This is the last installment of my “boot hacks” (or tips) series. This post addresses the most frequent question I have received over the years and also see in comments on social media and other places on the ‘net.
The issue of feeling discomfort, heel slippage, and calf tightness (or squeezing, especially if worn with breeches or pants tucked in) is frequently mentioned when guys get new boots and begin wearing them, as this cop (using a photo I took years ago) describes…
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So how do you know if boots you have an eye on will fit? What are the magic tips and secrets on boot sizing? More after the jump…
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Following the wildly popular previous post (giggle) about preventing boot leather from cracking, this is post #2 about tips for boots — about boot fit on the legs.
What do you do if you have boots that are tight on your legs? Can boots be stretched, or is something else going on? Do boots shrink? Why in the heck are boots that have always been comfortable for me seem to feel tight on my legs now? What can I do about that? More after the jump…
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While searching for things to write about on this boot-oriented blog, a friend suggested that I share my own top five “boot hacks” — or tips — that I have written about and applied for years. So here goes… BHD’s “Top Five Boot Hacks”…
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My most recent blog post took Tecovas Boots to task for offering a boot jack for US$95. A friend contacted the company, and a few of their replies from customer service staff were posted as comments on that blog post.
This caught the Tecovas Boots owner’s attention. The owner, Paul Hedrick, submitted a reply to that blog post. Rather than post the comment (which wouldn’t be as searchable or findable), I thought his message deserved its own post, below, and my response follows after that. Read on…
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I have blogged before about being a fan of Tecovas Boots. This company stormed on the boot retail market in 2015 by contracting production of cowboy boots in Leon, Mexico, using slack bootmaking capacity abundant in the Bootmaking Capital of North America. Instead of operating…
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Sometimes there is debate in the boot world on how to measure the height of a boot heel properly.
If you use a search engine, you will get different “answers”, and 99% of the results are about women’s high-heeled footwear. That really is not what this blog post is about. I am writing about men’s boots.
So how do I measure boot heel height?
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Boots worn many days… mostly nowadays to the office…
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It has been a while since I wrote about Tecovas Boots. I received an email recently that inquired:
Tecovas claims their boots are the same quality as boots costing twice as much. Since you own a pair of Tecovas what quality would you compare them to? I personally own Dan Post, Tony Lama, and Heritage Boots from Austin. Tecovas seems to imply they have the same quality as Lucchese. I would appreciate your thoughts.
Sure… happy to respond, and thanks for the question!
My past two reviews of Tecovas Boots (see “related links” below) have been rather neutral while I was still evaluating the fit. My first pair of Tecovas boots, light brown (“desert”) calf were…
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I have received some questions over the years (and even one last night) asking about quality of craftsmanship in bootmaking. We have observed that many leading boot manufacturers who once proudly made boots in the USA have moved production elsewhere.
When they move production to…
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