I've had these boots since 1995. They've been resoled twice, reheeled more times than I can remember (usually 2x yearly). They got wore most days. Lots of snow and ice might cause me to break out the workboots but in general they were wore about 75% of the time. Cleaned often and reblacked as needed.
As I might have mentioned earlier, I got them from Bowman's Wilson Boots in Livingston, MT. I had them custom made since I have one foot a bit bigger than the other. So when you order them, you trace your feet out on a piece of paper and send that in with some answers to other foot related questions. Not long after I placed my order, my friend Scott asked the question "What happens if you screw up?" Not the best question to be asking after the order was already in. So with great joy and a touch of worry, I slipped them on. Hats off to the Wilson guys, they fit perfect! Not quite as broke in as my old ones but after just a few hours of wear they are well on their way. So what do they look like?
For those of you who have seen me, they look like my original pair.
Here's what they'll look like in another 12 years. Old vs New.
If you haven't had the chance to check out the website for the newest horse boarding stable farm facility located in beautiful mid-coast Edgecomb, Maine, go over and check out the official Diamond G Farm website. (Yes this is a shameless plug for the search engines to find so please ignore all the extra search tags I've inserted in that gramatically ugly sentance. I've registered the site with google and dogpile but it's not been crawled as of yet.)
Mona has a nice article up on her website about Grace coming to the farm. You can check that out here. Scroll down to the Amazing Grace section at the bottom.
Well that's about all for tonight. Hope all y'all are doing well.
"Peace is not the absence of warfare or conflict.
Peace is the absence of desire.
So long as there is an unfulfilled desire in your life,
you will not have peace.
For the believer, peace on earth is death to self,
and total trust and reliance on God.
The more you know how little you know,
the more you trust God and rely on Him."
- Unknown
Peace is the absence of desire.
So long as there is an unfulfilled desire in your life,
you will not have peace.
For the believer, peace on earth is death to self,
and total trust and reliance on God.
The more you know how little you know,
the more you trust God and rely on Him."
- Unknown
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Got to wondering why Cowboy boots have big heels?
Lots of short cowboys?
A quick web search found
"He asked the shoemaker to craft a new kind of boot with a narrower or square toe so that he could more easily get his feet into his stirrups and a bigger heel to keep his foot in the stirrup while he rode and to allow him more traction when walking on rocky terrain or pulling a stubborn animal around. He also asked for a shoe that would protect his legs up to the knee from the many dangers on the cattle drive. The cobbler did this and he made them fit tightly at the bottom so as not to fall off, but looser at the top so that a cowboy in trouble could easily wiggle out of his boots." -- http://www.essortment.com/hobbies/historycowboyb_skkd.htm
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