Jim Green Footwear

Jim Green Footwear Jim Green footwear is manufactured in South Africa. We specialize in safety, workwear and hiking footwear. We are known for our quality, durability and comfort.
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The legend of Jim green

Jim green footwear was born out of humble beginnings in a garage in New Hanover in 1992, with the idea in mind of making a boot that lasts and lasts… With only a few styles hand crafted to start, Jim Green soon started to gain a reputation amongst the local community and live up to its name of being tough, rugged, go the distance boots. It wasn’t long before Jim Green boo

ts started to find their way into cities country wide and soon Jim Green grew to a healthy product range, producing 20 pairs a day. The name Jim Green comes from a sneaky little frog that hangs by the river edge, this frog being used by questionable fisherman at local fly fishing competitions to illegally hook the winning catch. With the popularity of Jim Green growing it soon found itself a new home on the Midlands Meander. Manufacturing of the boots was then slowly being handed onto Crouch Footwear in Pietermaritzburg, where with many years of shoe making experience perfected the art of making a pair of Jim Green boots. It was there that Jim Green got a strong footing in the market place and became a legend in its own for their durability, comfort and quality. Crouch Footwear eventually acquired Jim Green in the year 2000 and immediately introduced a safety and specialist footwear to the range. Along with this a dedicated full time line available for re-soling and custom made requests was added. Today Jim Green is still South Africa’s number one locally made safety and hiking boot, being worn by our countries major telecommunications groups, large corporations and still remains a local favourite amongst the farmers.

23/06/2026

Another week, Another Custom Rack🤌

A wide variety of styles headed down the production line this week from:

-Jim Green Black Rugged African Trooper’s with a Red stitch to pop⚫
-African Buffalo Shoellies built like a tank🪖
-Black Composite Toe Stockman’s designed to tackle hundreds of miles on the work front👷‍♂️
-Double lasted Roughout African Buffalo Highlander’s🐃

Catch the full breakdown now live on YouTube🔴

African Rangers and a Mans Best Friend🐶🥾Chrisjan Visser has spent the past six years as a field ranger and being a dog h...
18/06/2026

African Rangers and a Mans Best Friend🐶🥾

Chrisjan Visser has spent the past six years as a field ranger and being a dog handler taught him the bush inside out.🌿
Now Chrisjan runs the Kilo9 Dog Training Academy , breeding and training working dogs for anti-poaching across Africa (Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Kenya and beyond).🐕
In the bush, these dogs track scents for kilometres that are hours or a days old.🤯
The work demands everything from long patrols, huge sacrifices and facing organised crime with drones and night vision. 🌜

Through the Kilo9 Dog Training Academy Foundation they fund what really matters diesel, kit and their operations, not just cute puppies.
Right now Chirsjan’s boot of choice is the African Ranger that has been on his feet through it all, his boots are full of character from his journeys, just like him. 👊

Read more about Chrisjan Visser in our latest blog🤓

Blast from the past and 5 Years of the African Ranger!🤯Throwing it back to one of our all time favourite shots from the ...
17/06/2026

Blast from the past and 5 Years of the African Ranger!🤯

Throwing it back to one of our all time favourite shots from the original African Ranger shoot.🔥

12/06/2026

A boot that needs no introduction👊
Designed for real feel and comfort but, ready for endless miles🥾

Find out how our Barefoot Shoellie Shoellie is made now live on YouTube🦶

The smile you see after getting your new Jim Green Boots 😁🌿“You’re in the forest for a minimum of seven days at a time —...
11/06/2026

The smile you see after getting your new Jim Green Boots 😁🌿

“You’re in the forest for a minimum of seven days at a time — sleeping out there, moving constantly.” — Yoann Galeran, Park Director.🌕

Deep in the Congo Basin’s Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve, conservation means more than patrols. Alongside law enforcement against illegal logging, mining and poaching, the approach centres on the 50,000 people who call the forest home, especially the Ba’aka, whose ancestral knowledge makes them exceptional rangers, trackers, and guides.🐾

Home to stable populations of forest elephants (approx 2 500) and western lowland gorillas, the reserve blends protection with sustainable use through ecotourism, agroforestry, education and community benefits.🦍

No separation between nature and people but rather true integration.🤝

A model where conservation works with people, not against them🐘

Read more about Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve and their rangers in our latest blog 🤓

The campaign is an initiative with the GameRangersAssociationofAfrica

Same jeans, 2 different leathers👀Bronco Russet Vs Bronco Biscuit🍪🟠Both born to stand out in the crowd🔥
10/06/2026

Same jeans, 2 different leathers👀
Bronco Russet Vs Bronco Biscuit🍪🟠
Both born to stand out in the crowd🔥

Who doesn’t love a well-worn pair of African Rangers? 😍🥾🔥💪🌍There’s only one way to achieve this look… wear those damned ...
09/06/2026

Who doesn’t love a well-worn pair of African Rangers? 😍🥾🔥💪🌍

There’s only one way to achieve this look… wear those damned boots! 🥾💥 That’s exactly what did with his pair, and here’s what he had to say:

“I got my first pair of Jim Green Rangers about four years ago and have worn them in every condition imaginable while traveling and hunting around the world. From the South African bush to the Blue Ridge Mountains, to my office at HQ and out to dinner with family and friends, they are some of the most comfortable and best-looking boots I’ve ever owned. They’re impressively quiet, which makes them great for stalking. The patina gets better with every scuff of rock and drop of blood. After wearing the soles slick, I reached out to Jim Green to have them resoled, as they have the kind of perfect character that only comes through hard use. I look forward to many more years of adventures in my Rangers.” 🌍🥾

It’s not just Charlie, most of the team at have been putting our boots through their paces over the last few years 💪🌎🏔️. Through that trust, feedback, and real-world testing, they approached us to develop a new last and boot together.

Keep your eyes open👀 a limited drop will be coming soon💪🥾

08/06/2026

Which spec gets your pick?🤔

1️⃣Afrique Leather on the JG Last🌍
2️⃣Complete Roughout Jim Green Brown on the JG Last🟤
3️⃣Complete African Buffalo 🐃
4️⃣Jim Green Black Leather with Triple Upper Stitch & Toe Cap⚫

05/06/2026

3 Custom Built African Rangers + A Giveaway👀🤞

To enter, go watch the full breakdown on our YouTube channel📹

Boots Featured🔽
-Full Grain Black Leather & Red Stitch
Contrast🔴
-Pull Up Bronco Biscuit Leather🍪
-Eye Catching Roughout Tan and White Tyre Wedge outsole⚪️

not only counts the steps he does, but also the birds he sees along the way 🦉At 12 years old in the back of a game view...
04/06/2026

not only counts the steps he does, but also the birds he sees along the way 🦉

At 12 years old in the back of a game viewer in northern Kruger, opened a bird field guide and never looked back. He will never forget his first entry, the Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill.🐦

That single moment sparked a lifelong obsession and by 19, he became the youngest person to record over 800 bird species in southern Africa in one year (803 total).😮
He qualified as a professional bird guide, led tours across the globe and later returned to his roots after a brief law detour.⚖️

Today, John leads South Africa’s Avitourism Project, training over 250 specialist bird guides, many from rural communities, and building real careers in conservation tourism.🔭

This year he’s on a Big Year of African Sounds, recording 400+ bird calls to share their incredible complexity.

From that Kruger safari back seat to mentoring the next generation, one bird on a list really can change everything and at the heart of it all is his Jim Green African Rangers and Barefoot boots, “the most comfortable field boots he owns”, John says🥾

Read more about John in our latest blog now live🤓

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