White’s Boots

I’m still breaking in my Smoke Jumper’s so I don’t want to get too excited but I really like them. One of their long time employee’s was recommended to do the fitting and he hit the mark perfectly. I have high arches and plantar fasciitis and have spent years daydreaming about boots that fit perfectly and these do. I really like the fit, look and the feel of them, they are a classic western work boot.
I ordered them exactly the way I wanted, the right color, insulation and a leather lining and arches build to my specs. I wore them out of the store and it felt like cinder blocks on my feet. When they say a hundred hours of break-​in they mean it. I was worried about making an expensive mistake and pleased I did not make one.
I have worn them 12 hours a day for nearly a month and like them more every day. My feet like them and feel better than they have in ages. I have owned Danner’s, Red Wings and Matterhorn boots, none of them cheap and spent a ton on orthotics and expensive foot beds of all sorts. They help to a point, but none of them are as nice as these boots. I’m hoping the new owner’s treat the company with respect and keep the quality high.

Great service and helpful! Such a wonderful group of people who are ready to help you find what will work best. Had to get work boots last minute and they were perfect!

I bought a pair of White’s Logger/​Smoke Jumper boots at the store in Spokane in 1990. They’re not my oldest boots, those would be a couple pairs of Tony Lama’s I bought in the mid-​1980s, but they’re survivors. They are my primary motorcycle boots, and as such have been scorched, beaten and well worn. They’ve been re-​heeled several times and re-​soled once. I’ve put probably 200,000 miles on them in all kinds of weather on all kinds of roads and trails. They are so comfortable, I wish I could wear them every day. Top quality!

I would have gladly paid the extra $ 175 for a custom-​made boot, and I told them that, but they kept sending off-​the-​shelf sizes that fit terribly. I finally got it out of them that many models are not custom made, and those carefully taken measurements you send in are just a guide to what they’ll pull of the shelf. And if they don’t have what fits you they’ll send whatever is closest.
It’s bad business to sell somebody something that you know is not right for them.

I just got a pair of used White’s semi-​dress boots (the mid-​tops seen in one of the photos) and the quality is unbelievable. Stacked leather slanted heel, supple tongue leather, vibram soles, all grommet 6-​hole lace-​up and full arch support. It arrived broken-​in, and are so supple they feel like slippers. It’s way more comfortable than my red wing gentlemen travelers, which I’m also a big fan of. White’s has a big following among firemen and loggers, which should give you an indication of their quality. White’s will also fully rebuild shoes for a fraction of the cost of new — re-​soling, whatever they need.

Arguably the best hand-​made leather work boot company. I have a pair of their Smoke Jumpers that are a work of art. My daily shoes are a pair of their «semi-​dress boots.» My spouse is in love with a pair of two-​tone «Packers,» especially for riding and hopefully, soon, work around «a barn.» We just ordered my brother-​in-​law a pair of insulated Northwests for work in his company’s cooler.
We order them locally from Goettelmanns Gary Ryans Sport Shop in Santa Clara, CA — where we can fit them, but via catalogue is easy enough as well.