IMHO for daily wear, the best price point is the wool blend kilt hose for about $20 at most of our sponsors. For example, USA Kilts' "colored kilt hose" in various colors. The other retailers have similar ones, often the same brand.
Aside: how do your feet and legs feel about wool? These are among the least "scratchy" wool/nylon socks I've found.
The Sock Dreams "diamond rib knee highs" are quite nice for what they are, which is mostly cotton. I don't believe in cotton socks (for my feet) when doing anything active. YMMV. The Sportkilt economy grade socks I've seen are athletic socks (probably acrylic), readily available. The mid-grade ones they now list are 50/50 cotton, and I have not tried them. They used to have a thin but serviceable wool sock that was nice---but the $20 wool blends beat them handily.
I'd recommend a couple of pairs of those from your favorite Xmarks sponsor, as you can afford them.
I'll edit to second Mael's endorsement of the House of Cheviot Glenmore hose. Their wool/acrylic blend is very, very nice: my feet love it. If you think you don't like wool socks, give these a try. Their Lewis hose (about $50) are a bit thicker, also very nice to my feet.
Last edited by fluter; 12th April 13 at 07:19 AM.
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