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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Draft Tack.Com

Hello! I just bought Lizzy a new Thom Thumb 6" bit at Draft Tack.Com and I wanted to give them a shout out!

Please check out their website!



EXCITING NEWS
Our Products are now going to be available in Finland. We are hoping this makes it easier for our European customers to tack their Big horses. Horse Equipment Grandeur(www.hevostarvikegrandeur.com) will be our affliate in Finland. Taija will be happy to take your order. Items should be arriving mid November. Check out her website!! If you want something from ours, please email(taija.olkkonen@netti.fi) Taija, she will be more than happy to help you. Her family also import Shires.

Thank you!! From all of us here at Drafttack.com




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Email: Drafttac@drafttack.com

Sometimes we may be a bit hard to get in touch with and we apologize. My mom and I both have foster children and sometimes their needs are great. I do infants mostly and my mom has a teenager :) It is challenging and demanding, but rewarding and they are worth it!!!!

Friday, December 5, 2008

Cowboy Boots Explained

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Ad for Tony Lama featuring custom boots made for President Harry S. Truman.Cowboy boots refer to a specific style of riding boot, historically worn by cowboys. They have a high heel, rounded to pointed toe, high shaft, and, traditionally, no lacing. Cowboy boots are normally made from cowhide leather but are also sometimes made from "exotic" skins such as alligator, snake, ostrich, lizard, eel, elephant, sting ray, elk, buffalo, and the like.

There are two basic styles of cowboy boots, western (or classic), and roper. The western style is distinguished by a tall boot shaft, going to at least mid-calf, with an angled "cowboy" heel, usually over one inch high. A slightly lower, still angled, "walking" heel is also common. Although western boots can be customized with a wide variety of toe shapes, the classic design is a narrowed, usually pointed, toe.

A newer design, the "roper" style, has a short boot shaft that stops above the ankle but before the middle of the calf, with a very low and squared-off "roper" heel, shaped to the sole of the boot, usually less than one inch high. Roper boots are usually made with rounded toes, but, correlating with style changes in streetwear, styles with a squared toe are seen. The roper style is also manufactured in a lace-up design which often fits better around the ankle and is less likely to slip off, but these two features also create safety issues for riding.