Clifford James Alask boots

[Brian Gaff]

Many years ago I bought three pairs of these very comfy zip up boots, and have almost lived in them summer and winter. Not the steel toed ones, the ordinary ones. Now I've just split the upper from the sole of the last pair, and as the supplier is apparently no more, does anyone know of a source for these boots now? I doubt if they are made in Alaska. I can find boots described as Alaska, but these look like serious walking boots and or steel capped industrial footwear. Anyone know anything? the links I followed up on the search engines are the ones I listed, not the sort I want. I'm not about to go fell walking mountaineering or working on a building site in them. Brian

[Paul]

It's not a Chelsea boot because it has no elastic panels near the tops of them. The dual zippers take the place of elastic panels, for a fit up top.

I'm not finding a match on Amazon. And of course searching for a zip-up boot, brings on a deluge of the wrong things. This isn't just any old zip-up boot.

There's no way to refine a style search, without a very exacting term for it.

Naturally, an Alaskan would be completely ambivalent about the product. They just pulled that descriptive adjective from their ass. In warmer weather, an Alaskan male would wear construction boots.

Paul

[The Natural Philosopher]

[Brian Gaff]

Yes, I was told by somebody else they originally were made in Russia, which might also be an issue now. I don't know what descriptor to us. I hate trawling around shoe shops looking for something the same. Besides we used to have loads of shoe shops, but these days they specialise in fashion boots or outdoor and industrial. I want a comfy fur lined boot that zips up each side and that is it. Obviously it should not let water in. I could glue the old ones but its only a matter of time before it breaks somewhere else as its almost through the leather inside in many other places than the one its gone at, where my left big toe goes. Brian

[Brian Gaff]

Blimey, I'd not pay huge amounts for a boot like mine, they cost about 30 quid when new. These have a kind of rubber sole, no stitching, appear to be glued in two parts to the cellular sole inside. The zips are either side at the sides. They are very flexible, no decoration like those have either.

The boots I want are probably out there, just called something else. Brian

[Andy Burns]

I found a webshop that used to sell them in Kyiv, but unsurprisingly they're out of stock.

[Andrew]

Even for summer wear ???