Agree to disagree I guess. I’m not vegetarian so to me it’s more ethical to use the whole animal. I guess I asked it rhetorically, I started with respecting ops assumed reason assuming we could skip the obvious point a vegetarian/vegan would make for not wanting to wear leather

Apologies, it’s my nature. I’m not disparaging your choice to be vegetarian or how you spend your money. But from a BIFL standpoint leather has hundreds if not thousands of years of proven durablity in footwear. Your principles are admirable, those cows are going to be harvested regardless

How are your sailcloth shoes holding up?

If your vegan and that’s your hang up I respect that, but there’s sustainability in using byproducts such as leather. The beef industry as problematic as it is isn’t going anywhere soon, and cowhide is a byproduct. Is it not more ethical to use the entire animal if it is harvested?