We're building the cowboy boot skin encyclopedia first.
The goal is a practical field guide for collectors: identify the leather, understand the cut, and compare it against real boot examples without wading through a half-finished directory.
37
skin records live
A working taxonomy across reptile, bird, marine, and mammal leathers.
3
curated guides started
The first batch has deeper notes, stronger examples, and cleaner terminology.
22
cut records modeled
Belly, tail, hornback, and other cut distinctions are being made explicit as we go.
What This First Phase Covers
Identify The Skin
Pattern language, tactile tells, and the common mix-ups that trip buyers up in listings.
Separate The Cut
Belly versus tail, hornback versus flat scale fields, and where the cut changes the look.
Anchor It In Examples
CBDB-backed boot photos come first so the encyclopedia stays grounded in real pairs instead of abstractions.
Category Coverage
10
Reptile
Crocodilians, lizards, and python-pattern confusion points.
1
Bird
Ostrich families, quill structure, and smooth variants.
9
Marine
Shark, stingray, eel, and the tougher marine edge cases.
17
Mammal
Elephant, goat, kangaroo, and the broader mammal set.
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