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 I have 4 pairs of Rod Patrick boots - 3 for riding and 1 for dress.  I absolutely love them!

Juli Thorson:

3. SIX OR MORE PAIRS. There’s no such thing as too many pairs of Western boots, and I’m proof!

I believe I fall into "collector" category.  My oldest boots were bought in 1967.  They are still soft and fit like a glove!   

 Justins - everything from ropers to pointed toes and high heels.   (11 pairs)

Nocona - 6 pairs - dancing shoes, show boots, boots to wear with skirts.

Olson Stelzers - 4 pairs... high tops wild colors, and custom fits!   Antiques (almost from the 1960's - best fitting boots I ever owned!!!!!!)   resoled several times, and as good as new!

Tony Lama's - 4 pairs thick soles for work and walk.

White's - lace up packers, 2 pairs!   worth their weight in gold

Ariats - great for having to walk very far.   Good laceups, but they don't last as long as the boots above (probably because I do walk more in them, and eventually wear them out across the top of the balls of my feet.

no name brands (sale buys for extras around the ranch)   7 pair.    (donated these and three pairs of justins to local kids over Christmas!)

#1 They are a pair of ropers I actually picked up from a thrift store for two bucks, After I rode in them though I feel that they are too heavy for me.  I like a lighter boot.  I have many fashion boots but my all time favorite pair of boots is my little bit to big pair of rubber boots, that are lined, great for walking in anything even snow and keeping my feet dry and toasty and easy to clean, just spray them off with a hose.

Juli Thorson:

2. TWO TO FIVE PAIRS. Work boots, dress boots, riding boots, fashion boots--I have variety.

3. SIX OR MORE PAIRS. There’s no such thing as too many pairs of Western boots, and I’m proof!

 

I'm somewhere between. I have a couple pairs of "fashion" boots (I actually rode in one pair once, lol), and only 2 pairs of "real" cowboy boots (both are Ariats, tall, fancy, pointy-toed black; and short, "weathered" brown - and both were purchased at the Houston Rodeo, lol), but I also have 4 pairs of Ariat paddock boots (all slightly different, one nearly unwearable, lol), a pair of Ariat Dumas riding sneakers (mesh for summer!), and a pair of no-name English tall boots (I hate them). I wear the brown cowboy boots to work, as well as stomping around outdoors at riding clinics.

All the riding boots (except the tall boots) would be as acceptable for western riding as english (maybe not showing, but the paddock boots look like ropers w/out the kiltie thing). And I've done quite a bit of riding in the weathered cowboy boots - I take my niece on a trail ride when I visit her in AZ almost every Christmas, and I also wore them (and the riding sneakers) when I took her to a dude ranch for her 10th birthday - and we rode 3-5 times every day.

Oh, and I forgot my hiking boots (Columbia)! I mostly wear them while leading a horse around - while volunteering for a local therepeutic equestrian center. So they qualify as work/horse boots, lol.

 

2. TWO TO FIVE PAIRS. Work boots, dress boots, riding boots, fashion boots--I have variety.

 Right now I have 3 pairs of western boots

- an old pair of almost worn out hand-me-downs that I still wear around the barn

- A pair of Georiga lace-ups

- A pair of pull on Ariat probaby's that I wear almost everyday

And Im looking for my 4th pair of Ariats :)