{"id":112,"date":"2008-06-27T06:59:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-27T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=112"},"modified":"2020-08-09T13:20:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T17:20:58","slug":"motor-officer-boots-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=112","title":{"rendered":"Motor Officer Boots: Alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continuing this week’s series on motor officer boots, I begin by exploring alternatives to the boots I blogged about on earlier days:<\/p>\n

  • Chippewa Motor Patrol Boots<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Dehner Patrol Boots<\/a><\/li>\n

    and<\/p>\n

  • Chippewa Hi-Shine Engineer Boots<\/a><\/li>\n

    <\/span>
    There are several alternatives available. Shown here are     patrol boots<\/a><\/span> offered by Intapol Industries<\/a> of New Jersey. One of the inte<\/span>resting features o<\/span>f these boots is a zipper along the seam of the boot shaft to facilitat<\/span>\"\"<\/a>e putting them on and taking them off. They also offer various widths from s<\/span>tock, but do not offer custom sizing. They insert a plastic back stay to ensur<\/span>e the boot doesn’t “break bad” at the ankles. <\/span>The “Amazonas” sole is about as goofy as the sole found on the Chippewa Motor Patrol Boot, in that it must have a low melting temperature and leaves black marks on hot motorcycle pipes. The boots shown here were made in Brazil. The current boot in production (with soft lug soles) is made in India. My opinion: a nice affordable alternative for a bal-laced boot but not really good for regular duty wear on a motorcycle. Quality is questionable. Fine for BLUF events when used with leather breeches.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Anothe<\/span>r<\/span> n<\/span>i<\/span>ce alternative bal-laced boot is the <\/span>H-D Police Enforce<\/a><\/span>r<\/span> Boot<\/span><\/a> which is made by Wolverine under the Harley brand. These boo<\/span>ts were discontinued probably because motor officers wouldn’t think of going to a Harley store to buy boots. Also, the boots are made in China and it<\/span>\"\"<\/a>‘s unfortunate but true: Chinese-made boots lack a lot in quality. However, these are the most comfortable of all <\/span>the patrol boots I own. The in<\/span>sole that comes with the boots is o<\/span>utstanding. They are also a bit wider naturally, so they accommodate a larger calf size well, including being able to have leather tucked inside them comfortably. The soles are somewhat soft, but haven’t left black marks on my bike’s pipes. I really like these b<\/span>oots, but since they were discontinued, they’re not avail<\/span>able any more.<\/p>\n

    Another beautiful boot is the Hartt Strathcona<\/a>. It was made in<\/span>\"\"<\/a> Canada, but the manufacturer, the Hartt Shoe and Boot Company, went out of business. This boot is also excep<\/span>tio<\/span>nally comfortable, and <\/span>has a rugged, durable, lug sole. I got these b<\/span>oots in Vancouver, Canada, back in the ’90s and still enjoy wearing them. They have the widest calf of all <\/span>of my motor officer boots, so I can wear them with the thickest of leathers. I am considering now looking at boots made by Rino of Toronto. However, because the U.S. economy is such a shambles due to mismanagement by this Administration, I’ll have to wait. Canadian prices for their products haven’t come down just because the value of the U.S. dollar declined by half in the last few years.
    <\/span>    \"\"<\/a>
    The la<\/span>st b<\/span>oot I’ll blog about in this series is the <\/span>    Wesco Motor Patro<\/a><\/span>l Boot<\/a><\/span>. A phot<\/span>o<\/span> of the boot from the Wesco website is shown here. I <\/span>have a pair of boots tha<\/span>t is sort of a hybrid between the Motor Patrol Boot and the Wesco Boss. <\/span>T<\/span>h<\/span>at is, it has the design of a motor patro<\/span>l <\/span>boot but the sole of the Boss boot. These U.S.-made boots are rugged and work exceptionally well as designed. There are absolutely no flaws in construction. The leather is thicker than all other patrol boots I have seen, which is why the few cops I have seen wearing them have complain<\/span>ed<\/span> that they get hot while worn on duty. They are expensive, as well, <\/span>competing in price with Dehners.
    <\/span>
    There a<\/span>re other manufacturers of boots, too. I have yet to see a<\/span> pair of All American Boots or some others, and I’ll keep looking.<\/p>\n

    Hope you enjoyed this series on motor officer boots. I’m not sure what’s next. Tune in….
    <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Continuing this week’s series on motor officer boots, I begin by exploring alternatives to the boots I blogged about on earlier days: Chippewa Motor Patrol Boots Dehner Patrol Boots and Chippewa Hi-Shine Engineer Boots There are several alternatives available. Shown … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,11,18,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chippewa-hi-shine-boots","category-cop-boots","category-dehner-boots","category-wesco-boots"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}