HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- It's almost rodeo time, and if you don't have boots, you may have to wait till next year if you want a custom pair from a Houston boot maker. Parker Custom Boots takes eight ...

A bit of advice for anyone who hopes to be stepping out in custom-made cowboy boots like David Wheeler’s: Time is running out. Kristine Johnson takes us to meet one of the last of a vanishing breed: ...

Handmade cowboy boots line the walls of Republic Boot Co. on 11th Street, filling the air with the smell of leather. The staccato of a hammer from a backroom punctuates the whirring of machines more ...

So Tomajko’s younger self would be delighted to see the shop he currently owns: Lucky Bastard Custom Boots, a storefront that ...

Stumbling upon an outdated website usually means the domain’s been left for dead. I figured buildaboot.com — a joint project between White’s and Baker’s, the largest distributor of White’s, WESCO and ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- "Hand-cut, handmade and handed down is what custom boot making is really all about," beamed Parker Custom Boots owner Zephan Parker. Inspired by American history, Parker set ...

The gregarious Alan Bell understudied with Tex Robin in Coleman (see below) before going solo. Twenty-five years later, his is one of the state’s busiest husband-and-wife operations (Pauline Bell does ...

It’s a typical day at Rocketbuster headquarters, in the historic Union Plaza District of downtown El Paso. Three men sit at a cutting table, meticulously hand-tooling unfinished leather; nearby, ...

If you are looking for a pair of custom-made boots, you might consider making a road trip to The Sandhills Boot Company in Cody, Nebraska. Cody is about 30 minutes west of Valentine on Highway 20, and ...

There is no piece of ski equipment more important than boots. Not clothes, not goggles, not even the skis themselves. Boots can make or break your ski experience, yet the vast majority of recreational ...

You could say El Paso has a foot in the recently released "80 for Brady" movie, specifically Jane Fonda's. The star wears a custom-designed pair of boots from Rocketbuster Handmade Custom Boots in the ...