OT - work shoes
Stormin Mormon
No cushion, and it's about like being barefoot.
I did a froogle search for postal shoes. Those guys on their
feet all day, must have good shoes. No joy. Looked for
working shoes. Not much to be found.
Where does a man buy comfortable shoes that last a couple
years, and good for working men who climb ladders, work on
cars, and that kind of thing?
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Tim Wescott
> My $15 Walmart working man's sneakers are gone flat, again.
> No cushion, and it's about like being barefoot.
>
> I did a froogle search for postal shoes. Those guys on their
> feet all day, must have good shoes. No joy. Looked for
> working shoes. Not much to be found.
>
> Where does a man buy comfortable shoes that last a couple
> years, and good for working men who climb ladders, work on
> cars, and that kind of thing?
You get what you pay for. I don't think you're going to find _anything_
decent for $15. Figure about four times that, but figure that you can
easily get something that'll last four times as long.
Walking shoes work well for me -- think low-rise hiking boots, not
subdued tenny runners. They're made to be comfortable for long, hard
walks, and they generally wear well. On the minus side you're looking
at something like Rockports (Rocksports?), which go for yuppie prices.
On the plus side my last pair kept going for five years before the soles
gave out (and it only occurred to me after I tossed them out that they
were the right sort of construction to be re-soled).
If you can't find a real old-fashioned small shoe store that caters to
working people, try REI. Yes, they're an out door store that sells to
yuppies, and there's a lot of glam there -- but they don't sell much
that doesn't have substance to back the glam, and if you look you can
find plain old good stuff.
If that doesn't float your boat, I've found that New Balance
running/walking shoes seem to be the longest-wearing tenny-runner style
of shoe out there -- but you should still consider yourself lucky if you
get a pair that holds out for more than a year.
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Lyndell Thompson
have one of the best insoles in the business. I got about the same thing
going on, ladders, concrete floors etc and a pin in my left leg. :-)
Good Luck Lyndell
"Stormin Mormon" <cayoung61**spamblock##@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Doug Miller
>My $15 Walmart working man's sneakers are gone flat, again.
>No cushion, and it's about like being barefoot.
>
>I did a froogle search for postal shoes. Those guys on their
>feet all day, must have good shoes. No joy. Looked for
>working shoes. Not much to be found.
>
>Where does a man buy comfortable shoes that last a couple
>years, and good for working men who climb ladders, work on
>cars, and that kind of thing?
The A-number-one absolutely most comfortable nothing-else-even-comes-close
work shoes that I have ever worn were a pair of combat boots. Check local
Army-Navy surplus stores.
If you're looking for something that looks more like a normal shoe, Rockport
makes a few pretty decent work shoes. You might also check for an Iron Age
dealer near you.
Ignoramus28888
only shoes in appearance.
i
Wes
>My $15 Walmart working man's sneakers are gone flat, again.
>No cushion, and it's about like being barefoot.
I had a pair of Buster Brown Bounce's once that were awesome. Sadly no longer made.
For a number of years I wore Caterpillar safety shoes that were so comfortable I wore them
all day and on weekends.
My current safety shoes has me wearing sneakers during my down time. I have calluses on my
feet from those damn things.
I hate buying shoes, I never know if my feet will like them until it is too late to return
them.
If you find a shoe you like, buy another pair while it is still in production, maybe two
pair.
Wes
Steve B
"Wes" <clu...@lycos.com> wrote in message
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Anyone bought any Red Wings lately? I like the Wellingtons with the steel
toes, but they probably cost a lot now. I always wear out the right toe
from kneeling on my right knee to weld under pipe. I guess I can get some
cheaper ones on sale somewhere. Which is probably what I will need to do at
today's prices. I used to go through a pair a year offshore. After a year,
the soles would just fall off from the salt water and drilling muds.
Steve
Przemek Klosowski
at something like Rockports (Rocksports?), which go for yuppie prices.
> On the plus side my last pair kept going for five years before the soles
> gave out (and it only occurred to me after I tossed them out that they
> were the right sort of construction to be re-soled).
Comfy shoes are such a precious thing that when I get a good pair I
keep the soles fresh by rebuilding them with the GOOP glue. I stick a
band of Scotch tape as a dam along the outside perimeter, and squeeze
GOOP onto the worn part of the sole. I try to lay down 2-3 mm layer
by squeezing and moving the tube sideways, in parallel tracks feathered
at the beginning and the end. It's possible to fix small mistakes and
smooth the work with a wet finger when the glue is still soft.
The glue usually lasts few months, and then I reapply it. It looks
redneck-ish but only if you put up your shoes which my mom told me not to
do anyway.
Phil Kangas
"Stormin Mormon" <> wrote in message
I prefer Red Wing model no. 2233. Mine are a year old now
and are Made In USA. ;>)) phil
Jim Stewart
> My $15 Walmart working man's sneakers are gone flat, again.
> No cushion, and it's about like being barefoot.
>
> I did a froogle search for postal shoes. Those guys on their
> feet all day, must have good shoes. No joy. Looked for
> working shoes. Not much to be found.
>
> Where does a man buy comfortable shoes that last a couple
> years, and good for working men who climb ladders, work on
> cars, and that kind of thing?
Try Merell Shoes
I spent my first 30 years wearing Hush Puppys,
Now Merell Shoes are more comfortable and last
longer.
Jerry Wass
> My $15 Walmart working man's sneakers are gone flat, again.
> No cushion, and it's about like being barefoot.
>
> I did a froogle search for postal shoes. Those guys on their
> feet all day, must have good shoes. No joy. Looked for
> working shoes. Not much to be found.
>
> Where does a man buy comfortable shoes that last a couple
> years, and good for working men who climb ladders, work on
> cars, and that kind of thing?
>
>
>
else--20~25 years
Bob AZ
> If that doesn't float your boat, I've found that New Balance
> running/walking shoes seem to be the longest-wearing tenny-runner style
> of shoe out there -- but you should still consider yourself lucky if you
> get a pair that holds out for more than a year.
>
If you are into wide width shoes, EEE or wider try "wideshoes.com".
The New Balance shoes on my feet right now have lasted 4 years.
Everyday wear except for Sunday. Con is $90.00 but they fit my wide,
EEEEE, feet. I actually have two pairs of them since I beat them but
good. So I will be4 good for at least 8 years with the two pairs. When
they get too scroungy looking it is clothes washer time.
Bob AZ
John
I wear safety shoes that cost about £30. They last about a year but
are waterproof, very comfotable with padded linings and cuffs.
Obviously I can't help with a supplier.
John
Dave H.
>"John" wrote...
I'll second Doc Martens, wore them for years as a lineman up and down
ladders, tramping across fields and down streets with ladder on one shoulder
and toolbag in my hand - they're available with steel toecaps, used to last
me upwards of a year a pair. Witha bit of dubbin regularly applied they're
pretty waterproof, and they're rated "Cool" by most subcultures ;) Come in
some funky colours, too - you want fluoro pink, you can get 'em! Only
downside is that they can puncture, repairable with a hot knife, and don't
have a steel midsole, so you can puncture too - not so easily repaired...
Dave H.
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Andrew VK3BFA
Well put John - I have some doubts about our American Cousins, to even
consider buying SHOES is close to heresy where I come from. Men wear
BOOTS. Working men wear Boots. None of this shoe rubbish - effete
liberal crap. If you wear shoes, you sit on your arse in an office and
dont do very much. (Investment Bankers wear shoes - see where that got
us all!)
Boots are functional - they keep the weather and the nasties out, and
your feet warm and comfortable inside. All else is secondary. But I
do concede, with Globalisation and Free Enterprise etc its becoming
hard to buy a decent pair of boots, ie a pair that will last 3 winters
before they start to leak. Real boots. And elastic sides - none of
this struggling with 5 yards of laces on some fashion crap that looks
like it could storm the walls of Baghdad. Elastic sides mean easy on/
easy off if you have to go inside someones (even your own) house. And
you can pull your feet free of them if you fall and get stuck in the
stirrups when your riding. Distinctly different from the Western and
English styles. Have evolved.
My brand was always Blundstone, made here, my great-grandfather worked
for them. Good quality, well made, consistent. Had a plain leather
pair, and a pair with steel toe caps. But they "offshored" their
production (Gee, dont you just love newspeak) and sacked all the
workers and started bringing in crap ones from half of Asia. Still got
"Since 1885" on the box. Dont know why. Took ages, but found possibly
the last remaining boot manufacturer left here - Red Back - pretty
good so far, but their coming up to the first winter so time will
tell. The steel cap Blundstones are still good for a few more years.
I got 3 pairs of boots, and a pair of slippers the kids got me. They
are
Leather work boot - everyday wear, can wear them out visiting if you
give them a clean.
Leather steel cap workboots - worth it, saves toes (mostly) from
falling 4 jaw chucks - and big chucks too, ones on real lathes.
Dress boots - by R.M.Williams. Cost me $300 , but worth it -
stunningly well crafted, each one is made from a single piece of
leather. Put them on, your feet swoon with the sheer comfortableness.
Will be buried in them.
Anything costing less than $60 is crap. You get what you pay for.
Simple.
I do hear that Redwings are a good boot - no idea, never even seen a
pair. Hope their not made in China now. Doc Martens are good (John -
"bovver boots" - ring a bell) but too expensive here. Can see why
posties like them - they can deal with the "little incidents" on a
posties round.
Thats my slightly irrelevant take on all this. Now, does anyone want
to know about socks, for wearing in boots.
Andrew VK3BFA.
Gunner Asch
<lynd...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Redwing works good for me tho they are pricey. I wear like a 6" boot . They
>have one of the best insoles in the business. I got about the same thing
>going on, ladders, concrete floors etc and a pin in my left leg. :-)
> Good Luck Lyndell
I agree on Redstones.
I generally buy my footwear at 2nd hand stores. Redwings turn up
occasionally and I snag em for $6-15
Resoling them costs $125+ if they are sent to Redwing, so I generally
have a pair in reserve.
Now several cowboy boot makers make similar boots, such as Niconna, and
I snag them when I find them.
Gunner, with 15 prs of work or cowboy boots in his closet.
>
>"Stormin Mormon" <cayoung61**spamblock##@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> My $15 Walmart working man's sneakers are gone flat, again.
>> No cushion, and it's about like being barefoot.
>>
>> I did a froogle search for postal shoes. Those guys on their
>> feet all day, must have good shoes. No joy. Looked for
>> working shoes. Not much to be found.
>>
>> Where does a man buy comfortable shoes that last a couple
>> years, and good for working men who climb ladders, work on
>> cars, and that kind of thing?
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Christopher A. Young
>> Learn more about Jesus
>> www.lds.org
>> .
>>
>>
>>
>
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Jim Wilkins
28888.invalid> wrote:
> With shoes, what you pay is what you get, and $15 walmart shoes are
> only shoes in appearance.
>
> i
$12 WalMart sneakers are more comfortable to my abused feet than any
of the the Merrill, Dunham, Chippawa etc boots I have. The steel-toed
Wolverine boots I've been using for logging leave me barely able to
walk in the evening.
The $12 ones last about 6 months unless I kneel down and crack the
sole.
jsw
Ignoramus11668
> On Mar 20, 9:30?pm, Ignoramus28888 <ignoramus28...@NOSPAM.
For just walking or casual shoes, try Rockport. They last me 3 years
of daily use and are very comfortable. Price is usualy $60-80 and up.
i
Steve B
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I've had up to six pairs of NBs at a time. They are all on a shelf in
different states of decay, and SWMBO reminds me when I wear too new a pair
for the activities of that day. Reminds me of being a kid and having
"school shoes" and "play shoes." Dad was good about it, tho. We got a
replacement every year. I loved Keds for play shoes. "Run faster and jump
higher" I think was their slogan.
"Are those your SCHOOL shoes" was dad's slogan.
Steve
Steve B
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John
My company set up their "booth" at the Las Vegas conventions for three
years. Massive display the size of a house. Took four or five days. They
were very cheap, never a perk or a lunch or a tip. I thought the shoes were
overpriced, but have to admit I never bought a pair because of their
attitude.
DanG
new low top design, though canvas shoes were only allowed for gym
class, not regular classes. The traditional high tops were
Converse All Stars, in white only as I recall.
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Pinstripe Sniper
inserting that into a shoe/boot. This can make a huge improvement.
And these insoles may even out "last" ( <=shoe nerd humor) several
pairs.
I use either the flat blue gel or flat "Poron" brand foam inserts. I
don't need a lot of arch support so just getting that extra cushioning
under the heel and ball of the foot does it for me.
There are fancier ones that you heat up so they'll mold to your feet
and custom measured & manufactured ones that match your arches, etc.
Redwings are great but I also wear cheapo Wallymart steel toed and
Costco $15 sneakers and replace the insoles.
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On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:35:23 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
<cayoung61**spamblock##@hotmail.com> wrote:
>My $15 Walmart working man's sneakers are gone flat, again.
>No cushion, and it's about like being barefoot.
>
>I did a froogle search for postal shoes. Those guys on their
>feet all day, must have good shoes. No joy. Looked for
>working shoes. Not much to be found.
>
>Where does a man buy comfortable shoes that last a couple
>years, and good for working men who climb ladders, work on
>cars, and that kind of thing?
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Have to get another pair myself.
I also have a pair of steel toe that get little use due to mud issue.
The boots were concrete grade - deep cleats - or climbing :-)
I have to find a local dealer. The last one left before I did
and I beat him out of the state. :-)
Martin
Winston
(...)
> If you can't find a real old-fashioned small shoe store that caters to
> working people, try REI. Yes, they're an out door store that sells to
> yuppies, and there's a lot of glam there -- but they don't sell much
> that doesn't have substance to back the glam, and if you look you can
> find plain old good stuff.
Don't bother with your local store.
In my experience, they have yet to wake up and smell the coffee
WRT customer service (or even civil behavior).
Fool me four times, shame on you. :)
> If that doesn't float your boat, I've found that New Balance
> running/walking shoes seem to be the longest-wearing tenny-runner style
> of shoe out there -- but you should still consider yourself lucky if you
> get a pair that holds out for more than a year.
Second 'New Balance'!
http://www.newbalance.com/
I've been delighted buying my sneaks from their website:
http://www.nbwebexpress.com/
My fave is their model 855. Plain walking shoe.
Not particularly cheap but very comfortable.
--Winston
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<cayoung61**spambloc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> My $15 Walmart working man's sneakers are gone flat, again.
> No cushion, and it's about like being barefoot.
>
> feet all day, must have good shoes. No joy. Looked for
> working shoes. Not much to be found.
>
> Where does a man buy comfortable shoes that last a couple
> years, and good for working men who climb ladders, work on
> cars, and that kind of thing?
>
I've used Redwings for decades, wear the soles off, have new ones put
on. Have one set of work boots that must be 30 years old and has gone
through 3 or 4 sets of soles. Ran about $100. So you can buy cheap
and replace often or spend a few bucks and get something that will
last. If you find yourself working in the wet, get some matching
overshoes to go with. Wet leather just isn't going to last. The
bottom of a ditch isn't a fashion catwalk anyway.
Biggest problem with new shoes is that they assume everyone has flat
feet, no arch support. So you'll probably have to lay out for arch
supports of some type, either custom or off the peg. Built-in steel
shanks disappeared about the time they started running everyone
through metal detectors at airports. Arch supports make a lot of
difference with how you feel at the end of the day if you're on your
feet all day.
Stan