My main ankle boots are giving out, all cobblers I visit say the sole has been worn through too much to be salvageable. Shame because other than the cemented rubber sole (with fake welt to boot) they were pretty great boots, they were slightly sleeker than CDBs, had a gore-tex lining and came in a brown dark enough to wear with black jeans but brown enough to wear with pretty much anything else.
Anyway, I need a replacement and I want to avoid something like this happening again so I need something more hard-wearing that can be re-soled without difficulty. Not well versed in the chukka game so I don't know what there is if I want another set of those. I'd be after something vaguely similar to the old pair, i.e. dark brown, not as ducky as CDBs, nubuck upper and being waterproof/resistant would be cool too but they're less pressing issues.
On the other hand, this could be an opportunity to dip into the chelsea boot game but I'm not sure whether they'd be so sleek that they'd look weird with some of the slouchy stuff I own. Similar requirements as before.
Any suggestions for either in the ~£200 zone or lower?
I'm considering RM Williams, although they are £££££ the kangaroo leather is so unreasonably comfy and the wholecut upper is a pretty attractive concept, enough that I might be prepared to sacrifice some future cops to buy a pair. Chisel toe is nice but do any rounder toe models exist in kangaroo? or is that going to be a strictly MTO deal?