Good Ankle Boots for Under $200

[johnny_flapjack]

Originally Posted by sammy

johnny_flapjack,
Are those the whiskey color yearling craftsmen? I have them in chestnut and would like to get a another pair in whiskey. Is the sole/heel color brown or black? Can't tell from the photo.

They are the whiskey with a composite sole. Not mine, but stolen from p.33 of Sator's RM Williams Boots - Everything You Wanted to Know thread. Those belong to Englandmj7.

 

[johnny_flapjack]

Originally Posted by Tiberias

You can also try waiting for the AE lace-ups to show up on e-Bay, but they're rare creatures, I think I've seen only one pair in my size available for sale. Also out there are the AE York, a double zip sided boot, but those are even more rare.


I agree. I called one of the AE outlets in Wisconsin earlier this week due to their sale and had a very helpful associate search their system for some of the old boots. She said that it was a system-wide search, and not specific to the store I was calling. I had her check about six of the old boot models (Brantley, York, London, Stanford and two others that currently escape my mind), and there are just a couple of odd sizes left in one or two of the models - like a 12EE in the Brantley. Ebay is probably your best option, but it might take some time.

In the mean time:
Alden Chukka from aldenshop.com on clearance at $215 (but in brown grain calf and not the brown Kudu as pictured - whatever the hell Kudu is)

And from Charles Tyrwhitt:

http://ctshirts.scene7.com/is/image/...t/MBTTAN?$278$

http://ctshirts.scene7.com/is/image/...t/MBTPGL?$278$

http://ctshirts.scene7.com/is/image/...t/MBAJOD?$143$

http://ctshirts.scene7.com/is/image/...t/MCGMIL?$278$

http://ctshirts.scene7.com/is/image/...t/MBTPBC?$278$

 

[UTVol085]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Charles-Tyrwhitt...742.m153.l1262

Those are pretty sweet

 

[robin]

Originally Posted by johnny_flapjack

Alden Chukka from aldenshop.com on clearance at $215 (but in brown grain calf and not the brown Kudu as pictured - whatever the hell Kudu is)
Kudu leather comes from the Kudu Antelope. I'm not sure if Alden specially uses this leather for that boot or if they just call it that, but it's supposedly nice as a foul weather boot as the leather is treated in special oils for longer than calfskin is.