Tecovas Cowboy boots

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I know y’all like cowboy boots and some people have brought up Tecovas before.

They are actually really good quality. Handmade, hang lemonwood pegs in the soles.

My wife bought a pair this summer and just started wearing them. I thought you might like to see them.

The leather is eel skin. And in the sunlight they are just beautiful.

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Right now my number one pair of boots is Tecovas. probably some of the most comfortable boots I've ever owned. I have to get square toes so that dumps a lot of boots for me. They were a lighter tan color until I cleaned them, which doesn't bother me.
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I grew up in Texas and SW Oklahoma, and wore nothing but boots through my teens and early twenties. I still have the last pair of Tony Llamas that I bought about 25 years ago. Just standard bull shoulder with a round toe, and still my most comfortable pair of boots. I wear them very seldom nowadays because it is much harder to find anyone to re-sole them than it used to be. I've had boots in the past that had the soles redone 3-4 times before I finally considered them worn enough to throw away.

No experience with Tecovas, but they are very nice-looking boots.
 
I have to go to central Florida to find western boots (I'm not a cowboy) the only places in the south have glittery drug dealer styles.
 
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Always hoped to own a pair of Lucchese's
Will have to take a look at Tecovas. The old Tony Llamas were better 30 years ago but then what wasn't.
 
The boots I just got is a cheap pair of Justins square toes. Would love to get a pair to try out with those Tecovas as I see ads all time on the TV.
 
I bought my only pair of cowboy boots in a "big box" store (forgot the name) in Colorado back in the 70's. They are good, solid plain leather and are still functional and looking good. I don't really wear them anymore because I'm old and they are a PIA to put on and take off.... and my horse passed away about 40 years ago.🤠
J.
 
Sigh. Can't go that route and still carry my ankle medical kit from Ryker Tactical.
 
I know a guy who stole a huge steam whistle and traded it for a set of custom made cowboy boots. I went up to the crow's nest in the Powerhouse to check the upper level and found a pipe cap on the line and a plywood patch in the hole in the roof.

He was the outgoing Chief Engineer and was dismissed from the position because of a change in management. I was his replacement and he stole everything he could on the way out the door.
 
Mostly tony lamas, but some justin ropers and riders and and frye brigade boots, and hh and chippewa engineer boots and nice pair of nocona riders, some mexican made harley davidson engineers, and lately some vintage redwing pecos, with army and logger boits thrown in, danner and redwing and chippewa. Some i wore out, some got turned into holsters and scabbards and beltcases. The comfortable ones got wore out, the junk got repurposed before they got wore out.
 
Aint tecovas the ones hannity advertises on the radio?
What about me screams "he listens to political radio" because it would be good to know.

Nocona and Justin are both small towns near me and both boot companies ... and their pasts are related. I lived in Nocona, TX 2001-2005 and grew up in Highland Village (1980-2001) a mere stone's throw from Justin, TX.
 
Never heard of them.
Tecovas started out with the business model of selling direct to consumer. They grew very large, very fast. The boots are made in Leon, Mexico, which is like the boot making capital of the world. Their boots are very nice quality, like I said, they use lemon wood pegs in the soles.

Lemon wood will expand and contract with the leather as is gets wet. If they used brass nails, the brass would be pushed out as the leather gets wet and swells. If the leather gets wet I should say. But they heels are leather, not a composite "leather board" material that some companies use to save money.

Anyway, now they have some stores around. I guess you don't shop at the NorthPark Mall in Dallas, huh? :) They have a store there. It's a pretty nice store. They have that store, so you know Lucchese had to open a store in the same mall, just around the corner. Kind of funny.

But when Tecovas got started, since they didn't have any retail stores, and the boots were more or less made to order, they didn't have much overhear, they managed to become a really big company, practically overnight.

I'm not advocating for them, just some basic info. I've got a pair of Lucchese boots, made in Texas. I don't think I would buy a pair of Tecovas. I don't really like the men's boots they have.
 
What about me screams "he listens to political radio" because it would be good to know.

Nocona and Justin are both small towns near me and both boot companies ... and their pasts are related. I lived in Nocona, TX 2001-2005 and grew up in Highland Village (1980-2001) a mere stone's throw from Justin, TX.
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Coupla years ago drove the kenworth past the nocona factory, said id like to stop here sometime i got time and money...
 
Nocona and Justin are both small towns near me and both boot companies ... and their pasts are related. I lived in Nocona, TX 2001-2005 and grew up in Highland Village (1980-2001) a mere stone's throw from Justin, TX.
We used to always stop at the Nocona factory store on our way to New Mexico. I've bought several pairs of boots and belts there, and my wife bought a nice leather purse and wallet there - but the last time we were through there (2 years ago?) the store had closed. There was a bar/grill there pushing some locally brewed beer.
 
I have a very narrow foot so the big name makers do not offer many if any that will fit properly. I used to be able to get 12 A or B widthth Justin Ropers, but then they dried up. I now have 3 pair of custom made boots the oldest 30 years old in sharkskin from SAS shoes in San Antoniol. I had gotten another pair and sent them back because they were too tight and their bootmaking shop burned. I had met the guy, cannot remember his name now, but he remembered anbd had them send me a refund. He did open a shop of his own when SAS decided not to go back into the custom bootmaking area. I got two pair in alligator from him back about 20 years ago plus one pair for my son. Not for everyday wear, just special occasions. Nowdays I wear a lot of lace up boots from Allen Edmonds.
 
We used to always stop at the Nocona factory store on our way to New Mexico. I've bought several pairs of boots and belts there, and my wife bought a nice leather purse and wallet there - but the last time we were through there (2 years ago?) the store had closed. There was a bar/grill there pushing some locally brewed beer.
I had a pair made there and built to my specifications until the movie The Urban Cowboy came out. The makeup fee went from $25 a pair to $300 over the price of the boot. No more custom-made boots for me. I believe they still make baseball gloves there now.

I got a Tecova gift card for my birthday last week and I'm waiting to see what kind of Black Friday sale they have. Any little bit off will help.
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We used to always stop at the Nocona factory store on our way to New Mexico. I've bought several pairs of boots and belts there, and my wife bought a nice leather purse and wallet there - but the last time we were through there (2 years ago?) the store had closed. There was a bar/grill there pushing some locally brewed beer.
The factory moved a long time ago. The store closed around the time I lived there. Some guy bought up a bunch of the old buildings in town and "restored" them. Covid made the prices of real estate in Nocona and St. Jo triple so someone is likely paying way too much rent to sell their beer there now.
Nobody knows pointy toed boots like our amigos south of the border.
In the '70's my Dad called those "cockroach kickers" 'cause you needed them to corner a roach.
 
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