My Recommendation for Nocona Cowboy Boots

Nocona Cowboy Boots

Way back in 1925, Enid Justin started the Nocona cowboy boots company. Her father, the legendary H.J. “Big Daddy Joe” Justin came to Nocona, Texas from Indiana to set up the Justin boot company and his daughter wanted to carry on his tradition in the city of his choice. Enid started in the boot making industry at the young age of 12, and worked with Big Daddy Joe for twelve years till his death in 1918. She took a loan of $5,000 and set up shop with seven workers when her brothers decided it was time to pack up the family business and move to Fort Worth, Texas. A rare breed – a businesswoman – in those days, she had to consistently deliver quality as good as her late father’s to bring in the buyers. In addition to Nocona cowboy boots, Enid made 16-inch “lace up” boots for oil field workers that could last in the harsh conditions of the job.

To promote the company’s rising reputation on the nationwide level, Enid sponsored a Pony express race that started in Nocona and ended in San Francisco, California in 1939. In 1981, the Nocona boot company merged with the Justin boot company, and the next year, Enid stepped down as the president and CEO of Nocona boots. The best fits are provided by the comfort oriented designing and techniques. Features such as the signature inlay tops, specially designed pull straps with matching leather overlay and outfitted with Nocona Comfort – a three pronged system that comprises full grain leather insole cover to improve the air flow around the soles of the foot, dual density polyurethane foam for reducing fatigue and improving resilience and comfort, and finally dual insole board to increase shoe sole flexibility for walking.

Numerous styles, skins and sizes are offered in various toe combinations. The Nocona cowboy boot is built to suit any foot, in sizes that vary from 3-16, and widths AAAA to EEE. This wide variety of fits implies that every one can buy a Nocona, regardless of their foot shape. Boot styles that Nocona cowboy boots come in are – Exotic Western, Exotic Ranchers, Non-exotic Western, Non-exotic Ranchers and Non-exotic Wellingtons. While the Wellies are also styled as cowboy boots, they are made for casual comfort wear. Non exotic ranchers line includes elk skin, and non exotic western such categories as veal, elk, rowdy, kangaroo, oily toro, sueded toro, bullhide, vintage steer, salf, deertan, glossy cow, cowhide, lux calf, imperial calf, and country calf. Exotic ranchers collection goes a step ahead with ostrich and gloved tanned shark skins. Exotic western has the widest array of leather materials such as alligator, crocodile, caiman tail, ostrich, snake, lizard, stingray and shark.

Most exclusive of all, for the boot shopper with fit problems, at select western stores, Nocona offers the Nocona Fit Center that will have a trained expert who can assist you in finding the correct size of Nocona cowboy boots for even the most difficult feet. If that wasn’t enough, discount prices for these high quality boots start from as low as $160.

My Recommendation for Nocona Cowboy Boots