"El Paso"

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16. There's some competition for that title.

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Tony Lama is not the only line of boots to come from El Paso. A few others made there would give Tony Lama a run for the money.

I keep three pairs of cowboy boots in my cubicle. In addition to the Tony Lamas, I have a pair of Dan Post boots, and a pair of Nocona cowboy boots. These are the white label Noconas, back when they were still made in Nocona. The red label you see at the Wikipedia page shows up in the newer Noconas.

They're no longer made in Nocona. The factory is being repurposed for some other use now. The company is owned by, who else?, Warren Buffett.

The Dan Posts are from Tennessee.

The Tony Lamas and the Dan Posts that I keep in my cubicle are what they call buckaroos, as they have a shaft longer than the typical 12 inches. The Noconas have a 12-inch shaft.

I commute in running shoes, but I change into cowboy boots when I get to work. My coworkers haven't gotten used to it. They know that I'm not about to change.

Love 'em. Just love 'em. They're so much fun to have on.

I'll dig up a video of the making of cowboy boots. It's an involved procedure.

Here you go. You'd think that cowboy boots from Canada would be made in Alberta. Boulets are instead made in St-Tite, Québec, Canada, which is pretty much not near anything.

Luccheses used to be made in San Antonio, but their factory is in El Paso now:

The process involves a lot of machinery, but other than the stitching, it's not an automated process.

Or, for some REAL handwork: