Black American Alligator Boot | Belly Cut

Black American alligator belly cowboy boot, square toe, front view

The Anahuac | Black

$799.99

The Anahuac | Black

Genuine American Alligator Square Toe

$799.99

Color — Black

Size 7 8 9 10 11 12

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Pickup available at Traders Village

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The top of the hide.

Genuine American alligator over a leather sole — square toe, 1.5" stacked heel, plush leather lining. Belly cut, which is the tile everybody's after: clean, symmetrical, no bone under the scale. Look for the umbilical scar at the center of the vamp — that's how you know it's gator and not caiman.

Handcrafted in León, Guanajuato.

Genuine American alligator, belly cut — not printed, not embossed
Umbilical scar visible on the vamp
Plush leather lining
1.5" Stacked leather heel
Double-stitched welt
Square toe
Orders ship in 1–2 days

Fit: our men's boots run one size big. Order one size down from your usual.

No two pairs are alike. Tile size runs larger toward the flank and tighter at the center, and no two bellies match. That's the nature of the animal.

The one you buy once.

American alligator sits at the top of every exotic list, and unlike most things at the top, it earned the spot on merit. The belly tile is bigger and cleaner than caiman, there's no bone in the scale so it stays supple, and a pair that's cared for will outlast the man who bought it.

Here's the part nobody in this business mentions. The American alligator was on the endangered list in 1967. It came off in 1987, recovered — and regulated harvest is a large part of why. Once the hide was worth something, the wetlands the alligator needed were worth protecting too. Landowners across Louisiana had a reason to keep the marsh wet. It's one of the few times this industry can point at a species and say it's doing better than when we started.

American hide. Mexican hands. The boot gets built in León, Guanajuato, by people whose families have been making them for three generations.

Buy the right size. You're not replacing these.

Nuestra casa es su casa

The Skin

Genuine American alligator, belly cut. Not printed, not embossed — the actual skin, tanned and cut by hand. Look for the umbilical scar at the center of the vamp; that's how you tell gator from caiman.

The Sole

Leather sole with a leather stacked heel and durable rubber cap. 1.5" heel.

The Build

Double-stitched welt. Square toe. Full leather lining. Built to be resoled.

The Hands

Cut, lasted, and finished in León, Guanajuato. Exotic skins take a bootmaker longer — the tile has to be matched across the vamp and up the shaft, and there's no second chance on a hide this expensive.

Fit

Our men's boots run one size big. Order one size down from your usual.

Moisture

Keep them dry. Exotic skin stains and stiffens when soaked
If wet, blot immediately and air dry at room temperature, away from heat
Never use direct heat

The Skin

Wipe with a soft dry cloth after wearing
Use a conditioner formulated for exotic skins, sparingly, a few times a year
Never use standard shoe polish or saddle soap — it fills the seams and dulls the finish
Do not scrub against the scale direction; you can lift a scale and it won't lie back down

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