Keepwearing out the toes of my shoes. Anyone know of a comfortable shoe/boot that has a real tough material that covers the toe area?
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No, but if you can find a good shoemaker he can laminate another layer of leather over the toe, or repair the ones with holes.
Eric
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Quit wearing shoes and try a pair of work boots. They are made of a special tough material called
LEATHER
But I'm glad to hear it's your toes wearing out. that'll make you wealthy. The guys who wear out the heels end up on welfare.
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Piffin, I've never come close to wearing out the toes.
Guys that are on their knees wear out their toes.
Guys that are on their knees dont move as fast as guys that are on their feet.
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But guys that are always sitting on their butt and relaxing do wear out the heels faster
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Noe that you mention it...I am wearing out the seat of my pants faster than my soles...
I better rethink my productivity schedule.
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It's something I noticed at coffee break and lunch time back on the big condo jobs with 30 - 40 guys at one time. You always know who the slackers are already, but when you look around at the work boots at luich time, you can see the comparison. Tjhe ones always earning their pay are heading forward and wearing the fronts out, sometimes breaking the soles or the seam at the stitching. The ones always looking for a place to kicjk back have heel busting through and rounded over on the bottom heel, but the toes are barely scuffed.
But to expand this thread a bit, since the subject of work boots comes around every couple months here and a search could review old ones, how about socks?
I am getting older and heavier and the pads of my paws are getting less padded as time goes by so thin cotton doesn't quiet do iot any more. I look for something woven with padding in the sole area, but they get up around ten-twelve bucks per pair! A weeks worth of socks can cost as much as a good pair of boots.
Got any favorite ones?
One trick I use is to layer two pairs of socks. Thick wool woven outers that I can wear three days and thin inner cotton to take up the sweat. I learned this trick backpacking and roofing. The slippage and friction happens between layers of fabric instead of on the skin where it can cause bistering. Socks and feet last longer, and the lauyering helps insulate in winter, as long as the boots are big enough that they don't squeeze and shortcut the circulation.
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Piffin-
I've been wearing Thorlo (sp?) socks for a couple of years now, and they really seem to make a difference. My feet and legs don't bother as much wearing them versus some less padded socks.
Like you said, tho, they're not cheap. In quantity, I think they cost abouy $12/ pr. But I haven't found anything better.
BTW, did you ever do anything with that apple wood from a while back?
it's one pallets with sheets of plywood over it. That's been just about a year now since I cut that bugger
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I like the double socks deal, but wouldn't mind finding something more padded too.
I went back to wearing red wing boots after trying some other stuff.
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I alternate between Redwings, Wolverines, and Masons.
The Masons are most commfortable, the Redwiings tjhe most long weaaring and decent comfort, and the Wolverines a compromise between that, and cost.
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I've tried the Wolverine..they didn't fit nor last.
I've never tried Masons.
Have also done some hunting stuff.
blueBe cautious when taking any advice from me. Although I have a lifetime of framing experience, some of it is viewed as boogerin and not consistent with views of those who prefer to overbuild everything...including their own egos!
There's a cowboy clothing place here that I go to for Carhartt and work gloves - they sell Wigwam socks. There's 2 varieties. The plain tubes, and His Majesty's Royal Order of Comfort. The thick ones are great. And about five bucks a pair, but oh so worth it. I dunno what they're really called - but thick and durable. Don't get worms in the boots. Plenty long."If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." - Mark Twain
I guess my wigwams are the regulars at $2.95 or thereabouts. One season has them breaking down.
i'll look for the Royal Comforts
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Like Shep said, these are the socks...it's like some hottie is caressing your feet all day long...very nice<G>
http://www.thorlo.com/datadriven/category_outdoor.asp
oh yeah, campers or hikers... Don't worry, we can fix that later!
I believe I had a pair once that lasted several years. That helps offset the high dollr price tag.
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What did I miss? Was there a Babe on that site?
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Man, I was just trying to pass along a little extra comfortal info...they don't put everything in the websites<G>! It's the end of the day and I'm saying ahhhh, how bout you? Don't worry, we can fix that later!
I'm ahhhhnn my way to bed.
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another thorlo devotee
and just hang to dry ( no dryer)
I would imagine that a real camping/hiking supplier(NOT walmart!) would carry good socks. I've had people tell mt they love wigwams but have never tried them myself.
The best socks I've ever found are golf socks sold in golf pro shops. (what I used to do for a living before I got into construction) There are several brands, but I don't remember any specific brand names at the moment. Just that they are thick, comfortable, and they last forever. And not cheap, naturally. Of course those were the days of "real men would never use a cart". I'm not such a real man on the links any more, there's something to be said for having a place to set your beer 'n stuff.
I bought a little bottle of "Protectoe". It is actually made for hockey skates but it sticks to workboot toes too. It was about 5 bucks
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Cavers, spelunkers, are notoriously hard on footwear. Water, mud and unusual wear patterns, often the tops get more wear than the soles, take their toll. Many with this hobby have taken to using 'GOOP' on the spots that wear. Laid on in layers it does serve to extend the life of the footwear.
It can get to look a bit funky as dirt gets pounded in and bits form small flaps, kind of the 'Mexican Bus' look, but it works.
Red Wing boots Style 982 ............... comes with a leather cap over the toe. Comfortable and wear really well. http://www.redwingshoes.com/shoe-zoom.cfm?style=982
Redwing offers a glue on leather toe cap...
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Wolverine work boots.
Are you still working in tennie's?
Shame on you.
Get some boots - be nice to your feet.
Ed.
This past year I had the unusual experience of wearing five seperate pairs of work boots and having to break in four pair of them.
After about four years of really good use I wore out a pair of CAT steel toes when the stitching started to come apart. I could have lived with that but my wife was giving me a hard time about their scruffy appearance and "why do the toes shine all metalic like that?"
I went to Mark's Workware World and forked out $180.00 for a new pair of boots. These broke in after a couple of weeks but I must have gotten them a few sizes to big or they stretched because my feet swam in them. So I put them aside and wore the old CATs but my wife's comments made me feel self-conscious so I went back to Mark's and bought another pair for $175.00 and took the too big pair to the Salvation Army. I was out $180.00 but was back on my feet so to speak.
These new ones broke in real nice but two months later the stiching came off the flap on the side so I took these back to Mark's. They exchanged them and I got a pair for $208.00, this is when my problems really started. The new boots would not break in, I could hardly wear them they pinched like hell. For two months I struggled, being glad I hung on to the old CATs because I used them from time to time. Then it dawned on me the reason they pinched so bad was because the steel toe area was far to narrow for my feet. Out came the 5 pound sledge and a 2x6. I figured I could flatten the steel and make more toe room. It worked some what, and no I did not have my boots on when I did the modifications, but they still pinched. So back to Mark's and to their credit they exchanged the boots again because they said, "they should have fitted me better."
So since last Friday I have a nice new wide toed, light weight pair of J.R. Goodhue's for $175.00, and the great thing about them is that they have this Kevlar toe cover so they will never have that shiney metalic scruffy look.