Cowboy Boots

by Tyler Beard

Book Overview

A collectible and fun little book on America's most fashionable footwear, Cowboy Boots is a close up look at the veritable trunk show of some of the most impressive cowboy boot designs from the most prestigious and famed bootmakers in the world, and is small and handy enough to carry with you when you're shopping for that next pair From detail shots of stitching, to a focus on the design elements like flowers, steer heads, horses, crosses, initials,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586855220
• ISBN13: 9781586855222
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 5.9"

Customer Reviews

Cowboy boots are way better than bad sex!

This book is so fun! My passion for cowboy boots started several years ago, but it hasn't been till recently that I started paying for the best. This book is better than bad sex for sure! The craftsmanship that goes into some of those books is amazing. Every page is like a new piece of tantalizing candy. I love it so much that I show it off at my restaurant in Seattle for all to enjoy!

Top of the stack.

Cowboy Boots picks up where Tyler & Jim's "Art of the Boot" leaves off. This book has more than 51 known makers, and nearly 400 pairs of cowboy boots... all photographed in crisp detail by Jim Arndt. Wow. Here are just a couple of the very speical pairs: Page 143. "The Mexican" is a remarkable pair of boots made by the El Paso company called Tres Outlaws. Your eye is naturally drawn to the 22 rare Mexcian coins inlayed across the pair...but what is more astounding is to discover that the tooling pattern on this "matching pair" each completely different on the right and left boot. The difference is difficult to detect because the design is so well balanced. An amazing tribute to the rich history and culture of Mexico. Page 25. "Ray Jones Boots 1960-1970s with Eagle Inlay." Ray Jones was famous for the "plain" stitched boots he made for working cowboys. These boots show us another side of this maker's skill. This book's small size lends itself to endless page flipping. After 3 years, I'm still inspired by the boots I find inside.

OUR NEW COWBOY BOOT BOOK

TYLER AND I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE 'KICKIN' BOOK !!! A GREAT COMPANION TO OUR OTHER BOOKS, 'THE COWBOY BOOT BOOK', ART OF THE BOOT', AND 'ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WESTERN WEAR'. ENJOY! TYLER AND JIM