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Frye boots were the cool boots to have and wear when I was in high school and college in the '70s. I bought my first pairs of Fryes in 1970 and continued to buy them until the early '90s. I have 10 pairs of Frye Boots in my current collection. (I had as many as 20 pairs in the past, but have sold some vintage Fryes that no longer fit me.) Unfortunately, the John A. Frye Shoe Company of Marlborough, Massachusetts, which made these boots since the 1890s was sold in 1987 and a series of owners since then. Bootmaking was outsourced to various third-party manufacturers, including some in the USA, Mexico, Spain, and China in 2003 and quality suffered significantly when that happened. The history of the company is interesting. I have documented it at this link. Pictured below is a sample of each of the various Frye boots that I own. Click on the picture or the words to the right to view more images of that style of boot. Banana Campus Frye Boots Style #2556 Oiled Campus Frye Boots Style #2556 Banana Square-toed Frye Boots Style #2512 Russet Frye Frye Boots Style #2934 Brown Frye Harness Boots Style #2225 (two pairs) Walnut Frye Harness Boots Style #2225 Black Frye Harness Boots Style #2226 (two pairs) Black Frye Harness Motorcycle Boots Style #87350 Lug-soled Frye Campus Boots Style #87290 Tan Suede Frye Harness Boots Style #2228 My Frye boots collection How to Determine if you have genuine vintage Frye Boots Frye Boots History on Boot Wiki Frye Boot Catalogs of 1973 and 1975 Cowboy Boots Work Boots Motorcycle Boots Dress Boots Active Motorcycle Gear Retired Motorcycle Gear Fetish Leather Gear Home