Another pair is done .
I couldn’t tell you how many pairs of work boots I have gone through in the last 43 years but it’s a bunch
This is the first time I have ever worn out the toes down to the steel like that though I’ve seen lot’s of guys who have worn them out to where almost the entire steel toe was exposed.
Screw that.
I didn’t buy that style of boot this time and won’t be ever again.
Too heavy anymore for my fucked up legs and wore out old ass to be packing around.
They make fiberglass safety toed boots.
Shit boy, those boots are just getting broke in…
That’s what I was thinking
They look real comfortable
True that. A couple scraps of leather and some Shoe Goo, and they will be good many miles yet.
They were killing my feet.
It was time.
THAT’S the right reason.^^^
Between the duck boots & the non scuffing deck shoes I’ve worn over the last 40yrs it takes awhile to get my feet working in the morning. Walking barefoot, not a chance. I’d have been keel hauled if I worn boots like that on someone’s bazillion dollar boat.
It sucks getting old.
Chi-town winters got my steel toed boots dang cold. Alternate placement into the coal-fired shop stove only led to burnt leather.
Worked in a foundry when I was younger – those boots would be exposing the steel toe before the rest was worn out. Replace every two years.
Working as a switchman at the railroad would wear the soles out first. Replace every year.
Working as an engineer at the railroad – replace every three years just because and the company pays for them.
get ya some navy steel toe flight deck boots. leather just above the ankle, steel toes to withstands heavy equipment rolling over yer feet & made to kick off (no laces) incase you get blown over the side. boondockers was the lace boots & mucka’s was the pull-ons if i remember right.
yeah, when your boots start dragging your ass down, it is time for something lighter
like hiking shoes. I like Merrell’s myself. grabbed a pair on sale a while back and they are the go to footwear for most days. I do have a bunch of winter boots upstairs and some nice hiking boots too. but something light on your feet keeps the legs from burning. so there is that. hate to tell you this, but this does not get any better with time/age. you will find a good shoulder holster is easier to wear than you normal belt holster too in time. or you find a lighter gun to carry around with you.
getting old is not for the weak. now I understand why you see really old farts in slippers most days
I did the Army Contractor gig in SW Asia for 10 years. I was going through a pair of boots every 6 to 9 months. I found Merrell boots to be the most comfortable and durable boots in that harsh environment.
Jerrell makes good stuff
Dammit Siri, Merrell
After I burned through my 15th or 16t pair of Sears Diehard Oxfords, that one of my friends used to call “Frankenstein shoes”, I was pretty pissed when I went back to Sears to find that they had stopped making that model. I switched to Carolina boots and went with the pull ons, what we used to call “electricians” boots. I’ve been using them ever since. I’m glad I don’t wear them out like I used to since my last pair were way too expensive and the quality has slipped considerably.
I like my sketchers steel toes. May not be suitable for really heavy industrial use like a foundry but should be OK most everywhere else.
I like the Sketchers step ins for hacking around off work. But prefer laces on my work shoes.