Wildwillalaska
AH enthusiast
Not trying to start yet another general boot thread or discussion of Courteney vs. Jim Green vs. Russell Moccasin vs. Buzz's crocs.
A search of older threads on the Courteney canvas boots saw there were some who had or were thinking of trying them a few years back, and then not much mention after. I would love to hear any first-hand reports from any owners who tried them out. Love or hate, tried once or still wearing today. Basically wanting to know how folks felt about them, especially if they like Courteney Boots otherwise, were they a nice edition or too different or didn't meet expectations or whatever.
I'm a big Alaskan gent who gets hot many winter days and somehow thought it would be fun to go swelter in Zimbabwe in October...guess its supposed to be hot there that time a year or something. And since I'm supposed to go to Mozambique next October, thinking anything which might make the temps less horrid is worth consideration.
I hiked through couple hundred miles of the Sierras during record breaking heat, but a lot of it was super dry and cool periods at elevation. I don't backpack in trail runners, I'm a boot guy when hunting or backpacking, but was happy on that trip that I had picked up a pair of canvas Crispi boots vs. my typical leather ones.
I do think the Courteney Boots breath better than any of the gortex lined hunting boots, that have the membrane and leather and other padding and what all they sew in there, but seeing the canvas made me wonder...until I cannot seem much for reports anywhere. I wear a pair of Safari's I got from Rigby almost daily but they are 1/2 big. I have worn a pair of Selous a lot as well and both of the last two hunts in Africa, they are 1/2 size big, but both of those hunts were in later May and June, so cool enough for thicker sock, so enjoy the extra room I take up with wool and quality insert.
Long story short, thinking I need to order a paid of boots, 1/2 size smaller (need an 11 even though I were a 13 in everything else), and want a shorter boot, Safari at most, but considering a tracker or one of the shoes even if I didn't give a canvas pair to spin.
A search of older threads on the Courteney canvas boots saw there were some who had or were thinking of trying them a few years back, and then not much mention after. I would love to hear any first-hand reports from any owners who tried them out. Love or hate, tried once or still wearing today. Basically wanting to know how folks felt about them, especially if they like Courteney Boots otherwise, were they a nice edition or too different or didn't meet expectations or whatever.
I'm a big Alaskan gent who gets hot many winter days and somehow thought it would be fun to go swelter in Zimbabwe in October...guess its supposed to be hot there that time a year or something. And since I'm supposed to go to Mozambique next October, thinking anything which might make the temps less horrid is worth consideration.
I hiked through couple hundred miles of the Sierras during record breaking heat, but a lot of it was super dry and cool periods at elevation. I don't backpack in trail runners, I'm a boot guy when hunting or backpacking, but was happy on that trip that I had picked up a pair of canvas Crispi boots vs. my typical leather ones.
I do think the Courteney Boots breath better than any of the gortex lined hunting boots, that have the membrane and leather and other padding and what all they sew in there, but seeing the canvas made me wonder...until I cannot seem much for reports anywhere. I wear a pair of Safari's I got from Rigby almost daily but they are 1/2 big. I have worn a pair of Selous a lot as well and both of the last two hunts in Africa, they are 1/2 size big, but both of those hunts were in later May and June, so cool enough for thicker sock, so enjoy the extra room I take up with wool and quality insert.
Long story short, thinking I need to order a paid of boots, 1/2 size smaller (need an 11 even though I were a 13 in everything else), and want a shorter boot, Safari at most, but considering a tracker or one of the shoes even if I didn't give a canvas pair to spin.
