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On 4/29/2022 at 9:40 AM, Seasick Sailor said:

I've decided to get a decent pair of boots. I think I have settled on the Tecovas Goat Ropers in Scotch Goat. Unfortunately they are backordered. It seems like Tecovas got some love in the early days of this thread but that people may be down on them now. Are they still putting out decent boots, or is there a different brand in the same price point I should be looking at?


Get what fits and feels the best. Then go for looks. I’m a luchesse fan, those boots are for life 

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I bought a pair of alligator Lucchese boots 20 years ago.  Now as I am older, my feet are wider and the boots can't be stretched anymore.  Went to the Lucchese store at The Domain last week and got sized for the right width.  Did not have the color ostrich I wanted, so they got another store to ship to my house.  Fed ex arrived next day.  Very happy with the new boots and the customer service.

 

 

On 5/3/2022 at 6:40 PM, Gladeite said:

I bought a pair of alligator Lucchese boots 20 years ago.  Now as I am older, my feet are wider and the boots can't be stretched anymore.  Went to the Lucchese store at The Domain last week and got sized for the right width.  Did not have the color ostrich I wanted, so they got another store to ship to my house.  Fed ex arrived next day.  Very happy with the new boots and the customer service.

 

 

So what are you doing with the old boots, and what size are they ?

1 minute ago, Frank Erwin said:

So what are you doing with the old boots, and what size are they ?

10.5 D here.  I'd be a buyer.

I have given them to a family member.  Thanks for the interest.  

I'm not certain people are down on them.  But they are a price point boot.  

I think they've increased their prices too. I'm still a fan, but it does not seem there is as much a delta to more upscale brands as there used to be.

Yeah I wouldn’t seeing a cheaper option move into the space. Cuero’s bizarre zag into “work boots” has left a void. 

Tecovas kind reminds of SWA. Get a foothold in the market with cheap prices and a decent product, then establish a reliable customer base, and finally raise prices until they’re about the same as their competitors. 

12 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Yeah I wouldn’t seeing a cheaper option move into the space. Cuero’s bizarre zag into “work boots” has left a void. 

Tecovas kind reminds of SWA. Get a foothold in the market with cheap prices and a decent product, then establish a reliable customer base, and finally raise prices until they’re about the same as their competitors. 

Cuero right now are at 20% off btw, coming in at 160.

they are an example of a company where i would love to see their sales breakdown % by SKU. they have to be selling a pretty decent number of work style boots, right?!

23 hours ago, Godzillatron said:


I think they've increased their prices too. I'm still a fan, but it does not seem there is as much a delta to more upscale brands as there used to be.

There's about a $150 difference between the Tecovas I am interested in and a similar style from Lucchese. I'm pretty sure I am going to convince myself to get the Luccheses, particularly because I can go to a brick and mortar store and make sure I get the right fit without the hassle of dealing with the return process. 

23 hours ago, StruggleBus said:

Lucchese

Este. Even the “cheap” Lucchese’s are decent boots. I get 3+ resoles out of them over everyday wear for 5 years or so before they are relegated to work boots. 

So I've narrowed it down to either the Sunset Roper or Majestic Roper from Lucchese. I think I like the color and leather better on the Tan Sunsets, but the Tobacco Majestics are nice too, and the dark brown may be more versatile I suppose. The heel, shaft, and toe are the same on both. 

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Majestics:

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I have a pair of those Lucchese sunset ropers. Nice boots. That said, I agree with JSB and Sam Elliott.





On 5/9/2022 at 9:40 AM, Seasick Sailor said:

There's about a $150 difference between the Tecovas I am interested in and a similar style from Lucchese. I'm pretty sure I am going to convince myself to get the Luccheses, particularly because I can go to a brick and mortar store and make sure I get the right fit without the hassle of dealing with the return process. 

I agree with your choice but where do you live that doesn’t have a Tecovas store yet? They’re throwing those things up like crazy. My buddy does a lot of the building and was giving me a rundown of what’s coming and it sounds like they’re over expanding but we’ll see. I think they’re tripling the size of the store on SoCo by moving across the street soon. 

I have one pair of Tecovas, nine pair of Lucchese.  I like my Tecovas, but will keep buying Lucchese.

The lucchese suede boots look great 

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9 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

their transition from "low cost, high quality boots" to "apparel company selling everything, oh yeah and boots" has been interesting. not unexpected after they raised 56m (lifetime of 120m) in funding in Jan.

 

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"Our goal at Tecovas is to build the most welcoming brand in western," said Paul Hedrick, founder and CEO of Tecovas. "This latest funding will allow us to scale our vision and welcome even more customers to the brand. We've seen rapid growth since Tecovas' launch in 2015, and we plan to use the proceeds from this round of funding to continue on that trajectory, investing significantly in hiring, expanding our retail footprint, buying more inventory, and launching many new products."

In addition to the funding, Tecovas recently achieved two notable milestones that speak to the company's significant growth. First, 2021 was the first $100 million+ revenue year for the brand and, secondly, it celebrated the sale of its 1 millionth pair of cowboy boots in Q4 2021. The profitable brand - which grew over 80% in 2021 - is showing no signs of slowing down in 2022 or beyond, as it plans to open another 5-7 stores and notch 50%+ growth in 2022.

 

 

I want the Alligator Tecovas in a zip boot. I check every few weeks to see if they will drop one, but nope. They came out with a lizard.

I have noticed in Texas that Tecovas has become a bro thing and I get like a dozen compliments every time I wear a pair in a professional setting.

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On 5/19/2022 at 11:38 PM, Vegas64 said:

I want the Alligator Tecovas in a zip boot. I check every few weeks to see if they will drop one, but nope. They came out with a lizard.

I have noticed in Texas that Tecovas has become a bro thing and I get like a dozen compliments every time I wear a pair in a professional setting.

Yep. I usually get compliments on The Cooper (black cherry Nile crocodile) when I wear them to HLSR events. 
 

I’m still regretting not buying the Birthday boot last year. Tan hornback alligator. I hope they bring them back, but they probably won’t. 

Ordered a pair of Lucchese Sunset Ropers in Chocolate. I was very impressed with the customer service. They were running a promotion for a free belt with purchase, but all the belts that matched my boots were sold out in my size. I chatted with someone today, and they gave me a code I can use when the belts are back in stock. 

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Those look nice, but an extra $300 for what appears to be a Sunset roper with the stone wash seems steep. 

On 6/24/2022 at 2:24 PM, Herbie Hancock said:

New? How? Mad Dog goat has been a Lucchese staple for a long ass time.

New in that I don’t have a pair ….

yet 

Looks like the round toe is available in ropers only, right? 
No, there's a "R" and #6 toe in both ropers and western styles now. R is wider than #6. For decades R was all roper toes and western round toe was #6. That changed in last 10yrs I'm guessing.
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My grandson woke up and dug my 25 year old pair of Red Wing Pecos out of the closet.  They’ve been patched and worn to hell but still feel like silk.  Not so CSB about that pair.  In 1999, @TexasEd and I went to the KState game, known as Applewhite’s nightmare.  Before the game we went to Scholz and I won the boots (a coupon for them) in a raffle.  
 

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25 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Tecovas is selling $165 slippers now. 


plays well to their target audience 

They do.  I bet my $20 Mexican Huaraches are more comfortable.

On 6/24/2022 at 2:14 PM, Seasick Sailor said:

Those look nice, but an extra $300 for what appears to be a Sunset roper with the stone wash seems steep. 

It used to be that Lucchese had "tiers" of quality of construction/craftsmanship, with Classic being the top tier and the most expensive, and 1883 and some others being of lesser quality (not all leather, more machine work, etc.).  It got to be quite confusing and now they've just abolished the tiers altogether, but some boots are significantly more expensive than very similar others, like those ropers, above.

Before that, they were all "Classic" quality, now they clearly are not.

It's hard to figure out.

But it seems like if you are paying less than $1k for non-exotic and at least double that for exotic, you're not getting traditional Lucchese quality.  Another tip off seems to be whether they are available in widths other than D or EE.

ETA:  Perusing the Lucchese site, they indicate nothing that isn't D or EE width.  That isn't how boots work.  That's how mass produced fashion works.  There's not even an indication of made to order, which is basically what Classics were.

I'm not sure I'd fuck with Lucchese anymore.  BlackJack is more for your money and I think better resembles old school Lucchese quality.

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I’ve had enough so I’m gonna say it and I’m not sorry if anyone is offended. Tecovas is not a cowboy boot and they don’t belong in this thread. They’re a fashion shoe made for people that listen to Jon Pardi and wear boot cut jeans.

On 7/22/2022 at 7:55 PM, TwiceHorn said:

I'm not sure I'd fuck with Lucchese anymore.  BlackJack is more for your money and I think better resembles old school Lucchese quality.

I don’t disagree with your comments on BJ, and I’ve moved more towards AB lately, but less than a year ago I was looking at some ~1k luccheses and they seemed good. Probably fall somewhere between the classics and 1883, well above the 2000’s or whatever the cheap ones were several years ago.  I’m definitely not an expert like @Herbie Hancock or @NotActuallyALonghorn but I’ve been an everyday wearer of boots for last 27 years. 

You buy / wear what’s comfortable.

I would never wear tecovas, pretty sure they don’t miss my $$$

 

 

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2 hours ago, Herbie Hancock said:

I’m not an expert, just an asshole. 

Well, I’ve agreed with about all your posts on this thread in last several years.  Good enough for me. 

I have a pair of Tecovas alligator ropers.  They look and feel amazing.  A+

While i don't hate on Lucchesi, i have had pretty poor experiences, including a bootstrap breaking in half within a couple months of purchase.  Better than my one (and last) experience with Justin's ropers, but still more than enough not to pay the premium for Lucchesi.  

19 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Alligator ropers are my next purchase 

Looking at full quill ostrich ropers for my next purchase. 

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