Bootmaker
Tim Bishop
Tim Bishop has run a one-man bootmaking shop, Bishop's Handmade Boots, near Tucumcari, New Mexico, since 1994. A 2006 magazine profile quotes him saying he likes to see his boots six months after finishing them, since they look better once they've been worn in.
Known for
Bishop's Handmade Boots, near Tucumcari, since 1994
Biography
History
Tim Bishop runs a one-man shop, Bishop's Handmade Boots, near Tucumcari, New Mexico. True West's 2006 profile says word of his workmanship had spread since he started making boots in 1994. Bishop said he likes to see his boots about six months after finishing them, because they look better once they've been worn — a pair he makes for himself, he said, may sit in the closet until he wears it doing yard work just to get that broken-in look.
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