CowboyBootsDB reference collection
Caribou
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Pattern
Soft, durable deer-family leather used on some vintage western boots, usually presenting as a quiet, grained mammal leather rather than a dramatic exotic pattern.
Also known as
Reindeer
Scientific name
Rangifer tarandus
Family / genus
Cervidae · Rangifer
Maker history
Seen on vintage production boots, including Tony Lama Algonquin examples.
Era notes
Caribou appears occasionally in vintage western boots and is best treated as a specialty mammal leather rather than a reptile-style pattern skin.
Care notes
Condition like other fine mammal leathers: keep clean, avoid over-saturation, and condition lightly when dry.
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