Los Altos Boots Index

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Los Altos Boot Company
Exotic Boot Specialists

Handmade, hand crafted leather boots... Quality inside & out!
Traditional Western Styling with a wide variety of toe & heel combinations.

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If you are familiar with better quality Western boots, you understand the value that handcrafted boots can provide. If they are new to you, you have to get through "working them in" to really understand how truly great they feel. (They get better over time!) Your friends will tell you to buy a handcrafted boot because they also hold up well.

The boots are cut generously in size. They allow comfortable room for your arches. Until they break-in, they will slip on your heels. ( In fact they are always going to slip a little, the design is different than a short quarter shoe, so the slipping will not rub blisters on your heels. See the next few paragraphs too.)

The leather sole system, with all sorts of foot fitting innards, provides a shock absorbing, arch supporting, surface for most casual and dress wearing conditions. Some of the styles add a rubber bottom to the leather outsole system for even more durability.

Because of popular demand, several soles are Leather with rubber inserts. This gives a little more slip resistance & durability to the traditional leather; still allowing the comfort & support of hand-formed leather soles. And the Biker boots & Trucker boots will include rubber slip-resistant soles. Several of these are now available in Exotic skins.

Although a "cowboy boot" is one of the first things you look for, when dressing for cowboy events, people wearing Western dress boots do not always wear them just to look like cowboys. The arch support and quality craftsmanship allow us to go all day without sore feet and aching backs or legs. As you walk, Western style boots pump air around your feet, which aids in dissipation of moisture, and even more comfort for you. This is why you do want some slippage on those heels!)

Proper foot care now, will pay tremendous dividends in all your years to come. Cheap made shoes create all sorts of problems years from now. And soft bottom tennis shoes, designed for active sports, were never made to wear all day.

Let Cultured Cowboy become your favorite boot dealership! WE search the world for your best footwear values. If you're looking for a work boot or western boot style that you can't find, just call or email. We'll be glad to get it for you at a very fair price.

Los Altos Boots

As we continue to search out the whole world for the best values in Western boots, Cultured Cowboy will keep adding pages! Los Altos Boots have been around for decades. Plants in the USA & Mexico. Inspecting their quality, it's a very nice exotic boot for the money. Exotics are their specialty, and they offer a wide variety of styles in most popular Western Exotic Boots. Cultured Cowboy is tickled to provide these guys for your selection.

These boots are not using any endangered animals. Alligators & Ostriches are a farm grown food source in many parts of the world. Piraracu comes from overpopulated areas of the Amazon River. Lizards, snakes, and other such creatures' features are also used with careful consideration of humane animal control. Good ecosystems depend on not wasting any part of the animal.

If there is any criticism of Los Altos Boots, it would be that each boot is not always available in both D & EE widths. Cultured Cowboy will be happy to work with you as to which size would be best for your particular needs. Over time, Los Altos has been offering more selection in both widths. However, their more limited width selection means they can get the ones they do make, faster for deliveries. - Seems everyone has a shortage of workers. This company does a great job of training & quality control!

God Bless, Thanks.

Here's some boot terminology:

Rancher Boots - super roper heel & a wide round or square toe box Usually an 11 or 12 inch top.
European Square toe - Many companies call this a "cutter toe". Easier to catch a stirrup. extends further than a wide square toe.
Rodeo Boot - Like the rancher with a Medium square toe. Slight spur ridge. 12 inch top. Popular with riders & spectators.
Roper Boot - An English Wellington. Rounded toe, about a 1 inch block heel. Mostly 10 inch top.
Charro Boot - An ankle boot designed for durability & comfort. Lateral support. Usually elastic entry.
Side Zipper Boot - Usually a shorter shaft, the zipper allows a more contoured upper fit; easier entry for many wide or aged feet.
J toe Boots - Narrow Round toe. The more narrow the toe, the more the front tip extends past your actual toes. Toes don't cross. This adds length appearance to many people sensitive about wide feet.
R Toe Boots - Medium wide toes. This has been the most popular style over the past decades. Fashion comes & goes, but this toe has passed timelessly.
U toe Boots - a wider round toe, not obnoxious, but accommodates feet with wider toe box needs.
Square toe Boots - From the handmade square on very pointed boots, snip toe boots, medium square & wide square boots, choose a fashion that fits both personality & feet. The newest fashion statement in square toe boots is the "cutter" toe : Medium square that may or may not be slightly undercut.

Leather sole boots - A favorite for dancing. With Los Altos boots, there will be a matching leather insole & A cork or similar midsole. Breaks in well. Often maximum arch support. After a few weeks, you can run your hand inside your boot & feel every hump & bump made as it has customized to your feet. Sometimes a thinner cushion layer is placed over the leather insole. Almost always there is a comfort heel pad over the insole.
Rubber sole boots - Durable. Flexes well. Usually with a cushioned insole. We almost always give up some comfort in traditional leather sole boots for the extended durability of these "tire rubber" soles. Much more slip resistant.
Combo sole boots - To allow the comfort of leather with more durability, Some soles add the rubber as inserts within the leather.

Stitched sole boots - Often with a Goodyear welt. Can be resoled after wear by a reputable shoe repair shop. Can be either leather or rubber type outer sole. Stitching is usually a durable nylon or blend. Often 3 resoles can happen, then re-welting, and another couple resoles after all that.
Injection Molded, or "Glue-On" sole boots - Due to huge labor shortages & price savings, these are being offered by most production companies. They are more "automated" in construction. They do well unless you walk through a chemical that cuts loose the glue bond. They do loosen over time with all the tens of thousands of flexes your footwear make while your wearing them. Often, the better types can be re-glued by a reputable boot repair shop.

American Alligator Western Boots
Here's the champ of exotic Western Boots! Very durable scales with membranes that give a terrific texture. One of the most difficult exotic boots to build, only the most skilled boot makers will attempt to use American alligator for a boot.
Maybe you'll be the first in your area to try a pair. Not always available, call us for your size search. The leather is comfortable & somewhat thickened. Molds to your foot easily.
Always elegant to wear! Wear with Tuxedo, suits or jeans.

Los Altos is offering a crazy low price on American Alligator Boots. Not always available. Call us for current availability in your size.

Style: LA-8225803
Wide Square Toe
Cognac Alligator Boot. Rancher boot styling. Leather outsole on an all leather Cognac upper. Glove lining. Wide Square toe gives Max room in the toe box width. Super Roper heel. Handmade.
Stock Sizing: 6 -12, 13, EE

Compare at: $995.00
CC Price: Only $599.99

Style: LA-8225805
Wide Square Toe
Black Alligator Boot. Rancher boot styling. Leather outsole on an all leather Black upper. Glove lining. Wide Square toe gives Max room in the toe box width. Super Roper heel. Handmade.
Stock Sizing: 6 -12, 13, EE

Compare at: $995.00
CC Price: Only $599.99

Style: LA-8225807
Wide Square Toe
Brown Alligator Boot. Rancher boot styling. Leather outsole on an all leather brown upper. Glove lining. Wide Square toe gives Max room in the toe box width. Super Roper heel. Handmade.
Stock Sizing: 6 -12, 13, EE

Compare at: $995.00
CC Price: Only $599.99

Style: LA-8225835
Wide Square Toe
Sanded Brown Alligator Boot. Rancher boot styling. Leather outsole on an all leather Dark Brown upper. Glove lining. Wide Square toe gives Max room in the toe box width. Super Roper heel. Handmade.
Stock Sizing: 6 -12, 13, EE

Compare at: $995.00
CC Price: Only $599.99

Caiman Tail Western Boots
Caiman is a smaller alligator, much easier to work with as a leather, than the more labor intensive American alligator that costs $1400.00 & up. This caiman alligator boot has a lot of textured detail without huge "wings" at the toe. Classy. Take a look at the detailed raised stitch design on the shaft. Nice. The pattern makes the shaft stay new looking longer, yet flexes easily for your comfort. Fanciful pull tabs. Each color has these beneficial specifications: Leather outsole on an all leather upper. Glove lining. Med Round (R) toe. Slightly underslung walking heel. Handcrafted.

This Caiman Alligator Tail boot is appropriate, (especially in black), for even the more formal occasions. With jeans, it is dressed down enough to work as a higher value, tough looking, (says - I am my own man.) comfy boot.

Order ASAP to get these remarkably low prices on your exotic boots.

Style: LA-8220104
Winter White Caiman Tail Boot
Wide Square Toe
Rancher Style. Leather outsole on an all leather Cognac upper. Wide Square toe gives Max room in the toe box width. Glove Lined.
Super Roper block heel..
Handcrafted.
Stock Sizing: 6-12, 13 EE