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Whites lace up cowboy from about 1985. Only go out on big occasions.

Whites packers - 1968 - resoled once and still going strong...

Pair of norm Thompson leather insulated hunting boots,grandfather bought in 1962,in Portland oregon. He wore them for two resole jobs,and I'm on my second set of vibrams. They are my spares now. I think they will outlast the Cabelas mendl pair I bought in 2016.

Got a pair of dress shoes I bought in 1968. Obviously I don't dress up much.

A pair of Tony Lama elephant skin cowboy boots I purchased in 1990 at a place called Stages West in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Paid $225 dollars.
They’re on their third pair of soles.

Pair of Wolverine pigskin 10" insulated boots, 200 grams of Thinsulate/Goretex liners. Still waterproof if I spray 'em. Vibram sole lugs barely there, after 35+ years. Uppers in perfect shape. Originally got them for hunting, but eventually wore them for construction work in cold weather and muck. Lightest pair of hunting boots I've ever owned. Now relegated to the truck cab, in case I need a pair of waterproof boots.

Have a pair of green Browning waterproof boots that are even older, but one sole came loose years ago. Glued it back on, but seldom wear them..

Pretty sure I have a pair of Corcorans from 1972.

I have a picture of my Grandfather wearing these boots on a hunt in Manatoba in 1952. I wore them in the early 70's hunting in Minnesota and Wisconsin while partridge hunting with him.

I believe somewhere in the attic is a pair of gaudy cowboy boots my dad bought on his high school senior trip to Carlsbad New Mexico.Do I win anything ?

Back in '85 when I got married I purchased two pair of Rockport dress shoes: one black, one brown. To this day they are still my only dress shoes. The black ones get worn the most as they are part of my Marry'em/Bury'em ensemble. Heck, I've only had 3 suits in my adult life. Obviously they weren't required for my work life.

Still got the Mickey Mouse insulated pac boots I bought back in 1979 or '80. They should outlast me. Some years I only wear 'em a few times and some years not at all.

Sorel Pacs that I purchased my first year Elk Hunting. 1978.

My father in law was a true embarrassment to us when it came to old boots. LL Been use to have a lifetime warranty. After wearing these boots for 45 years, he turned them in for a new ones because of the warranty clause

Rocky chukkas from mid-90s. On second soles and about to be third. Rocky used to make good stuff.

I have a couple of pairs of wing tips that belonged to my grandfather. I wear them on occasion. No idea how old they are, but he’s been dead more than 20 years now.

I bought a pair of Frye boots around 1979 or 80. One of my sons still wears them.

I must be a hoarder. I just can't see throwing out a serviceable pair of foot gear. I have a couple of pair of corcorans and a pair of jungle boots all circa 1970. The combat boots that went with them caught up with me around the time of my discharge and have long since given up the ghost and I can't recall what happened to my low quarters which I always hated. . I also have a pair of Frye boots from the early 1970s which never fit me right and a pair of Herman Survivors, waterproof and insulated, which I still use occasionally. My wife is even worse. She has a pair of NIB Kelso earth shoes and a pair of New Balance Tracksters which she plans to get resoled one of these days or should I say decades/.

I have jump boots, combat boots, and jungle boots from the early and mid eighties unless my wife threw them out.

LaCrosse Icemans I bought for 60 bucks in 1983. I dont use them much at all anymore. They just sit in my cabin for back up.

Black bullhide Tony Llamas
Bought new in about 1973..........
They are my "dress shoes".