OCULUS

    Cowboy boots

     If you are ever up in Cimarron, NM, the town where the Boy Scout National Jamboree Camp is, be sure to have lunch, or at least stop in the Cimarron Hotel dining room there; they have a gorgeous collection of historical spurs mounted in large glass-fronted cases on the wall. I have some...

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