Links

Websites

• Anyone Can Shine – Site created by Bootdog (IMBB2008)
• Facebook Bootblacking Group – Very active site with a lot of information
• Fetlife Bootblacking Group – Very active site with a lot of information
• Bootblack Events – Community Calendar for Bootblack Events in Europe
• The Leather Journal – The Leather Journal was founded in May, 1987. The Leather community was hungry for news magazine that covered clubs, organizations and events. TLJ has successfully met that need for 34 years. We have adapted to change more than once and when the Internet came about we were there by adding www.TheLeatherJournal.com

Books

• Beyond Bootblacking: A Guide To Selecting And Caring For Leather Gear by Daddy Wendall – An excellent book for the beginning bootblack with a lot of technical information
• Bootblacking 101 – A book about bootblacking. Does not really have much technical information. More about personal experiences and the lifestyle

Articles and Blogs

• Booted Harley Dude – A Guy into Boots, Leather, and Harleys, Updated Aug 18, 2025
• Leatherati – a blog about Leather news that no longer posts updates as of 2017
• Bootblacking Babe – Site for Irish Grrl in Northern California, Updated Apr 16, 2015
• Group Protests International Boot Blacking Competition Another satire piece from Daily Flogger, April 26, 2014
• The End of Bootblacking? A satire from the Daily Flogger, April 8, 2014
• Leatherati Bootblack Week – Leatherati's week of bootblacking articles from guest bootblacks around the nation, Published Jun, 2013
• Yacking and Bootblacking – A bootblacking poem by Al Smith, Published Aug 24 2012
• Professional bootblack takes a shine to mainstream, fetish communities – An article about Izzy Jaecks (IMsBB 2004), Published Aug 31, 2011
• Bootblack Marathon – An article by Katie Diamond (IMsBB 2011) about her experiences at IMsL/IMsBB, Published June 3, 2011
• Curtis Dickson: Veteran Bootblack on the Importance of His Craft to the Leather Community – Interview by Mark Gabrish Conlan, Published Feb 25, 2011
• Bootblacking as a Scene by Red Warrior (ICBB 2010), Published Aug 5 2010
• Bootbog.com – Bootdog's Site (IMrBB 2009)
• Improvement in Bootblacking Kits – Patent submitted by Somees Vah Gildee in 1873

Videos

• Bootblacking Demo by Bella (GLLA 2009 & IMsBB 2013)
• High Shine: 15 Years of International Ms Bootblack – A preview of IMsBB bootblack movie produced by Christine Court
• Boots and Cats (Just Because!)

Broken Links

• An Interview with Tim Starkey (IMrBB 2010) with Tim Starkey on leatherati.com on November 1, 2010
• Bootblack Training – Site created by Pony (IMsBB2009)
• Yahoo Bootblack Forum – One of the oldest bootblacking sites with over a decade of information and discussions
• black's bootblack page – An older page from Black (Toronto Bootblack 2002). Contains some great information and pictures
• Baby Bootblack – A site by Lily Lambda. a femme bisexual leathergirl living in SoMA San Francisco. A bootlacer in training to be a traditional bootblack.
• Build a bootblack – Blog site for Dara (IMsBB 2014)
• Dirty BlaQ Boi – A personal blog site for Q (IMsBB 2008)
• Bootblack Divas – Serving the Great Lakes Communities & Their Members
• IMsBB2011 – KD Diamond's IMsBB blog site
• Bootblack Blog – A bootblack site by Rob in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Butterbootpride – A personal ite by Cherielle, Arizona
• Bootblack Journey – A personal site of Jadelynn Wikkid
• http://www.slaveheartbootblack.com/ – A personal bootblack site for
• Finding my Femme Bootblack Side… by Luna Knight
• Dipping into Leather by Marisa Black
• Behind Bootblacking – An article about bootblacking with Tim Starkey, March 9, 2010
• Daddy William & the Bootblack Chair – By Jakob VanLammeren, LA&M Archivist/Collections Librarian
• These Boots are Made for... by Race Bannon
• I am a Proud Bootblack! by Phil Cashman (NECBB 2013)