Frank the Butcher's Top 25 Boots of All Time
By Russ Bengtson | Feb 8, 2012 | 11:24 am | Permalink
Making a list like this is making a distinction between sneakers and boots. Growing up there wasn’t always a clear line between choices. Boots were as common as wearing J’s. Me personally, I would say in the beginning wearing boots was just a smart financial choice. My parents were not in any position to pour their hard earned into an infinite rotation of the latest and greatest. Boots were something I could wear for a long period of time without looking uncool — especially through the hell we called winter. On the flip side of that coin, boots represented something else to me. They were a symbol of handling your business, standing on your own, not swaying and following the trends. I still stand by those attributes today and still wear boots regardless of how much eBay heat is in storage. —FRANK THE BUTCHER
Smokey February 8th, 2012 at 01:49 PM
Sorry son, but no way are timbs nice looking, at all. Polo>Nike>Timbs. Wearing buttas is a sure sign you can't dress, or come from NY, and should stay in the burrows where they belong and out of sight of normal people.
GEBS! February 8th, 2012 at 02:00 PM
Geez, growing up in NYC in the 90's. Dolo Hawks, Vasque sundowners and skywalkers, Baltoros...that was my winter rotation with the Lo and Face. This list brings back so many hoodrat memories haha.
GEBS! February 8th, 2012 at 02:04 PM
I think Smokey was born post 1995..Polo boots are wack now unless you have OG cookie boots with vibram soles. Any polo boots made after 2000 are made of plastic. 6 inch premiums are also my go to nowadays; dress them up, dress them down, all good. Also putting Polo in front of Nike and Timberland shows that you don't know much about what goes into your footwear..
Smokey February 9th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
haha 93 actually. amd na bruh, im from California, i just care about how they look, not how well they get through snow. and if you say timbs look anywhere close to as nice to polo boots you drawin.
blcklistd February 8th, 2012 at 04:41 PM
them visvims are something special...
sweetdookie February 8th, 2012 at 05:50 PM
nice list sit made me realize I owned alotta boots seen a few I had back in the day and a couple I still own and rock...but would wally's be considered boots?
Bronx On Top February 8th, 2012 at 10:02 PM
Vasque Skywalk best boot ever made...Classic New York shit
dee916 February 9th, 2012 at 12:44 AM
wackest line up ever, the timberland gore tek line in the 90's is not even in here. The dark brown leathers, black, and tan suede's, every color way they came out with was killin' em.
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Kam-kam Redwood February 9th, 2012 at 01:10 PM
Wow!! No Native Fitzsimmons Boots or PALLADIUM BOOTS WHATS GOING ON???? THOSE ARE HOT FOSHO!!!!
Violent J February 10th, 2012 at 03:16 PM
Timberland Iditard Superboot=G.O.A.T.