Tamburlani told the bootmaker that the heels had to be hollow because the boots were intended for an official who needed a hiding place for secret documents.
In the back of his own shop on Hollywood's Victory Boulevard, he often works side-by-side with his ten Mexican tailors, his leatherworker and his bootmaker.
That was when his luggage got lost in Singapore, a local bootmaker made him up a pair of shoes overnight, and the left one pinched.
Lincoln's favorite boots shine again in Sebastopol It took a year, thousands of dollars and two trips to D. C., but Sebastopol bootmaker Michael Carnacchi has completed a replica pair of the boots worn by Abraham Lincoln when he was shot.
Nov. 24, 2013 - The Santa Rosa Press Democrat