1970’s butterfly boots? Come one … I absolutely love these tall shaft 17 inches vintage cowboy boots that I found in Texas.

Vintage wear is part of the deal and I love how these are worn.

Size:  Women’s size 7

Material:  Leather

Shaft height:  17 inches tight fitting for thin calves

Maker:  Cutter Bill 

The facts:  

Cutter Bill's Western World was a chain of upscale Western clothing stores owned by Rex Cauble. The stores were named after Cauble's famous cutting horse, Cutter Bill. 

How it started:

• Cauble was a self-made millionaire who started his fortune as an oilfield roughneck in the 1930s 

• He opened the first Cutter Bill's Western World store in Houston in 1967 

• The stores were known for their luxurious outfits, hand-crafted boots and saddles, and accessories 

How it became successful: 

• The stores were a huge success and were considered the West's Neiman Marcus

• The Cutter Bill catalog was aspirational and conceptual, and opened the doors to the Western-lifestyle industry

How it ended:

• Cauble was convicted of racketeering and embezzlement in the Cowboy Mafia drug smuggling trial 

• He was sentenced to five years in prison, but was released early for good behavior 

• Cauble died in 2003 

What you can find: Vintage Cutter Bill Western World matchbooks, Cutter Bill boots, Cutter Bill belts, Cutter Bill blazers, and Cutter Bill cowboy vests. 

The Wiki:  Cutter Bill (1955–1982) was a Quarter Horse stallion and the 1962 National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA)Open World Champion cutting horsewith record earnings for the year. He also won the 1962 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Honor Roll cutting horse award which made him the first horse to have won both the NCHA and AQHA awards in the same year.^[1][2] Cutter Bill was owned by the flamboyant Texas millionaire Rex Caublewho in 1962 decided to campaign Cutter Bill with Sonny Perry in the saddle showing him. In order for Cutter Bill to compete in as many shows as possible that year, Cauble flew Cutter Bill and three other horses on his private jet to various shows.