Several years ago, I was contacted by a guy who explained that he liked to wear boots, but did not have the courage (at the time) to wear them that often. He referred to himself as “the only booted man in town” because as a resident of a U.S. state in the northeastern part of our country, he felt quite alone as he was the only man who wore boots in his geographic area.
Subsequently over time and as our friendship developed, my friend began to wear boots more often, including to his place of work, and elsewhere in his community. He has become much more confident as a “bootman” and has ditched wearing dress shoes. Good for him!
But as I look around where I live, further south but in a state that is on the U.S. East Coast, I realize that I should not have…
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I received a question from a loyal blog reader who asked,
One of my loyal blog readers wrote to me to ask,
My next suggestion from my friend in Belgium for this blog is the age-old question, “did women take over wearing boots from men?” or related, “why don’t men wear boots any more?”
My friend from Belgium sent me some more ideas for this blog, and I appreciate it. One of his recent suggestions was:
A reader wrote to me recently to ask for a link to a video that I produced a long time ago, but remains “evergreen” in its instructions. The video was titled, “Training the Ankles of New Dehner Patrol Boots,” and is applicable to breaking in any pair of boots that have a stiff backstay (a strip of leather that runs up and down the back of the inside of the boot lining to stiffen and support the boot and hold up the top). 
Most cowboy boots and some motorcycle boots sold in the United States are made in Mexico. The location of manufacture is for two main reasons (IMO), and if you want to take advantage of decent pricing, my recommendation is…
Denim jeans are the most popular pants in the world. Casual, comfortable, durable, easy to care for, and (some) quite affordable, denim jeans are the staple of a man’s wardrobe. Funny, I read a statistic somewhere that the average adult male in the United States owns five pairs of jeans and four pairs of dress slacks. More jeans than dresswear? Well, on average, maybe so. Certainly most guys prefer to wear casual, comfortable clothes rather than have to dress up (blechhh..)
When one has had a boots-and-gear-and-motorcycle-and-loving spouse -related blog for as long as I have, it is darn hard to come up with fresh content for my posts. I remain dedicated to post a new blog about every two days, but I struggle with finding ideas to write about.