Comments on: Big Bad Bootery!

By: MG

MG — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:12:12 +0000

What a blast from the past..I actually worked for walter Dyer in 1977..worked at the factory and the Big bad bootery. Garby taught me how to stitch the leather vests. two weeks practice on just the button holes. I now own my own leather shop for the past 17 years. I jsu showed someone the other day my fabulous 2-d-ring moccasins from the 70’s … a treasured item, still look like new. Walter made the best leather goods … and what a character he was….great memories.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:15:41 +0000

Walter Dyer opened when I was in high school. Nice to know something good that hasn’t closed.

You should definitely go in. I bought my favorite handbag in there–shoulder bag, actually, with a strap fashioned after the one on an M-16 rifle. This was during VietNam, so it was way cool. I used that thing till it fell apart, years later. Good stuff. Wish I still lived close enough to shop there.

By: Laura & Tyler

Laura & Tyler — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:13:08 +0000

You’ve GOT to go inside!! It is exactly the way you think it should be - give it a try!

By: michelle

michelle — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 04:42:34 +0000

I think I will go in one of these days they’ll probably close one day and I’ll have wished I went in there.

By: Kris

Kris — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 02:16:45 +0000

You should go in. It smells good in there.
I got the best leather jaceket there in high school and my husband got one there about 5 years ago custom made to fit him.

By: Perry

Perry — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:25:31 +0000

It actually DOES kinda look the way you imagine it inside. I don’t think you’d be disappointed.

By: adamg

adamg — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:53:03 +0000

They used to have radio ads that said something like “Look for the big ugly sign!”

By: OneTiredMomma

OneTiredMomma — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:33:36 +0000

Awesome - Chaps are on SALE