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These are not cowboy boot socks

TexSocks are not liners. They are knitted socks that look like cowboy boots.

Search “cowboy boot socks” and you will get liners: merino, cushioned, built to go inside a western boot. That is a real product. It is not this one.

TexSocks are socks that look like cowboy boots. Mid-calf crews. You wear them with trainers, loafers, or under trousers. You do not wear them inside a boot.

Why the phrase is wrong for us

“Cowboy boot socks” sounds like equipment. Ours is a knitted trompe-l’oeil — shaft stitch, pull tab, heel and toe — worked into the yarn, not printed on top. The double-take is the product. A liner has no double-take. It is supposed to disappear.

If you need something for inside a pair of Luccheses, buy merino from a boot brand. If you want the office, the gift, the sit-down, you want the lookalike.

What we actually make

Three colorways. One unisex size. Ribbed cuff. Cushioned sole. Packed in Bastrop, Texas.

A pair is $15 plus $6.95 shipping. The three-pair set is $36 delivered.

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Shops: this is a counter item, not a boot-sock SKU. Ten pairs, $110 shipped.

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