Every single inch of any pair of Graham Ebner cowboy boots has been crimped, nailed, pegged, sewed, stitched, stretched, and touched by Ebner’s own hands. If he’s lucky, he might squeak by with a finished pair in 120 hours. For more involved designs, though, an eight-week stint hunched over one pair of boots is not out of the realm of possibility. He is, of course, a Virgo.The 33-year-old works in front of an audience of collected vintage boots in his East Austin shop—some Ray Jones, some Charlie Dunn, many sourced from local thrift shops or Goodwills. Sometimes his German shepherd, Newt, is in attendance. Most of his equipment is secondhand or repurposed, such as the axle hub and brake drum from a Jeep that he’s…
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