Bootmaker
Refugio Perez
Refugio Perez, originally from Nuevo Laredo, worked the bench at Rogers Custom Made Boots in San Antonio, Texas, a shop run by Roy Rogers. He was known for working tough hides into solid soles and orthopedic boots.
History
Refugio Perez was a bootmaker from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, who worked the chair at Rogers Custom Made Boots in San Antonio, Texas — a shop run by a man named Roy Rogers, not the singer and actor of the same name. He was profiled in Joe Nick Patoski's June 2002 Texas Monthly list of Texas bootmakers.
The same profile says he succeeded “the late Genero Uribe, the last gran maestro of San Antonio” in that chair; a companion piece in the same issue spells the name Genaro Hector Uribe. Perez's specialties were tough hides, solid soles, and orthopedic boots, with pairs starting around $500 and taking five to six weeks. Clients named there included ranchers, lawyers, and doctors.
Known for
Tough hides and orthopedic boots at Rogers Custom Made Boots