Nothing across the toe, nothing along the sides — a plain toe boot is the shape stripped back to its outline, and that is the reason to own one.
Without a cap or a wing to catch the eye, everything rests on the last, the leather and the line, so there is nowhere for a badly made boot to hide.
It is also the most versatile boot in the range: dark trousers, denim, anything between, autumn to spring.
Ours is the Liam, cut in English suede from Charles Stead and set on an ultra-light Vibram sole, so it wears closer to a sneaker than to a boot.