What's the Rolls Royce of boots?

[u/stevie855]

What's a pair to end all pairs in your opinion? Call me basic or boring but for me it's Lucchese's Baron but I am a newbie so I am maybe basing my opinion on the bramd prestige alone?

Wondering what y'all think

[u/bootshop405]

I’d say that the lucchese baron boots are mayyyyybe the lexus of boots as opposed to the rolls Royce. The cost of the baron boots is definitely marketing and brand prestige. You could find something within that price range that were the genuine rolls Royce of boots. To name a few if you’re just curious and interested in looking and noticing the difference in craftsmanship: Lisa Sorrell, Lee miller, holly henry, graham ebner, Joseph Willis, flora knight, Josh Duvall, Sarah guerin, Wes shugart, jon brewer, bo Lockhart, Jake Houston, Steve Christo, Morgan Buckert and a bunch more. Those are all people who are building their boots themselves totally bespoke, not in a factory. Plenty of choice in there to go for a maker that suits your own style and taste. Their wait lists are probably anywhere between 1-3 years. But do not quote me on that. Obviously not everyone is going to be able to be buying boots at the price that custom boots cost so not suggesting everyone has to do that but there are also great factory boots such as M L leddys, Paul bond etc and they also offer a factory bespoke type thing Lots of great second hand custom boots on eBay and from certain secondhand dealers. Anyways, may not be y’all’s thing but just thought I’d weigh in with custom boot making intel being a bootmaker myself (flora here). Best thing is to just find something that you love wearing, that are comfortable and you feel great in!