Customer Reviews Frye Harness 12R

From Ruth, in Denver, CO - I bought these as a holiday gift for my partner. He just LOVES them! He has worn them all over, everywhere we have gone, since he got them. He says they are totally comfortable and a real pleasure to wear. AND he is a Birkenstock man! I am just happy that we've had cold enough weather for boots. He says "thanks to Zappos!"

I had a pair of these as a teen. I wore them after a cousin got them for Christmas and didn't like them. His mother was not happy about it and my mother said she'd buy them so she got them for a good price. I did everything in so much so that years later at my 25 year reunion (now many years back) some of my old classmates said they remembered me being 'taller'. It was these boots! I had them on all the time. We were a shoe poor family. I grew up in WV where I got hand me downs from my older cousins and being the oldest when I left home at 19 for the service to be active duty my brother wore the same boot and used them for even rougher tougher things than I did. He rode motocross with them on! They took it! We resoled them three times as I recall. Maybe more but I doubt it. Are they are great boot! Yes. Anything manufactured can ship out bad ones though so one bad apple doesn't mean they are all bad. Could the great ones be better? Yes in fact they could. I wore the Frye boot of some sort all through the early part of my life. Combat boots, western wear in these 12R boots, and hikers. I own several pairs of others and Frye Earl, a great hiker at a great price. In respect to all said above about these 12R boots I had my problems with the boots sagging! The shaft dips, sags, droops, whatever you want to call it it's bad. Even the pictures of the used ones show this. Heck some of the new ones show and haven't been worn much if at all. The shaft will drop. It won't stand up on it's own and they are difficult to get on. These are a man's boots! If you are an elder like I am now and have joint or hand and grip problems you may run into what I did and struggle with these. I would say get the 8R all these problems are gone. For whatever it's worth I have known people that embroidered their 12R boots and this wing pattern from Harley or some other emblem on the boot shaft shapes it right up nice and holds it up like it should. Frye should offer this even if costs them more and it costs us more! I had to go to Justin Bent Rail square toe wide boots (EE) with the rubber sole to get the pull on holes due to my thumb dislocation problems as a senior so to me the 8R is the solution but I must say they are not as good for riding on my Harley as the Justins with the longer shaft but you know what do you do? You write a review and hope they listen that is what you do. I hope to see Frye offer some pull on and embroider features on an otherwise perfect boot! Maybe the shaft foot enter area could be less 'bell' shaped with better more senior or clumsy oriented pull on. Other than these experiences of mine these are flawless American boots of a timeless design.

I purchased my first pair of Frye's, Campus, in 1975, I loved Frye Boots then, and I still do. I do wish they had lined shafts, but the fit, the look and the comfort are all good. They do take a bit of breaking in, but after getting them on, the hardest part, they feel great.

I purchased my first pair of Frye's, Campus, in 1975, I loved Frye Boots then, and I still do. I do wish they had lined shafts, but the fit, the look and the comfort are all good. They do take a bit of breaking in, but after getting them on, the hardest part, they feel great.

I owned Frye and other boots in another era. These boots appear to be as well made as they used to be (sad to say that is not true of many other products today). Truthfully, I probably won't give them a taxing workout until Autumn-I don't ride a bike which assuredly they were intended for, it is simply too hot for boots right now. Just wearing them casually now but they are a handsome looking boot and appear to be well made and will wear tough-believe me I have torn up all types of footwear. I look forward to wearing them on a constant basis. As a side note being a big history and Civil War buff I think it is really neat to own a pair of boots that traces its lineage and roots back to the Union Calvary 1863.

Love these boots! I’ve wanted a pair for ever and finally pulled the trigger. Incredibly comfortable and don’t wear too "boot-like". They’re easy to move around in and I have found them comfortable for long walks and all-day wear. I will say that, contrary to some of the recommendations on here, I found the fit true to size. My own experience would suggest you not order a size smaller.