🎃👻Queer, Tired, and Spooky 🎃👻 @thelazyoldfox@sunbeam.city

The obvious alternative is to search thrift, charity, consignment, and other resale shops and hope you get lucky among the piles of cheap glued fashion boots. You could probably reglue those if the soles and other materials remain intact, but in my particular case, the boots I'm researching to replace are literally falling apart from the lining out. It would be a fun experiment to see if I could repair the 'unrepairable.' Stay tuned.

Probably the most famous brand that offers what *looks* to be repairable boots that I've found are Frye, but they don't claim repairability on the particular pair I would most want. A search indicated that there were several indie repair shops that offer to repair Frye boots by name.

Other brands found in an afternoon's casual search: Solovair (made in England, nice Doc Marten lookalikes and other models), Russel Moccasin Co. (made in Wisconsin, very $$$ "moccasin style" hunting boots, founded by a white guy??? Honestly, don't buy unless you have no other options, buy from Native moccasin boot makers like at manitobah.com even if not necessarily as easily repaired), Danner (hiking and work boots, only certain models), Church's ($$$, brogue styles, a little too posh for me tbh), Grenson (on the more 'affordable' end of 250 pounds ish, different styles).

In short, it's really tough to find new repairable boots that you don't have to scrimp and save for.

After asking if anyone could recommend repairable boots... I fell down a rabbithole of research.

There are still brands that sell repairable boots (hey Doc Martens fuck you for stopping the For Life program), but I haven't found a pair under 270 pounds/331 dollars, thus lending support to the Vimes Boots Theory of Economics.

Pretty much all of them are leather (sorry, vegans).

Some have leather soles, others have proprietary soles, and others use Goodyear welted soles. I've seen the latter recommended most for someone looking for repairable boots that intend to take them to a local cobbler, but YMMV depending on cobbler.

And true to my wishes, I found knee-high boots...! ... for a minimum of $470. Other brands go up to the 600-700 range, and I'm not talking about designer labels, but boots made in the US. (Need to research the companies to see if the workers are getting paid fairly. I should hope so, with those prices.)

I've been doing some research. I might make an unlisted thread about it.

Does anyone have any recommendations for repairable knee-high lace-up boots? No restrictions on materials, but I would like it to be durable, too. Let's say for now price is a consideration, too, but not a terribly low one. Does such a thing exist anymore?

I want to learn a new skill. Any suggestions? (Tongue-in-cheek and serious ones welcome.)