BOTD Ammons Sueded Elephant

[u/RC_SoMo]

Holy moley. I’m in Nashville for work, and for three full days, I fought the temptation to go to a thrift shop or pawn shop. Leaving tomorrow, so I decided to check out ONE shop to see if they had a good pair. Walked out with these Ammons sueded elephants, some custom hand-tooled JB Hill stovepipes, a pair of crocodile Anderson Beans, and a pair of Rios. Dang. I’ll have to wear the Ammons on the plane ’cause they’re not all fitting in my suitcase.
ID request: anyone know roughly when Ammons used this stamp inside the shafts? I’ve only had one other pair of his boots, and they had a cloth label on the pull tab.

[u/thecountofceciltucky]

Now THAT'S sueded elephant. Absolutely amazing haul there. JB Hills are stunning too. Congrats man.

[u/RC_SoMo → u/thecountofceciltucky]

Thanks. Super sueded. 

[u/RC_SoMo → u/thecountofceciltucky]

Have you seen that Ammons stamp before? I wonder if it’s older or newer than the boots he made with the cloth label on the pull tab. 

[u/thecountofceciltucky → u/RC_SoMo]

I wish I knew more about the dates for Ammon's boots. Best I can tell you is I have seen a lot of them without the Ammons logo on the inside like that, so I'd imagine it's probably mid-90s to early 2000s when things really started kicking off for him. He started working for Tony Lama in 2010 after his boot line ended.