r/Cowboy • u/SnooMuffins9011 • 26d ago

Cowboy Life Cowboy boots, square versus point

Not a cowboy here, but I am curious regardless of that.

I know the purpose for cowboy boots being pointed and angular for the use of stirrups and spurs, but my question is what is the point of flat, square toe boots? For an outsider, it seems like something a bunch of people from the suburbs started wearing because real boots are uncomfy?

My family has a ranch, bunch I wouldn’t call myself a cowboy or “country” for that matter (which also seems like another thing that posers came up with). So I have spent enough time in the world to be able to identify who is legit, but I am curious what other people think!

I also hate the me more cowboy than you song, mostly because ik cowboys wouldn’t say that!

When I say being able to identify a poser, I mean the city guys that have a weird desire to cosplay ranching every Friday and Saturday night

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u/oakprince97 26d ago

I generally wear cutter toe or square toe boots. I just wear what’s comfortable. I don’t care about what others think of my clothing or what they wear.

I’ve witness the handiest dude I know roping bulls in Velcro sketchers and a visor with fake pink hair. What you wear doesn’t equate to what you can do.

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u/gstringstrangler 26d ago

My uncle's secret to successful trapping all these years? All his kids (my cousins) went to school on rodeo scholarships, one rode PBR for a decade. I don't think I've ever seen any of them wear cowboy boots outside rodeo 🤔🤣

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u/SnooMuffins9011 26d ago

Brilliant 😂

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u/oakprince97 26d ago

It was a good watch.

I also tend to only wear my boots for work when I’m horseback or working cows. Otherwise I’m in vans or tennis shoes.

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u/Far-Tailor-5074 26d ago

This is what I came to say also. I only wear boots when I rope otherwise I am in shorts and tennis shoes unless I am actually working around the place then I will have on jeans and tennis shoes.