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Remembering Carl Chappell

arlton (Carl) T. Chappell was a third-generation, award-winning bootmaker who lived in Saint Jo, Texas, with his wife Marian. He passed away on Sept. 14, but his legacy lives on. Carl started in the leathercraft business in 1964 by building belts, knife sheaths, holsters and other small leather projects in his uncle’s Western Art & Saddle Shop in

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