The 8 Best Vegetable Tanned Leather Boots You Can Buy

Ready to step your boot game up? Whenever veg tan boots get thrown into the mix, that often means a well-crafted pair with the perk of greater patina potential — like a blank canvas you can paint your own story on. And among leather footwear enthusiasts, both the heritage boot guys as well as the … Read more

The 15 Best Men’s Boots for Under $300 (Updated for 2023)

You can get good boots for under three hundred bucks. It’s a real sweet spot, price wise, and I know because I’ve reviewed dozens of boots and gone through the trouble of making a list of the best boots for under two hundred bucks. I can tell you, it was way easier coming up with … Read more

The Pros and Cons of Moose Leather Boots

If you haven’t come across a pair of moose leather boots, you’re not alone. It’s an uncommon leather. That being said, moose leather has a long history as material used for boots. Moose leather boots started with Mukluks — a soft boot constructed for cold weather made from seal, moose, or walrus skin and worn … Read more

The 9 Best Men’s Boots for Under $200 (Updated for 2023)

Full disclosure: I’m actually a massive cheapskate. I spent all of my twenties as a student, intern, volunteer, or broke journalist and at this point, penny pinching is just in my DNA. I own some expensive boots now, sure. But for a long time, I was laboring under this delusion that you just can’t get … Read more

Review: John Doe Shoes’ 420 Boot, the Cheapest MTO Boot?

NOTE: JOHN DOE SHOES APPEARS TO BE OUT OF BUSINESS. We’re leaving this review here for posterity, but don’t buy anything from them. John Doe Shoes is not a huge company, and they really don’t spend much on marketing. That’s kind of their schtick: they take what they would have spent on marketing to help … Read more