I bought a pair of Chippewa engineer boots around the end of 2015. I think I paid $200 maybe $230 I can’t remember. Usually when I buy something, I like to keep it until it falls apart. I took this picture probably six months after I purchased them.
I proceeded to wear these boots for the next five or six years, working, shitty jobs at a biker bar, selling honey, and working at Walt Disney World. Eventually went back to corporate America and I still wear them as my office boots even though I work from home so I don’t wear them as often.
I had to get patches put on since that was the cheapest option. I think it cost $150 to have them resoled and patched.
The price was almost the price of the boots originally but Chippewa quit making these and now it’s hard to find a pair of boots like this under $500.
The only boot care has been a few resoles, and rubbing coconut oil on them and polishing them maybe once a year.