Bootmaker
Mike Allred
Mike Allred has run his one-man shop, Mike Allred's Custom Handmade Boots, in Whitesboro, Texas, since 1976. A 2002 profile of the Texas bootmaking scene found him still building solid, no-frills boots for cowboys and bartenders, with pairs starting around $700 and taking about eighteen months.
History
Mike Allred has run Mike Allred's Custom Handmade Boots, a one-man shop in Whitesboro, Texas, since 1976. Texas Monthly's June 2002 roundup of bootmakers listed prices starting at $700 with an eighteen-month turnaround, and described the shop's specialty simply as solid boots. Customers were described as cowboys and bartenders.
Known for
One-man custom shop in Whitesboro since 1976