{"id":11552,"date":"2016-06-18T04:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=11552"},"modified":"2016-06-17T10:50:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T14:50:16","slug":"boot-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=11552","title":{"rendered":"Boot Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MCboots-300x187.jpg?resize=300%2C187\" alt=\"MCboots\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4701\" \/>Over the years, I have purchased, worn, tried, and\/or read about many different brands of boots.  I have received a number of email messages asking me for opinions on this-or-that brand of boots, or from people who have said that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">my website<\/a> or this blog helped them as they did research about boots.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, while confined at home to recover from an ankle break, I created <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/wiki\/\" target=\"_blank\">my boots wiki<\/a> that I thought could be a collaborative way for guys to contribute knowledge about boots.  Well, the &#8220;contribution&#8221; part didn&#8217;t work.  But the ability to add, edit, and display information continued.<\/p>\n<p>So today, I have information about hundreds &#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BootstorageJan201501-196x300.jpg?resize=196%2C300\" alt=\"BootstorageJan201501\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BootstorageJan201501.jpg?resize=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1 196w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BootstorageJan201501.jpg?resize=300%2C460&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BootstorageJan201501.jpg?resize=98%2C150&amp;ssl=1 98w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BootstorageJan201501.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/>&#8230;of different brands of boots.  I try to present information consistently, including:<br \/>\n* styles of boots<br \/>\n* where the boots are made<br \/>\n* how well they are made<br \/>\n* if the boots are available in custom sizes<br \/>\n* where to get them<br \/>\n* company website<\/p>\n<p>Maintaining these boot reviews has been an on-and-off process.  It takes time to do the research and obtain information, especially about obscure boot brands.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, if you are interested in reading my boot brand reviews, <a href=\"http:\/\/bootedman.com\/wiki\/doku.php?id=boot.reviews\" target=\"_blank\">see my wiki website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  know your boots!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, I have purchased, worn, tried, and\/or read about many different brands of boots. I have received a number of email messages asking me for opinions on this-or-that brand of boots, or from people who have said that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=11552\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[11,5,8,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cop-boots","category-cowboy-boots","category-motorcycle-boots","category-work-boots"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11552","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=11552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}