A good friend of mine recently asked me, “Do you have a very very favorite pair of boots (cowboy or otherwise)? Like, the “bury me in these” boots?”
He said that it would be really hard for him to make a choice, and the same is true for me. I can’t say that I have one particular pair of boots that are my absolutely favorites, but here are some of my top choices.
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Over the years, I have befriended a gentleman who owned a western store in my mother’s home state of Oklahoma. His business fared well through tough financial times, but as of 30 September, my friend closed his business and sent me a present. Why?
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I work in a professional office. I seldom wear a suit or even a jacket, but there are occasions that I do. While I work in a professional office, the traditional business suit is not customarily worn any more, even by the big cheese to whom I report. However, I usually wear a shirt and tie, and keep a jacket handy (hanging on the back of my door) for times when custom demands.
And I always wear boots. No exception. Even with a suit or less formal attire — jacket and tie.
I received an email the other day from an instructor at a community college in Texas. She wrote:
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Note: a technical error in this post prevented it from appearing completely. I found the error and fixed it on the evening of September 1. If you visited this post before that and it looked weird or ended abruptly, please read on… the error is gone.)
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This is a catch-up post, describing what boots I wore while on my business trip out west during the week of August 18 – 22, then my daily boots through Saturday, August 30. Here goes…
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I don’t know about you, but I am being bombarded daily from boot retailers promoting “back to school boots.” Well, good for them — get the kids out of sneakers and into real footwear. And if printing the logo of a university on boots will get guys to wear them with their jeans tucked into them, then I’m all for it!
What’s trending now with back-to-school boots?
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I know I missed posting the boots of my week from July 27 – August 2. Sorry, I was BWB. (Busy while booted.) Here are the boots that I wore each day during the week of August 3 to 9:
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I received an email last night that reminded me of information I have blogged about before, but it may have been so long ago that it doesn’t come up in a search.
The question is, “if I use a liquid product to stretch boots, what should I use?”
My response…
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I have made this mistake myself, and I thought I would share what I learned that alligator is not crocodile is not caiman when it comes to skins used for boots (or other accessories.) What are the differences among these skins?
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As my life rolls on in my boring but safe little world, these are the boots that I wore each day during the past week:
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Sometimes the most fundamental boot-related things are such a part of my daily life that I forget that others are still learning. A loyal reader of this blog wrote to me to suggest that I explain what a boot jack is, and how it is used by guys who regularly wear “pull-on” boots.
I am sure you have seen “boot pulls” which are simple loops of leather found on many pull-on boots. Simply point your foot into the boot and grab the boot pulls and pull on your boots.
But how do you take them off as easily?
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