Wolverine 400 gram insulate from Cabela's

These have a Cordura upper and brown leather lower that I think was oil tan when I got it but I have been putting brown polish on it.  I like the speed hooks and the adorable animal foot print on the sole.  They are not made in USA.

Rocky Eliminator 400 grams Thinsulate

Now that winter is on the way, the fashion boots are giving way to insulated boots.  When I carried mail, I had a pair of Rocky Eliminator boots through my uniform allowance for winter.  They ate up the whole allowance but they lasted for ten years before the soles fell apart.  I was too ignorant to take them to get resoled and bought some boots from Cabelas to try and replace them.  Later, I was able to buy this boot again in another craft and plan to resole them when the soles wear out.  400 grams of Thinsulate, all leather.  The uppers are a different texture but the lower part takes a nice spit shine.  No speed hooks is a downside and the laces are too short to put through all the eyelets all the way to the top.

Frye Jonathan Roper Waxed Suede

When I was picking out a few things from Sheplers' Columbus Day sale, I made the mistake of looking at their sale boots.  Somehow I came across the Frye ropers at $150 down from $400 in size 7.  I was mostly attracted to the waxed suede leather, it just looked really nice and I was not disappointed.

There seemed to be a little more heel slip and more length in the toe than the LL Bean Katahdin Iron Works boots (made by Chippewa) but comparing the outside dimensions doesn't reveal a lot of difference.

I just deal with it with thick socks and adding Dr. Shoal's insoles if I think that helps although I have not added them to the suede ropers yet.  We are getting into winter soon and I am not wearing "fashion boots" in the snow.

Best Boots Ever

So there once was a time when I only wore black boots.  Because in my job with a certain government agency I could use a uniform allowance to buy rugged black boots for my job and because that is what the leather people wore.

I changed from walking all day to standing all day and eventually to just sitting all day but still only wanted black boots.  Until one day someone put it out there that they wanted a certain brand of boots in a certain kind of leather and they were expensive boots that never went on sale- fashion boots.  I kept an eye out and eventually landed on a reddit about boots called goodyearwelt and started looking at fashion boots myself and started thinking "Those look really cool".  I longed for a pair of Red Wing Iron Rangers but I gathered that the leathers I liked best were not made in my size and these boots also never went on sale.

So I have acquired  these Chippewa Homestead boots in Tan Renegade.

I bought them their very own cedar trees and after the first day of wear, there  is not too much of the dreaded toe crease.  They are very comfortable and I don't think I will be adding any inserts.

And that is the extent of trying to figure out how to put pictures in here.