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A cowboy and a cowgirl in worn-in boots on a ranch at sunrise. AI-generated rendering
Handmade in Fort Worth, Texas

Boots that get better every year you wear them.

Hand-lasted, pegged and welted on our bench in Fort Worth. They're stiff for a week, yours for twenty years, and we'll resole them as many times as it takes.

The Rio boot, brand new. The same boot after one year. The same boot after five years. The same boot after twenty years. AI-generated rendering
Wear them in
00Years
on the Rio

Day one. Stiff as a saddle.

Smooth cognac calf, not a crease on it. Your heel slips a little. That's right: the leather hasn't learned your foot yet.

Year one. It knows you now.

The first creases settle across the vamp, right where you bend. The cork in the footbed has pressed to the shape of your foot.

Year five. Darker, softer, yours.

Oil and sun take the cognac a shade deeper. A scuff on the toe from a stirrup. The heel has worn in to how you walk.

Year twenty. Second soles, same boot.

Resoled twice on our bench, re-heeled four times. The patina you can't buy. Send them back whenever they need it.

The store

Head to toe, made to work.

Boots built on our own lasts in Fort Worth, and the clothes and hats to go with them. Not sure of your boot size? The size finder is right below.

Find your size

Fit it like a bootmaker.

Most people buy cowboy boots a half size under their sneakers. Answer three questions and we'll tell you yours.

Your sneaker size (men's)
How do sneakers fit across the widest part?
Your instep (top of the foot)
The bench

About two hundred steps per pair.

01

Cut by hand

Each vamp and shaft is clicked from the hide by hand, so the best leather goes where your foot bends.

02

Stitched shafts

The shaft pattern is sewn before anything else: up to ten rows of stitching that keep the leather standing tall.

03

Hand-lasted

Pulled over our lasts and left to set, so the boot holds its shape after twenty years of wear.

04

Pegged & welted

Lemonwood pegs in the shank and a Goodyear welt, which is why we can resole them again and again.

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