I bought a pair of Raichle boots a couple of years ago. I originally bought them to walk the week-long Overland Track in Tasmania. They mouldered in the closet for a year and a half and then went with me on my trip to South America.

These boots have been through the paces, and I am really disappointed — belay that, royally pissed off — that boots as expensive as these have failed to keep the pace. It’s disgusting and a rip-off and a con act on consumers.

My previous boots were a pair of all-leather clodhoppers. The complaint with all-leather boots of course is that they break in round about the same time they wear out. This is partly true. But it is also true that you can resole them and the uppers will last you a decade if you treat them right.

Here’s what my Raichles look like now. (more…)