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Tex Robin's Background
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| Tex's great-grandfather
immigrated to Texas from Sweden in 1870 but the family bootmaking business actually started with Tex's father. Tex started making boots when he was 10 years old in his
father's shop in Throckmorton, Texas. Tex's father, W.L. Robin (also known as Tex), was a cowboy who rode in
the wild west shows in the late 1930's. While competing on the rodeo circuit, W.L. began to remodel and repair
boots for the other bronc riders. After he had taken a
lot of boots apart and put them back together, W.L.
decided to make his own. After working in Breckenridge,
Throckmorton,and Fort Worth, Texas, he moved to the city
of Coleman in 1954, and opened a shop with his son Tex.
Tex, at his father's side, learned to make a complete boot
while growing up in the 1950's. In 1970, W.L. Robin left for Austin where he worked at
Buck Steiner's Capital Saddlery until his death in 1972. Today, Tex has about all he can do and has moved to Abilene. He mostly works alone but still teaches a new student from time to time. He has an impressive portfolio of boots that he has made and knows feet and how a boot should fit. Tex says "To make a boot you must have both artistic talent and mechanical ability". |
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Tex Robin Boots in the Media
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| Tex has been interviewed by numerous
magazines over the years. He has also been featured in
several published books. A listing of some of his
featured magazine articles includes: |
| Shoe Service, Sept 1976 issue
Texas Monthly, Sept 1976 issue Country Music, April 1977 issue Town & Country, Sept 1979 issue Honky Tonk, 1981 Texas Handbook, First Edition-1981 Quest, Sept 1981 issue Varia, April 1990 issue Mono (Japanese Magazine), 1993 The Piteå-Tidningen (Swedish Newspaper Article) Sept 7, l996, Piteå, Sweden |
| Cowboys and Indians Magazine, March 2000 issue |
| Style West, St Louis Post-Dispatch April 20, 2000 |
 Texas Monthly, June 2002 issue TEX ROBIN BOOTS VOTED ONE OF THE TOP 25 CUSTOM BOOTMAKERS IN TEXAS! |
| Skomakaren (magazine for Swedish shoemakers) Nr 1. 2003 Stockholm, Sweden (report on my Swedish seminar in Swedish) |
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Tex Robin Boots in Books
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| Tex has been featured in three
published books, all of which contain pictures of some of Tex's outstanding boot designs. |
| You can also check your local public library to read more information about
Tex and the art of custom-made cowboy boots and
bootmaking, in general. |
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