RM Williams learned his leatherworking skills from a horseman called Dollar Mick, making bridles, pack saddles and boots. In 1932 he began selling his saddles to Sir Sidney Kidman (a wealthly pastoralist) and soon had a small factory running in his father's back shed in Adelaide. His most famous products from the time were handcrafted boots, with the unique feature of all being one piece of leather and only a single stitch up the back. To this day, The R. M. Williams Company still makes their boots with 70 hand processes and the single stitch on one piece of leather.