What's on your feet?

Sideways hijerking of a thread ahead....

On my feet, I have.... dun dun dun.... skin.

I still haven't gotten the name of the boots that I am looking for so I still have stinky tenni shoes and wear your feet out combat boots. I'm looking at handloaders bench for recommends and a couple military sites. When I find them I will let all yall know.

 

.....yeah I should have been clearer Tracy....the SECONDS are a good deal. As long as it is cosmetic I have no drama with it.

Andy

 

There used to be a Rocky factory not too far away from me, <50 miles, we'd go there to buy shoes sometimes. You really had to try on any pair of shoes you thought you might want, because the stamped in size didn't always apply. The cost though, was about half retail, you just may not find the shoe you wanted in your size, because they were all seconds. So it was WYSIWYG. I eventually quit going, because I could never find the style shoe I wanted in a size I could wear. Now, if I'm looking for a good pair of shoes I usually buy them when visiting PA as there is no sales tax on footwear in PA.

 

Speaking of shoe sizes, how many already know that you can have different sizes depending on the style of shoe? Dress shoes, running shoes, boots, etc. I didn't know that until I went and bought a pair of Chef's shoes for my work and told them to give me a certain size. They cost $140 which is rediculous, however when I tried them on at home, I found they didn't fit. My tenni shoes are 8 and I got 8s. I found the work shoes were too big. I forgot about socks. Socks affect sizing. Dress socks are thin, regular socks are thick and combat socks are thicker still. So keep in mind that trying on a pair is your best bet. Go in dressed like what you need the shoes for and then you can find the pair to fit you right. In the long run, if you don't take care of your feet, you ain't going nowhere.

 

The older I get the larger my feet have gotten. Before you laugh, a women told me that years ago. She said, as I got older my feet would grow. I went from wearing a 10 as a young adult to the last pair I bought was a 13. That was over a period of 40 years. By that rate I'll be wearing a size 16 by the time I get to be 100.

 

I have 4 pairs of the Converse Sidezips W/Saftey toe's. @ of each in Black & Tan for ware and a second of each pai kep clean for nicer ware. There verry cormfotable from the start & break in quite nicely.

 

What Tracy said about buying retail. Danner sells Factory seconds for a decent price usually they have cosmetic blemishes and are fine however there isn't any warranty, no guarantee/refund if the Goretex isn't watertight. Every 2-3 years I'd buy a new pair of uninsulated RainForest but switched to Georgia Boot last time I bought a pair to check them out. The performance and longevity of the boots wasn't much different then Danner, I got 2 years out of these and need to replace them. Georgia sells Goretex lined boots same style as the RainForest but were $80 less. Georgia's warranty is 6 months just like Danner on the Goretex.

 

Georgia work shoes

Colt C, I got to thinking after reading your post about what work shoes or boots I have and what has lasted the longest. I have 3 pair of Georgia boots (work boots). One pair is slip on and I've had them probably 10-12 years. Granted, I do not wear them everyday, day in and day out. If I'm going to be working out in wet dirty rough work, I have worn them until the leather is about to start showing holes. In fact, there is a hole on upper of one where I spilled boiler chemical on it. I don't know how many times I've gotten them water logged. They look terrible, but they have not as yet came unglued. These new steel toed shoes I bought after breaking my toe are Georgia boots. Georgia boots are the work horse of the farmer and construction worker. I've had other brands of work boots, but none out lasted these for the price. As for hiking, they probably make good hiking shoes too, I just have never owned them. Maybe I'll look for a pair next time I look for shoes.

 

As far as work boots in a wet environment, you cannot beat a pair of Georgia Boots "Muddogs."

 

I stick with combat boots...I bought three pairs from Bradley's Surplus for about $12 each ,looked like new,in fact one pair had never been laced up.
I also have one good pair of jungle boots....Four pairs of combat boots should last me awhile.

 

I just got some new beat-a-round boots; some Wolverine Tremors. No Goretex... I'd rather just have a simple, comfortable boot I can beat to hell. So far they've been pretty comfortable (doesn't seem like the break-in time will take long at all).

 

I love my Merrell Ventilators for anything but snow. In the summer, you can feel the breeze on your feet, due to the awesome breathability. I wear them every day, and I work construction. They have held up for over a year, including a good bit of abuse on hot roofs, last summer. They held up to treatment that kills a pair of sneakers in two days flat.

If it's snowy, or really wet, to where my feet will never get a chance to dry out with the Merrells, I go for the Hanwags. Awesome boots. Nothing more to say about them than that.

 

Vasque Sundowner. I'm on my 12th pair. Best light hiker. Ever.

http://www.vasque.com/products/m-sundownergtx.cfm

Andrew

 

My last couple of pairs of shoes/boots have been Rocky's. I am wearing Rocky's boots right now, and I really like them. I used to wear a lot of ropers, Justins, Tony Lama's, etc. but I cannot wear the thin, hard soled boots anymore, I need the thicker, softer soles now. They are easier on my feet. I need that extra cushion.


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