Kilt hose observations

[BoldHighlander]

While there are cheap oxfords there are also some very nice ones available. I, however, know of no-one making really good quality ghillie brogues.

Perhaps these?
http://www.celticempire.com/Merchant..._Code=footwear

[beloitpiper]

Perhaps these?
http://www.celticempire.com/Merchant..._Code=footwear

ooooOOOOOooo
those are nice.

[Nanook]

ooooOOOOOooo
those are nice.

Those look fine--- albeit not Ghille Brogues. To my eyes they are a Derby Brogue with flap. George Cleverley once made some of the finest bespoke shoes in England and his successors continue to have a good reputation. £1200.00 is, at least, what they currently charge--- Lobb or Green as well (as an aside: my wife has a very similar shoe in suede).

The leather seems more a "gimmick" but a great story for "show and tell" . Russian reindeer is not really the finest leather for dress wear. Russian leather has a great reputation for rugged boots but its not much different , save the white stuff, from Swiss Juchtenleder or oiled roughout used in very good hiking boots. Its strong smelling stuff!

[Galician]

$2575 for shoes made from 200-year old leather??

Thanks for your words, Alan.