Who does not know the popular safari boot ?, although perhaps not by this name, because it is popularly known as pisamierdas or pisacacas also as carapijos (especially in León and Asturias) or some other way of referring to this type of footwear, according to What region we meet.

They were also popularized in the 70s and 80s with the name of Kun-fu boots, since the protagonist of the television series of the same name, David Carradine, wore worn out leather-colored safari boots. It is increasingly common to find the renamed safaris boots as desert boots or “desert boots”, the latter name commonly used in English-speaking countries and which is being imposed in the most glamorous interpretations of the safari boot. But let's call it what we call it the safari boot is an essential footwear that today remains as current as the first day, and many are the generations that have been attracted to it, for its comfort, duration and ease of adaptation to any style.

Many years have passed since we heard about the manufacture of the first safari boot in the year 1606.

HISTORY

Traditionally the best safari boots have always been manufactured in the region of the Aranda River in the province of Zaragoza, among others in the towns of Illueca and Brea de Aragón.

The manufacture of this type of footwear and the form of tanning of the skin, is believed to come from the first Moorish inhabitants of the eighth century. It is also believed that in ancient times a group of wandering Jews settled in the valley in some stacked houses next to the ones that extended along the river bank and they were the first to manufacture the first boots as we know them today.

After the reconquest by the Catholic Monarchs and the subsequent expulsion of the Moors in the seventeenth century, the footwear industry and would have almost completely forgotten. From this expulsion the Moriscos under nine years of age and those over sixty, who transmitted the tanning techniques to the new settlers attracted by the prosperity of the business of the would have were saved.

Currently, the manufacturing process of the safari boot is still very handmade, although little by little new techniques and machinery have been introduced to achieve better and more durable finishes. With the passage of time the amount of finishes and colors have grown, although the classic safari boot is still made of suede leather, rubber floor, tied with laces and with the traditional stitched "Billy".

The safari boot has always enjoyed great popularity for the kids, for its great resistance and tight price, to the point of being a perfect substitute for schoolboys, especially in its leather version and velcro closure.

Our desert boots of the ATXA brand are manufactured by Calzados Arancha in Brea de Aragón in a traditional way with the best skins, but we also improve them by completely covering them with leather, making them even more comfortable and durable.