{"id":11577,"date":"2016-06-25T04:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=11577"},"modified":"2016-06-24T14:20:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T18:20:45","slug":"black-jack-boot-comfort-over-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=11577","title":{"rendered":"Black Jack Boot Comfort Over Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Blackjackpython09\"In February 2014, I wrote a post for this blog comparing Black Jack cowboy boots with Lucchese cowboy boots<\/a>. In that post (at the time), I stated my general endorsement of Black Jack boots over Lucchese boots because in 2014, Lucchese was not allowing discounting<\/a> from full-price MSRP, and also…
\n
\n…when my Black Jack boots were relatively new, they were as comfortable as Lucchese boots.<\/p>\n

Now, more than two years later, some things have changed. <\/p>\n

The Lucchese Boot Company must have heard the complaints from cowboy boot enthusiasts about their pricing policy and they also probably noticed a significant drop in sales. Thus, it did not surprise me that in 2015, Lucchese boots were being offered on sale again through discounting by authorized retailers. <\/p>\n

\"Lucbccroc11blog\"Some of the discounts were significant. I took advantage of some of those sales and bought more pairs of Lucchese boots<\/a> in 2015 and 2016 — mostly really cool-looking caiman back and belly-cut dressy boots.<\/p>\n

Someone asked me recently that if I thought Black Jack boots were a better value, why then do I have only two pairs of Black Jack boots and so many pairs of Luccheses?<\/p>\n

Good question. It boils down to a fairly significant change that I felt in my Black Jack boots. Over time, the footbeds of my Black Jack boots hardened, which is natural. However, the hardening seemed to make the boots much more uncomfortable — like walking on concrete. And interestingly, I had not noticed that same discomfort in my Lucchese boots — even those that are a decade old or older.<\/p>\n

So lesson learned: over time, an opinion of boot comfort may change as boot footbeds and human feet age. <\/p>\n

I love how Black Jack boots are designed and I still think they are very well-made. You get good value from Black Jack boots. But because of hardening of the footbeds, should I order another pair of Black Jack boots, I will order them at least a half-size larger so I can accommodate a replaceable gel insole. Unfortunately, I can’t fit an insole into my existing Black Jack boots, so that’s why I wear them for short periods of time and not all day in the office.<\/p>\n

Life is short: remember that opinions on comfort and pricing of boots is dynamic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In February 2014, I wrote a post for this blog comparing Black Jack cowboy boots with Lucchese cowboy boots. In that post (at the time), I stated my general endorsement of Black Jack boots over Lucchese boots because in 2014, … 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":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cowboy-boots"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11577","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=11577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}