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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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, ...

Stumbling upon an outdated website usually means the domain’s been left for dead.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

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

HOUSTON - Making custom cowboy boots by hand has almost become a lost art form. But they still make them that way at Al's Handmade Boots in Midtown. The owner gave KHOU inside access to show us step ...

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 ...