Helm Boots is a brand of boots in the U.S. The company was founded in 2009 by Joshua Bingaman,
Austinite steps into shoe industry
November 19, 2010 Daily Texan an Oklahoma native. The company's boots were manufactured in Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
before production was relocated to Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
. The boots are designed in Austin and then manufactured in Maine using leather materials from American companies like Horween Leather Company
Horween Leather Company is an American company specializing in the manufacturing and refining of leather and related products. It is one of the oldest continuously running tanneries in the United States of America. Since its founding in the early ...
and S. B. Foot Tanning Company.
Boot styles
Some of the Helm Boots styles include:
Sam: a dress boot with a waxed-canvas panel
Muller: a simply designed boot with a cap toe and infused rubber dot tread on the leather sole
Philips Cooper: a desert boot
Dash: this combines a leather with a monochromatic suede panel and a white boat shoe sole.
Other businesses
Bingaman had opened two coffee shops and a coffee roastery in the Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...
area. He studied how Turkish footwear was made on a trip to visit his aunt.[
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References
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External links
Helm Boots website
Clothing brands of the United States