Cowboy Boot Fitting | Texas Traditions Handmade Boots | Lee Miller
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Cowboy Boot Fitting for Kirby Allison. Kirby visits Lee Miller from Texas Traditions to be fitted for his first ever pair of handmade boots.
Lee Miller is a bootmaker based in Austin, TX. From his workshop, he handcrafts boots for famous country musicians and Hollywood stars alike. Lee is a true craftsman and completes almost all the work by himself. Kirby was honored to meet him and get fitted for a pair of his own, and we are excited to share this unique experience with you. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
8:19 "I'm using a tracing device"... Otherwise known as a pencil
Justin Rothwell the pencil was in a block to make sure it stayed perpendicular to his work surface and wasn’t angled by his hand
I call my car a Transportation Device...
Wtf that’s homo😘😘😘
@@Sinnernine "homo" means man. If you mean homosexual, what exactly was the sexual bit for you? Is it feet in general?
no, that's a tracing device, bud
I need navy boots to go with my navy suit for war.
"Establish"
@@Rippard "perfect" 😉
Let me establish your foot size through our measuring service.
Joeker thank you for establishing that you need to establish my foot size
We have three different boot sizes.
2:16 "lee, nice to see ya. Thanks for coming" As he's sitting in Lee's shop haha.. extremely awkward greeting.
@Esdras Doc: Maybe they were trying to simulate that another employee brought Kirby in and sat him down before Lee walked in. (As in, "Please sit here; the doctor will be in to see you in a moment.")
Seeing true masters at work never gets old.
Absolutely fascinating to watch a master craftsman at work! I’m glad you chose to release this in it’s uncut form. Looking forward to the next installment of this series.
TravisL001 Yes - it was just too good to cut!
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4:00 "If you were to buy something off the shelf...." *Kirby in his fully bespoke outfit* "I'm sorry, what?"
Funny that Kirby didn't know his shoe size ...
Kirby doesn't even buy shelves off the shelf!
Even is socks and underwear are bespoke, he doesn’t know any of his sizes, he has a man measure him for everything :)
@@ricksunderland1421yes he did. He said a 9.
Me: *Lives In Downtown New York, Loves Rap Music, Never Been To A Farm*
TH-cam Recommendations: Cowboy Boot Fitting.
Me: *Watches For 46 Minutes*
Haha. TH-cam must know something about your inner self that even you don’t know! Or should I say, Google. Which is why it all makes sense... hahaha
Kirby Allison Looks Like Google Knows Me Better Than I Know Myself 🤣🤣🤣 I Think You’re On To Something.
Yeah i mean i come from dallas and also love rap music but will still wear cowboy boots sometimes
Reported for lack of Americanism
Jesse Hipp I’m from rockwall, and I’ve never worn boots, and I don’t listen to rap or country.
Bookmarking this for when Im struggling to fall asleep.
I know this was filmed in 2018 but i stumbled across it this evening. Why would people give this video a thumbs down ? This makes sure your getting a proper fit. Native americans also traced around the foot to make moccasins
This video is amazing. You can really tell he is an absolute master craftsman who takes total pride in his work.
phototristan To this day, he is a student as passionate as the day he begin! It was really inspiring to see this energy.
Yes, guys like this are real artists 🎨 & craftsmen ✔👢...
Part of white privelage in this country is being recognized and respected for your craft. I am having to abandon my own craft because I'm tired of being trashed and exploited by insecure racists!
@@Comrade134 What…
@@RetroNBA42 it’s the black man’s burden to build and maintain your bubble of trash! #TheNewWorldParasite
Hello Kirby, You made me re-live such experience from .......... 33 years ago. No one can guess how old my boots are, because they are so beautiful, the patina is unbelievable, very deep burgundy full quill ostrich and water buffalo calf vamp. I stumbled on your videos and could not be happier to watch. Thank you the Millers, Thank you Kirby.
@KirbyAllison My Dad was a custom bootmaker and Lee was one of hos closest friends. Lee and his wife are gorgeous people who have taken many people from around the world to pass on the trade. Glad you got to meet them.
How bored am I? Just spent 46 minutes watching a guy get his feet measured.
I'm always busy so when I take a minute I tend to TH-cam to unwind and kirbys channel is one of my tops right now...you are not alone!
It's only because the bootman sounds like Bill Murray... once you hear it, it can't unheard.
@@HoustonT17 You're right. Good catch
His videos are ASMR for me. Relaxes me and this video is one of my favs.
This boot maker is a master craftsman, even beyond that. No wasted time watching him do this work. It's a joy to watch this.
This is some straight up ASMR roleplay ish going on here. Someone get Articulate Design, this would be right up his alley.
Judging by those socks I'm sure he's already been right up his alley
SavedByTheBellend what does that even mean
“Ordinary people, like you and me.”
My man.
You are far from ordinary.
“Once again I’m using a tracing device”
*Uses a pencil*
I mean yes but also no.
I remember those x-ray machines. What a blast from the past; my feet still glow in the dark.
Me too. At Gimbel's shoe dept., NYC, back in the '40s. My toes glow in the dark too!
I have been putting off watching this video for months assuming it was a way too long asmr video or something (i watch a lot of those) but instead i was treated to a thorough, interesting piece on the mystifying man keeping a Texas tradition alive. Fantastic questions and fantastic answers kept this video fresh and educational. Truly a fantastic example for all journalists as a real masterclass on interviewing. Very glad I watched this Congrats on a great video, Kirby.
Considering what I have seen on this channel, I’m fairly impressed that you included western boots in you program.
It's rely unbelievable how interesting is the job of a bootsmaker on, this kind of master craft is going to die out because nobody is able to teach the younger generation.
I have special feet damaged by war. I had custom made shoes made were a 3D printer was used to make a copy of my feet. My boots feel like I'm not wearing shoes at all.
I love these kind of videos. The craftsmanship is incredible.
I love that you wore a button down shirt with a blazer and pocket square to get some cowboy boots. LEGEND
I think they fell in love when they stared into each other’s eyes in the first 4 minutes. Seriously but why is Kirby staring into the guys soul like that
Hey let's see the new boots! I sat through the entire video just to be let down with no finished product.
majorghn it takes around 3 years to get boots from him made for new customers
I'm not watching now lol
What I'm half way through and I'm now going to fuck off this video and not watch any more.
RIPPED OFF. NOT HAPPY
Hey - the boots are done now
Here here
That was fascinating. He took in everything about your feet and really knows what he is trying to achieve.
This mans calming voice! I need this guy to come to my house and read my sound bar instructions to me and he better bring his tracing device
I love that there's people out there like this. Love what they do and it shows in the detail
Really nice interview, Kirby. Good questions, relevance/ follow-ups, pacing, etc. Granted, you're not as relaxed or "down-home" as most boot buyers, but your newness to the context probably helped yield some good questions that an "insider" wouldn't think to ask. Well done.
This man is truly an artist
Kirby. You are great guy.. Your videos are very good.. I never knew about Bespoke world and other. Craftsmanship. I stumbled onto your channel looking for more ASMR.. I didnt expect to learn so much while relaxing...Hope you never stop your Channel.. Thank You...😎
thank you, i love watching a master at his craft. very well spoken and a man who knows his craft inside out. amazing video.
wow, had never thought about seeing my foots xray for fitment in the 1950's at the standard shoe store in Inglewood calif..what a memory jolt.
Kirby posted today that Lee Miller finally started making the boots, nearly three years later.
The wait list at Texas Traditions is long as fuck, and you won't spend less than $2k
How is this not labled asmr. So good
Living in the UK this is a super random TH-cam algorithm recommendation. Still my mother was really into country line dance and would have loved a real cowboy boot fitting from this gentleman.
Awesome vid! I have size 16 wide feet and this is exactly what i experience to get the right shoes whether it's boots, dress shoes or athletic shoes. It's a art form and I have no issues with my shoes or feet. Pricey but worth it. I enjoyed seeing the whole process, thanks for sharing.
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I genuinely love when you can see how much someone cares to execute their craft. This video is awesome. Thank you to this man for sharing so much knowledge ✨
I can’t believe Spengler made you some cowboy boots.
The ASMR triggers are real in this video
The guy getting his feet measured is probably the last person on earth that would ever need to wear cowboy boots.
radioactive.cat he’ll need them when playing golf in the country club, or when retiring to the drawing room for after dinner smokes
David Tomkins and his stockings tho
So true, totally NOT his style
While that is most likely true for him, I live in Iowa out in the country and I’ve been thinking about getting a nice pair of boots just for special events. That way I’m not wearing my work boots covered in mud and shit to a wedding or something like that
@@Drunkinhobo People wear boots to weddings?
"What's the date...July? No, September..."
"I was at a party last night...no, it was five years ago..."
Wow... a true professional. He knows his stuff.
What great wisdom by Lee. Fantastic.
I always love watching a true craftsman at work. I will be very interested to see the finished product... and also what you end up wearing it with.
zoukatron It’s interesting, isn’t it!
I never knew so much care could be taking into our boot can't wait for my own fitted boot
OMG The measurement process. Amazing
This one is the best, Mr. Allison! So informative material. If you will make a series out of it, it would be an epic work! I know quality when I see it. Although I have never considered to get cowboy boots for myself, I always appreciate the craft and admire the skills of those artisans. Thank you so, so much that you kept it uncut. Mr. Miller measurement process is so thorough it serves as a testament to what kind of person he is. Nothing but highest respect, really. I would love to see more and looking forward for your interview with the man.
TH-cam recommended taking me to random videos at 2am once again
Fun fact: the Brannock Device was invented in Syracuse, NY, and last year the city's baseball team, the Syracuse Chiefs, had a night saluting the Brannock Device. They wore custom jerseys and stuff and called themselves the "Syracuse Devices" :P
I have seen this gentleman a couple times in videos, but they never showed all this. I am super excited to find this series and watch the other videos!
My dream is to one day be able to have a custom pair of shows. It would be amazing if it was from this gentleman. I have very hard feet to fit and have never had show that are good for my feet....Unless foam flip flops count. It does worry me that he said shoes that Don't fit can't destroy your feet. But that would explain why my feet have never been the same after wearing a certain pair of sandals. They were like a hard foam with arch support (never had that type of shoe) and I thought my feet needed to get used to them. They did stop hurting after awhile, and I thought they must have just needed to be broken in, or my feet to get used to it. But after wearing them for winter, my feet really started hurt and got messed up for a whole. They still get way more sore then they used to. Anyway tried wearing them this year and it started all over and I decided it just wasn't worth going over that again. Sire hope they didn't hurt my feet permanently.
Love the boot this gentleman makes and sure hope to some day feel what heaven on your feet feels like.
Kirby, I am just at the title segment but boy oh boy you would not believe how long I have been waiting for this! I am British, live in Austria but for 16 years lived in Canada. Since childhood I have loved cowboy boots and when I moved to Canada and visited the US a lot I got the chance to purchase several pairs. If they fit right I maintain they are the most comfortable footwear one can wear!
My favourites are a vintage pair of NOS Justin’s made in the USA in the 1980’s (Justin were wonderful in going through their records to ascertain the history of them.
They are in full quill black Ostrich and I love them! Believe it or not they are my go to dress footwear for when I attend classical music concerts in Vienna, people always comment and say how much they love them!
Thank you so much for not editing the video down or cutting it short I’m so thankful for every second of what I just watched. That was truly amazing this guy is the Bob Ross of bootmaking
his voice sounds exactly like nicholas cage...and im having crazy ghost rider flashbacks
Great, I can't ever un-hear it now.
:((
nic is the best man alive.
That is exactly what I thought. After this he went to steal the Declaration of Independence.
😂
Great, now I'm listening with my eyes closed and picturing Nic.
You picked a great bootmaker to go to. Charlie Dunn heritage can't be beat.
I have no idea why I just watched this but I really enjoyed it
Used to see that brannock device at every single shoe store. Haven't seen one in years now (or maybe haven't looked for it) . Very cool to see how it's actually used
This is amazing and I hope to have the opportunity of getting measured like this someday.
Also, I learned a lot in this video about foot support. Thank you!
LEE may well be the ultimate professional in this industry.
I can't believe how many measurements he takes! Amazing!
I can't believe how many times he says "Kirby"!
Interesting to watch him speak about his craft. The music caught me off guard, has a clear Western base with elements of 'alien music' and the Japanese wooden percussion instrument.
Hi Kirby, great videos as always, I cannot wait for the next part of the journey.
We'll be releasing the interview with Lee next week!
Pure ASMR! I’d love to make it all the way through the video, but I always put in on when I’m laying down at night. Puts me down in 5 minutes
Such mastery of his craft is inspiring...
What a great video! I personally have 4 pairs of boots and let me tell you....finding a pair of boots that fit right is very difficult. For example, you can try on two pairs of boots of the same size and style and they will fit very differently. And good luck finding a boot store in the NY/NJ area....not so easy anymore.
BTW....thanks for making great hangers..Bought some of your men's suit and shirt hangers over the hoidays....Wow...these are great...especially the suit hangers!
Have suffer all my life with my feet and fund this very interesting, sham i will never be abeal to afford such quality but thanks for showing this.
What an absolute craftsman!!!
this is a really good video, thank you so much kirby for sharing this to us
Are UFO's flying around during this video what that music 😂
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNN head ass
I really hate that he isn’t allowing the bootmaker to narrate his own work. Instead he tries to direct the conversation and direct what will be explained. Why not shut up a little more and allow the expert the spotlight?
Ego.
Funny, I kept wondering why he wouldn't just shut up and let the "expert" work his magic
Because he's also doing an interview.
He's asking questions. What's the problem with that?
Let the Craftsmans speak for themselves.
Kirby, you have awoken a past version of my spirit..I have gravitated to your world and I completely resonate with the ideology of being a finely dressed man in our less than appreciative contemporary society
Seems like Harold Ramis is, in fact, fine and well as a shoemaker!
Nice to see it being done the traditional way. The modern way would be to have a 3D scan done and a CNC machine carve the last in seconds! I much prefer the old way, you build a friendship with the craftsman/ artisan doing the work and that's a very good thing.
“You’re supposed to.. if you have your act together.” Lol
This was a good and very informative video, I have been thinking about getting custom-made shoes for a long time and now I know I need to.
So happy to see Review Brah get something nice for himself.
Taking advantage of great local shoemakers, I love it. Thanks for the upload.
Bob Mob There are a surprising number of very talented boot makers here in the United States. Lee Miller was trained by the absolute best - a legend - and has become one in his own right. He is particularly well-known for being a good “fitter,” which means that his boots fit and are comfortable!
The 45 minutes flew by, and one can tell how experienced, knowledgeable, and passionate Lee is. Very different craft from what I assume one would expect here in London.
I'll be looking forward to the finished product.
Anthony White I can’t wait! I hope to film a few aspects of them being made. Lee has a tremendously long wait list, as you can imagine. I hope he will be able to start the first half of this year!
He hasn’t started?? Jesus I thought I was going to get to watch the finished product after this ended but now it seems I’ll have to wait another year 🤣
So, according to Texas Monthly’s top 25 custom bootmakers. New customers of Lee Miller will take 3 years to get a set of boots made. Repeat customers; 13 months.
Mike Olson just for some perspective, that article was from JUN 2002.
@@wg8304 You are totally right. I didn't see the publication date of the Texas Monthly. So my information could be outdated.
Now there is a true craftsman.
I had mine done at M.L. Leddy's in San Angelo. Simply the best cowboy boot in world. The fitting took an hour and 2 people did it.. The best pair of boots I have ever owned. It took a year to have them made and 8 months to have them re-soled.
Rodney Ammons is far better.
Have you gotten your boots yet? Very interesting watching a craftsman doing their work. Good video, thanks.
This dude is a real life Charles Boyle.
It’s great to come back to the first video
This is awesome. This guy sounds like a true professional!
My God, I would -love- a pair of boots from this gentleman. Though I'd imagine these are astronomically expensive. D: *hates being poor*
Kaptain Kid I got lucky at cavenders for my boots. Not a perfect fit but just about.
@Kaptain Kid u need to go down to murfreesboro Tennessee and their is a boot place like this, I got custom made lizard skin cowboy boots from them for $600 and they are comfortable and look stunning
Well done, Mr. Allison. I was going to say that most boot wearers in Texas or other hot climes prefer a thicker cotton or even wool sock that will breathe.
Perhaps you have discovered this? I would say most prefer over the calf or at least mid calf fitment. 11/2" above mid calf is the preferred height, depending on the length of you calf.
There is a Jerry Jeff Walker song about Capitol Saddlery where Charlie Dunn worked. He even worked on my factory made boots, but I never had the luxury of having a pair made for me by him.
oh yeah, wool socks in boots are the best
An absolutely fascinating and absorbing film!
This is really relaxing and satisfying
Kirby,
When do you expect to receive the finished boots?
15:20 Now there's a confident man
much enjoyed the whole video ~ thanx for creating
You can see the passion in this Artisan boot maker. VIP Thanks for sharing. Angel from The Bay
The guy’s voice reminds me of Bill Murray for some reason.
Way more like Bill Murray than Nic Cage.
I've worn boots everyday for 20+ years. I've never had them custom made, but higher quality is a better investment. Even with daily wear I get 7-10 years out of a pair.
You're not saving money if you have to replace them sooner. Also keep an eye on your soles and heals. If you don't get them resoled soon enough you'll ruin the boots.
That whistling in the background almost sounds like spooky Halloween music. Happy October everyone!
Super interesting he is very good at explaining his process
Fascinating. What a skilled artisan. I’m surprised that foot measurements are not done thru computerized technology. Looking forward to your boot unboxing.
Allen Sandusky I find myself surprised regarding the lack of technology as well, particularly in regards to last making. As much as I enjoy a master craftsman carrying on traditional methods, I can’t help but think a person’s foot could be 3D scanned in much less time with much greater precision, then a custom last could be 3D printed.
Allen Sandusky There are a few companies that try this, but at this point it is all very gimmicky. It is kianda like Chess - it takes a master’s intimidation to really nail the last just correctly.
I trust Lee more than any machine and it is an artists touch that gets it right.
@@TravisL001 You may be missing the finer points in life Travis. Are all of your meals prepared by means of a microwave oven too?
Allen Sandusky I get what you are saying! I have a prosthetic and I have been to a place that does the electronic scans and it never fits as well as when they do a casting process. I imagine this is how it works with this process as well. Some things technology changes are good, but others haven’t been perfected enough through technology to beat the traditional methods.
Kirby: For someone who only wears dress shoes and socks to match, you will probably end up with boots that are not wide enough to accept thick socks, which you might prefer if you are breaking in new boots. Why not ask the bootmaker for his advice, rather than not knowing what to say, or preferring the dress socks?
Agreed, rather than saying he only wears thin socks, Kirby should've purchased thick boot socks for cowboy boots. I fear his expensive new cowboy boots will ultimately be uncomfortable, especially during break-in, as you stated!
Thats Goyard case in the back is fire AF!!!
So interesting and relaxing to watch…