These look amazing!!!!

See you soon, Texas!

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Join Indiana Leather Pride Bootblack @boyelijah.bsky.social & Bootblack Skyfire for, "So You Wanna Be A Bootblack?", part of the return of Bootblack education to @CLAW. This 90-min class is a peek at Bootblack history, culture, and technique and a combination of presentation and hands-on activity.

Come see me this Saturday as Indiana Leather hosts a few demos starting at 8:30, followed by me bootblacking for the evening!

I wish! Diapers are freaking expensive😖

CurseTen
She/Her/Miss

Based in Erie, PA and returning for her second CLAW - CurseTen is a teacher, lover, and bootblacking babe who offers care and connection for leather of all kinds and colors over the last five years.

Pup Cosmopolitan
He/She

Pup Cosmopolitan resides in Columbus, Ohio and is excited to welcome CLAW to his home city! This working wolfdog dyke is the alpha of Pack 31 and collared by his Daddy Echo, serving as a submissive sadist.

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The socials for each bootblack that’s here on Bluesky is somewhere in the replies of this post, but it’s being dumb on putting them where they need to be and I didn’t have enough characters to include them in each post individually. Please look through the thread to follow them.

Find Griff at @leatherboygriff.bsky.social

Find TheMessyLittleBootblack at @boyelijah.bsky.social

Find drew at @bootedtexas.bsky.social

Find Tread at @hurricane27.bsky.social

Find Bootblack Bruno at @wnycubby.bsky.social

Find Bootblack Skyfire at @xskyfiiirex.bsky.social

Find Pup Flannel @flannelpup.bsky.social

The slave Wayne
He/Him
The slave Wayne is currently only a 5-year veteran in leather culture. Drawn by a desire to explore his kink and fetish. Currently the slave is in a dynamic to be considered for collared and owned status. The slave surrenders to provide service at CLAW, IML and Folsom SF.

Lady Abrams
She/her
Lady Abrams, who hails from Raleigh, NC, is a Demisexual Pleasure Dom. She has been bootblacking within our community for a year but has been said to be a natural when learning her craft. She is a huge advocate for trans/bipoc lives as well as mental health/neurodivergence.

drew
It/It’s
Bootblack Servant, "drew" reports for service from Houston, TX where he has shined boots in support of the Ripcord and the greater Houston community for 25 years. it is a submissive fuzzy servant male with penchants for cigars and those who smoke them.

Rosis
She/They
Rosis is a member of House Chaos and is a vibrant pansexual Primal Masochist, Bootblack, and sub-leaning Switch. She now co-owns Cigars, Boots & Chocolate Columbus, a local leather club, where she helps foster community around leather, cigars, and connection.

Tread
He/Him
Tread is a bootblack located in northern Illinois. He's been in practice with leather restoration for 4 years. Masculine submissive with interests in power exchange dynamics with identity, bondage, and stress. Background in plant science, emergency response, and art.

Christopher Petrat, MI Community Bootblack 2023
He/Him
Chris comes from the streets of Detroit where over the years he has demonstrated his craft and passion for the art of bootblacking and also working with the extended LGBTQ+ community to raise awareness and curate resources for their needs.

Bootblack Bruno
He/They
Bootblack Bruno, AKA Pup Bruno, hails from Buffalo, NY, traveling with their rowdy, kinky pack of pup brothers across the state of NY and beyond to serve the leather community and help its members shine bright.

Bootblack Skyfire
He/Him
Skyfire is a member of the Buffalo Bulldogs M.C. and an unruly pack of Pup Scouts in Western NY. He is the 2025 Mr. Jones Pond Leather and bootblacks regularly with his apprentice, Bruno, at many events across NY State, as well as PA, OH, MI, and Ontario, CA.

Griff Wolf
He/Him
Griff is joining us all the way from Nashville, TN, as a member of our bootblack team. 2026 marks his 1st year at CLAW, and he couldn’t be more excited to connect with the greater kink community. Griff is a proud leather boy and pup who loves protocol and caring for others.

DCBOOTLICKER
He/Him
CLAW'26 marks the fifth year that DCBOOTLICKER is volunteering as a CLAW bootblack, complementing his fifth year bootblacking at Mid-Atlantic Leather (MAL) in DC. He enjoys serving the community by providing expert leather care to boots, accessories and garments.

Pup Flannel
Any Pronouns
Flannel (or Rory) Bootblack of two years and transfem leatherboy, hailing from Denver, CO. She helped found local trans kinkster social hour, TACK, and loves service not only to her Butch but to the community.

TheMessyLittleBootblack
He/Him
The MessyLittleBootblack, AKA boy Elijah, comes to us from Dayton, OH and will be returning as the Bootblack Manager for CLAW'26. He is a greysexual leatherboy, little, and high-protocol submissive, as well as having a bit of a sadistic brat side occasionally.

Ready to meet your #CLAW’26 Bootblack Team?? I still have a few more that will be added on to this, but let’s get started! We have a record number of amazing bootblacks this year who are ready to take care of your gear!
Please see Facebook for their full bios.
And remember to #TipYourBootblack!