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
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before production was relocated to Maine
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. The boots are designed in Austin and then manufactured in Maine using leather materials from American companies like Horween Leather Company 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
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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