Starting this fall, Republic Boot Co. is offering a package deal where customers can go on a guided alligator hunt, and then have the hide from their gator turned into a pair of handmade cowboy boots.

Design a unique pair of alligator-leather boots in your own personal colorway Three nights in the Lucchese Suite at the Hotel Drover, an Autograph Collection Hotel in Fort Worth Bonus gifts to ...

CRAFTSMANSHIP: These handmade Houston cowboy boots are old-school, tailored to each person and can go for $6,000 "If you get a big, gnarly gator out of Louisiana or Florida, they're hard to make ...

Republic Boot Co. in Houston is letting customers hunt the alligator they'll later turn into cowboy boots. Getty Images/Photo Illustration by Sarah Pearce Looking for the ultimate custom cowboy ...

Some cowboy boots are made from exotic leathers—like ostrich, alligator, caiman, python, and lizard—for their unique looks and properties.

Alligator, dark brown (which, the Lush assured him, ... Handmade cowboy boots are an exercise in precision. Mess them up an eighth of an inch, and they won’t fit.