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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

Stumbling upon an outdated website usually means the domain’s been left for dead.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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Several years ago I wrote about one of my favorite stores in America, Heritage Boots in Austin, Texas, here at Forbes.com. Ever since I’ve heard praise and gotten thank you messages from people who I ...

Kristen Cook Feb 14, 2013 Feb 14, 2013 Updated Oct 10, 2014 This time of year, it can take about 90 days for someone to receive a pair of custom Stewart boots. Winter and rodeo season are crazy busy ...

A Texas-based boot maker is taking custom-made alligator boots to the next level by giving customers the full experience of hunting their own bootleather. Starting this fall, Republic Boot Co. is ...

VERNAL, Utah — All my life I’ve looked down upon them. How could I not? Cantilevering from my legs like architectural wonders of the world, they’re unavoidable. No mere foundation, my feet are ...