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It has been my experience that the toe box of any boot never stretches, no matter how much wish-energy you put into it. If you are crammed in as if you’re trying to make a wish with your toes, then they do not fit. The boot should then grip you around your instep like a reassuring handshake the vamp of the boot will conform to your foot in time, as will the heel, so if there is a little heel slipping, don’t be too concerned unless your heel is really rattling around in there. These boots fit me perfectly with a medium weight boot sock, as if they were made for me.Ī good cowboy boot should allow your foot to slide in easily, then pop in place. These are 10 EE, and I usually take a size 9 ½ Wide in boots, which typically run large - but that’s not the case here. Order your true size, measured on a Brannock device (this is likely a half size smaller than your sneakers)įor this review, I was supplied with the Chisos No.Available in regular (D) and extra wide (EE) widths.Will Roman was very forthcoming in our conversation, and as you will discover as we get inside and outside this interesting and comfortable boot. I have spoken with many companies over the years that guard these details like The Colonel’s Secret Recipe. One of the things that I admire about the Chisos Boot Company is their transparency in everything, from each tiny detail of construction to where they source their leather.

They are $545 USD and available through Chisos on their website. They come in two colors, “Brushed Brown” and “Magic Black ” two widths, D and EE, half sizes from 7 to 12.5, and then whole sizes 13, 14, 15. The No.2 is classic styled cowboy boot with an 11” shaft and a 1 ⅝ heel with a refined square toe.

Their Mexican origin may turn off die hard made-in-USA guys.

The use of Celastic for stiffening may bother some purists.

The price, which isn’t low, but is in line with the boots’ quality.

You can apply rubber sole protectors but note that with wear, though, the leather soles will get beat up and their grip will improve.

A portion of the proceeds of sales go toward preserving Texas’ natural spaces.

A high quality, leather coated gel insert is included.

Quick break-in mine felt broken in as soon as you put them on.

Extremely comfortable this is industry-changing, sneaker-like comfort.

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Chisos was launched in November of 2019 to great attention in the boot community.īut was he successful? Let’s break it down. This gave him a tremendous opportunity to design a cowboy boot from the inside out. His competitor’s boots were thin, very thin, with only a few millimeters of stacked leather between the foot and whatever sharp edge you may step on. Split them down the middle, Rose Anvil style. He had to fit all that stuff into the footbed and have enough room in the foot cavity, so he autopsied his competitor’s boots. Now the challenge was to combine the cowboy boot archetype with a modern comfortable insole. The path then led him to an apprenticeship in Guanajuato, Mexico where he learned to make boots the old fashioned way: cut without cutting corners. He began missing Texas terribly, and in a Eureka moment worthy of Doc Brown from Back to the Future, realized that he should make a cowboy boot as comfortable as a sneaker.

It has been covered elsewhere in greater detail, but here is the Cliffs Notes version: Will Roman was raised in Houston, around boots his entire life, wrestled in high school, studied film at the University of Texas, went into technology, hurt his back in a motorcycle accident, and became disillusioned with his career. A world that would look quite a bit like the Chisos Mountains, the landscape that inspired Will Roman to create the Chisos Boot Company. It’s as if you could slip them on and be transported into that world. If you love your work boots and all things Americana, then it’s more than likely you’ve looked on in simmering admiration of those who can pull off a great pair of cowboy boots.Ĭowboy boots evoke images of working in a vast unspoiled wilderness, of self-reliance, of the smell of campfire, and tangible deeds in exchange for honest pay.