Tex Robin Custom Bootmaker

"So....just who is Tex Robin???
Inquiring minds want to know...."

Started making boots when he was 10 years old in his father's shop in Throckmorton, Texas. His Great Grandfather immigrated to Texas from Sweden in 1870.

W.L. Robin (also known as Tex) was a cowboy who rode in the wild west shows in the late 1930's. He then set out for the rodeo circuit, and began to remodel and repair boots for the other bronc riders. After he had taken a lot of boots apart and put them back together, Tex Sr. decided to make his own. After working in Breckenridge and Fort Worth, Texas, he moved to the city of Coleman in 1954, and opened a shop with his son Tex.

In 1970, W.L. Robin left for Austin where he worked at Buck Steiner's Capital Saddlery until his death in 1972.

W.L. Robin's son, Tex, learned to make a complete boot when he was growing up in the 1950's. Today, Tex works pretty much alone in his Coleman, Texas shop. Bootmaking to Tex is a "kind of obsession." Tex is known to work eleven hours a day. He has an impressive portfolio of boots that he has made and knows feet and how a boot should fit. Tex says, "To make a boot you must have both artistic talent and mechanical ability."

"Tex has had some impressive media exposure over the years, too...."

Tex has been interviewed by numerous magazines over the years. He has also been featured in two published books. Here is a listing of some of his featured magazine articles:

Shoe Service, Sept 1976 issue

Texas Monthly, Sept 1976 issue

Country Music, April 1977 issue

Town & Country, Sept 1979 issue

Honky Tonk, 1981

Texas Handbook, First Edition-1981

Quest, Sept 1981 issue

Varia, April 1990 issue

Mono (Japanese Magazine), 1993

The Piteå-Tidningen (Swedish Newspaper Article)
Sept 7, l996, Piteå, Sweden

Cowboys and Indians Magazine, March 2000 issue

Style West
St Louis Post-Dispatch April 20, 2000

Texas Monthly Magazine Cover - June, 2002 Issue

Texas Monthly, June 2002 issue
Congratulations, Tex!
You made the list of the
TOP 25 CUSTOM BOOTMAKERS IN TEXAS!

Skomakaren (magazine for Swedish shoemakers)
Nr 1. 2003
Stockholm, Sweden
(report on my Swedish seminar in Swedish)

Tex has been featured in two published books, one of which has just recently rolled into bookstores hot off the press:

You can also find these titles at your local public library to read more information about Tex and the art of custom-made cowboy boots and bootmaking, in general.

"Wow....the man really has clout in the art of bootmaking! Can I view some of his work? What does he charge for making a pair of boots?"

You betcha! You can view some of Tex's boots he has made for his customers by clicking on the BOOT GALLERY button. While you're in the gallery, be sure to check out the pair of boots Tex was commissioned to make for the
Governor of Texas, Rick Perry.

For the BOOT PRICING GUIDE, please click the
"BOOT PRICES" button below. Thanks!