FondotsNo shoes are truly BIFL if you wear them regularly, but these come close
quick_snailI learned the key is to avoid real leather. Even if you get $400 italian boots, that shit can’t take literally daily wear. It needs to rest.
The good faux leathers (using the material used in luxary yachts and car upholstery) lasts decades.
You’re not taking care of your boots then, leather is skin and needs care. I have a pair of boots in my closet that lasted ten years, until I made a mistake and ruined them. I’m not ready to let them go yet.
Every few months I would polish them. That wasn’t the problem. They need to rest. If they get wet and you keep using them (because you use them every day and only have 1 pair of shoes), they will not last