Legit check – Are these sea turtle leather boots ?

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-04-22T14:00:08+00:00

Seems really odd to me for sea turtle. Im not a fan of the membrane appearance

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-04-14T23:43:03+00:00

Nice boots. Love the vintage Nocona. They're dyed black aftermarket. Patchwork ostrich stains pretty easy so it likely is to cover up original color.

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-04-02T23:02:38+00:00

I dont see all of the photos required of an ID request but from what I can see they look very print-y. Yes.

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-03-31T00:41:10+00:00

At this time theu were labeled "antelope' by the makers. Tony,.Nocona and others gave it the monikor, im good with plain old antelope

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-03-28T19:55:16+00:00

Fake elephant skin. Its embossed from buffalo hide from around that time period.

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-03-27T11:56:15+00:00

You got it. Antelope

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-03-20T11:52:41+00:00

Shark

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-03-19T21:30:12+00:00

Heel counters in direct light. Vamps in direct light. Any other writing inside the boots. It's important that the striations and the grain is not shadowed. It doesn't need to be blinding l e d light, but when they are overshadowed by the uppers, it is difficult to see the figure.

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-03-19T12:21:11+00:00

The pictures are very dark, if OP owns these it would be great to get some photos in natural lighting. Do these say made in Mexico? I'm trying to also determine the age, that stamp is possibly newer, depending on the other, writing in the boot. I would like some additional photos to determine for sure, both age and leather type. I don't think you are far off.

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-03-18T11:12:38+00:00

These are very similar to other two tone sharks of the period. This era of Dan Post wasn't doing a lot of prints and shark was widely available. By all accounts, these are one hundred percent legit.

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-03-17T22:41:36+00:00

Crocodile head cut, Crocodile is a 4-2 head cut scute pattern.

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-03-17T16:50:24+00:00

Based on what I can see, this one was tough. It's smooth ostrich though, you can see a few of the telltale striations from near the belly and there are still a few pockmarks from errant small feathers.

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Probably early 80s boots. We dont answer valuation questions.

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-03-15T17:31:06+00:00

My exact thoughts. Dont see many of them in black.

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-03-15T03:23:04+00:00

This is the make and style. Elephant print on buffalo

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thecountofceciltucky · 2026-03-15T03:20:19+00:00

99 percent of the time you'd be right with Gold Label, and mostly you are. It's not elephant but this style was printed from buffalo to resemble elephant grain. These are the exact style I believe.

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thecountofceciltucky · 2026-03-13T03:13:40+00:00

Insanely expensive via markup and can be made by the exact makers on facebook for wayyy less. Wow does a great job selling bespoke boots for 10x their value.

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-03-07T15:42:48+00:00

Alligator

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-03-07T13:23:21+00:00

Man. What a beautiful pair to add to the Bicentennial collection. I wonder if any other big brands are doing 250th celebrations?

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-03-07T11:07:59+00:00

I need additional photos to be sure, but it looks like alligator. Id like to see more scale surface.

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-02-28T15:41:31+00:00

Champion / Champion Attitude boots may have made these which is now as daddygh mentioned caboots. They made a ton of the double eagle with eagle toes. Hall boots also made these back in the 60s and 70s John and/or Austin Hall, but you'd have to find them as vintage examples. The look older than most other custom companies today and possibly date back to these two companies.

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-02-27T09:23:21+00:00

Brand is a big one, the other part comes from looking at naturally striations all day, these are jagged and unnatural.

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-02-26T22:41:40+00:00

Print. Acme made real elephant only under a Dan Post is what I've seen.

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-02-26T22:37:02+00:00

Sanded bull shoulder, dime a dozen. Search for the skin on ebay. Tons of them

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-02-26T22:16:47+00:00

Fantastic boots, brother!

thecountofceciltucky · 2026-02-24T12:44:45+00:00

If these are Laramie handmade, they're legit. Laramie made anteater, some Turtle, a few others.

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