The 6 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?

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 you save money on boots, and they picked the name John Doe because you should be paying for quality and not a name. And … Read more