C.T. Chappell Boot Shop and Seminars

First Prize in Best of Category: Boots
World Leather Debut Leathercraft Competition
18th Annual Rocky Mountain Leather Trade Show
May 19-21, 2011, Sheridan, WY

Carlton Chappell is a third-generation, American cowboy bootmaker on Highway 85 in Saint Jo, Texas, where he builds dress cowboy boots in classic styles, and the Trail Town Custom Leather line of boots for working cowboys. Famous for his Sheridan-style carvings and for excellent fitting boots, he teaches three basic bootmaking seminars a year, and offers for one-on-one instruction in all aspects of leatherwork and leather machinery. Carlton Chappell also sells most of the leather tools and supplies boot makers and leatherworkers need.

The Cowboy Boot Book NEW!
by Carlton T. Chappell ©1990-2012. ISBN: 978-0-9796651-0-3

The Cowboy Boot Book will be ready soon. This book is rewritten with all new drawings and color photos. Gary Cunningham wrote the forward and Terri Courtney contributed some boot making photos. If you decide to buy the book from me, and would like your copy autographed, please send a note or or fax with your order to remind me. (order form)

Begninning with Basic Bootmaking Seminar graduates in 2011, students will get the new Cowboy Boot Book and set of DVDs with the course fee. If you want an interactive version of the book, please order a Basic Bootmaking Kit complete with all the materials you need, and a pair of lasts, then follow the steps to make a boot. Detailed descriptions on seminars, educational materials, tools and supplies, including the Bootmaking Kit are here. Graduates from prior years, please fax me for special Cowboy Boot Book pricing and include your updated contact information with email.

Note: If you are planning, or even remotely think, you might want to take Basic Bootmaking seminar after you study the book, we offer a seminar tuition discount if you buy the book from me and register to take the class within a year.

2012 Basic Bootmaking Seminars
Session 1: February 6-18, 2012
Session 2: June 4-14, 2012
Session 3: September 3-15, 2012 (Yes, we have class on Labor Day.)

2013 Basic Bootmaking Seminars
February 4-16, 2013
June 3-15, 2013
September 9-21, 2013 (Yes, we have class on Labor Day.)
Please make a payment to reserve your place, we have a limit of six people per seminar.

One-On-One seminars on advanced leatherwork and machinery maintenance are scheduled at mutually convenient times.

We get mail at the Post Office:
Trail Town Custom Leather and C.T. Chappell Boot Shop
PO Box 322
Saint Jo, TX 76265
(940) 995-2600 telephone and fax

Visit us in person:
C.T. Chappell Boot Shop
105 South Main Street
Saint Jo, TX 76265

All contents copyright ©2011-2012 by Carlton T. Chappell.

Photo credit: Carlton T. Chappell.

Last updated, December 3, 2011