I am a retired former member of SEAL Team 6 and I have worn these boots for over 20 years in some of the most demanding environments the world has to offer. Best boot I have ever owned and this is my 4th pair. keep up the good quality and work – its worth it.

Through the Okavango Delta, across the vast Makgadikgadi Pans, over the ancient stones of the Matopos, along the spray-soaked paths of Victoria Falls and deep into the Namib Desert.  Through mud, scorching heat, freezing cold, and soaking rains.

But most memorably they once saved my life in the Magalies Mountains when the deep grooves in their soles gave me the secure footing I needed at the very moment before a dangerous fall.

They took a puff adder bite on a night walk that surely saved my foot as we were days away from a hospital.

At exactly three decades later this month, my Courteney boots remain one of the most reliable, durable, and beloved possessions I have ever owned.

With heartfelt appreciation,

My 14 year old son has officially taken ownership of my old Courteneys.  I have passed them onto the next generation and unlike Sting’s “Dead Man’s Boots” he seems to love them as much as I did.

Vintage 1998 they started their life with a 4 day hike in the Chimanimanis. Not a single blister. Since then they have hiked in Europe and Australia, been dubbined about 12 times, grown green mould in the damp Adelaide winter, and still have their hard-wearing original laces!

My son hiked in the Morialta Conservation Park and he loves them. Not a single blister.

Keep doing what you’re doing.

Justin Wynn

This is the second pair of Courteney boots I have purchased in the past two years. They are by far the finest, best fitting, and toughest boot I have found. I wear them daily around town, and also hunt with them hard, once a month on the desert hills of the Tejon Ranch, here in California.  The boots break in fast and they never let my feet get wet. Once while riding a horse, a branch from a tree was stuck in the toe. Yet it didn’t penetrate the boot. The only flaw I can find is when applying the polish that is supplied at time of purchase, the beautiful appearance of the gameskins are subdued into a brown colour. Even though the boots lose their luster after a while, they still perform flawlessly. I would like to thank you for your excellent craftsmanship in these boots – even the laces hold up.

I’ve been wearing a pair of your Selous boots now for four months. Wow!!! I can honestly say they’re the best made, most comfortable pair of boots I’ve ever owned. I was a little hesitant at first to spend almost $400 on a pair of boots but what a difference at the end of the day!  Anyone who has ever walked out of the wilderness with “hot feet” knows every painful step is worth $5 to avoid. Four hundred dollars is CHEAP for these boots. I don’t even think of them as boots anymore, more like a matching pair of Rolls Royces for the feet. I can see now why you have such a loyal customer base.
Thanks for a great product.

I walked the length of the Pacific Crest Trail (Mexican border to the Canadian border) last summer in my Courtney boots (Ostrich skin) with nary a blister. This was in celebration of my 60th birthday and to commemorate having done it 40 years earlier at age 20. My Courtney boots held up better than the technical mountaineering boots I bought from the North Face lo those many years ago. And everyone at my shooting club still says they’re the best looking shoes they’ve seen. Hell, women even stop me in the grocery store and ask me where I bought them. It doesn’t get any better than that, form and function. I’m going to buy another pair just to be sure I get out of life with them on. Keep up the great work.

The finest, most comfortable boots I’ve ever worn!

Having just tramped the Zambezi Valley for a week, wearing my new Courteney Safari boots, I must say they are the best footwear I have used in almost fifty years of hunting, farming and wandering. Congratulations on a great product.

I might consider slaughtering the little bugger dog as he just performed some surgery on my wife’s new leather boots and maybe you can produce one attache from his flatskin if production will only start later on again…….

We were on the houseboat on Lake Kariba which sank, along with a pair of Courteneys I had bought for a friend in South Africa. We sent divers down to recover our possessions and they managed to retrieve the boots. After 8 days underwater they looked brand new without a mark on them. I’m really thrilled.

While in Zimbabwe with the US military I purchased a pair of your “Safari” boots. Since then I wear them almost exclusively. They have been the most comfortable and durable boots I have ever owned and I absolutely love them.

I am in London at present. Having a great time. Have been doing a lot of walking. Thank heavens for my wonderful Courteney boots. They have saved the day. We came via Singapore and due to the hot weather the boots I wore gave me blisters on both feet. I thought that my trip to see the sights of London may have been ruined. On went the Courteney boots and my feet haven’t stopped walking. Will highly recommend to anyone wanting a great wearing boot.