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The Matthews-Reynolds clan was born out of 5 interwoven marriages to keep Lambshead Ranch within close familial ties. Sallie Reynolds Matthews was the quintessential Texas matriarch that brought the West Texas plains into the 20th century. What began as a family project to document their rich history, her book, Interwoven, quickly became an acclaimed Texas History classic for its incredible detail of early rural ranching life that blossomed into a vast, generational cattle dynasty.

Much like cattle ranching, cowboy boots and western wear was traditionally a men's game. It's women like Sallie who, symbolically, put on their husband's boots and took on roles untraditional for the time for the sake of legacy. Our women's vintage line not only uses elements of western wear's past, but more so honors the dedication to heritage that comes from women like Sallie and the devotion to forging lasting family legacies like Lambshead.

One of the elements that has stayed constant through the Lambshead story is the men who have worked the ranch. Many of the same generations of cowboys have known and loved Lambshead since they were boys. They grew up with their fathers and family members working the ranch, to be inducted once they came of age. The Lambshead family runs deeps of survivors and defenders.

Our Men's Rough + Rugged line pays homage to the stories from these men that have only gotten better with age. The symbolic patina a cowboy earns from working a place like Lambshead for decades matches the beautiful aged finish on our Livingston and Leadville families. These men, and their boots, have seen the very things that inspired the rest of the world's ideas of the West.

There is much to be said about Watt Matthews (Sallie's youngest son) who lived as the foreman, and bachelor, of Lambshead until his 98th year. Throughout the many publications describing Watt, he was the embodiment of a bygone era. A true Texas cattleman and rancher, steward of the land and generous preservationist of history which remains prevalent throughout Lambshead today.

The common phrase "a man is only as good as his boots" goes beyond looks; it associates the uniform to a man's character and reliability of his word. Our Vintage Men's styles pull design elements from classic Western style, but, more importantly, they also honor the attitude, morals and values of time-honored cowboys like Watt. Much like Lucchese boots, and our legacy, standing the test of time through honest work, Watt's primary goal in life was to hold the ranch together and pass it on to future generations in better shape than he found it.