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You have expensive arch supports. This is good. Do you have 'flat feet?' That is....when you step out of the pool and walk on the concrete, do you leave footprint like a bear? If so, then soft flexible shoes are likely to make your feet hurt. I will say this: Zeke, I think you work in the trades. I may be mistaken, but I think you are a carpenter. I have never worked in the trades but I do regulate that industry and I have great respect for trade guys. Industrial Athletes. Seriously. And the body is basically done in twenty years. The man soldier's on anyway. |
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Im worse than a woman when it comes,to footwear... I probably have around 12 pairs of boots alone.
My daily work footwear consists of either work boots or tactical boots. Work boots are three different Red Wing lace ups and a pair of Ariat. All are super high quality. The Ariats are,also my usual cycle boots. My tactical boots are either 511s or Under Armor. Have four pairs,of those... The Under Armors, are like wearing sneakers they are so comfortable. My casual/ hiking boots have been Merrel Moabs or Solomans. The Merrells have really been made like crap the last bunch of years. The quality has degraded for sure. |
Mainly Sperry, Van and stupid expensive dress shoes.
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I have NWB Wrights... Beside Florsheim & Alden ..Cole Haan, French Shriner, Hanover, Nettleton, Footjoy Classics, Johnson & Murphy, Dexter, Executive Imperial, Bostonian (Windsors), Jarman (General Shoe co) among others. I even have a pair of vtg Giannini Versach 8 inch brown WW2 US military style boots. I was lookin at a rack of shoes and on top I spotted these brown boots..when I pulled them the first thing I noticed was the Versach Medusa head shoe lace hooks... I thought omg.. $15.00 I have seen em for $1200 used They are Norwegian welted boots...super quality.. |
Tabs knows shoes.
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What are you planning to do, with these comfy shoes? When you say, expensive supports, what does that mean?
For walking, I would suggest a decent running shoe. You can get elastic shoe laces that will do a decent job of keeping them secure and still be able to slide them on with a long shoe horn. To get a leather boot to conform to your foot more quickly, run hot tap water, fill the boot with hot water, dump it out, then put the boots on with a good thick set of socks, walk around until they are dry. I have seen devices that you twist to pull the laces tight, but with a boot, I don't think it would work that well, you sort of want to pull them tight as you are lacing them up. Shoes should not hurt your feet. |
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A good boot is made by Lucchese. Expensive but so worth it. I also have a pair of Nocona Roper smooth ostrich that have been resoled 3 times and they are like slippers and still look great.
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I wear these Salomon hiking boots as my "work boots". They are very light and supportive. When I run out of steam it's usually my feet that say they have done enough for the day. With the light weight boots I'm OK for another hour or so.
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You want to save more in the short run, but end up spending more in the long run get on a company mailing list.
Never pay full retail at the Clarks on-line store. They're always running promotions up to 50% off already discounted shoes. Allen Edmonds has different sales depending on how picky you are. They have their "factory seconds" sales, which are blow outs of imperfect shoes. Many people love this. Then they rotate sales, like their boots, then dress shoes, or maybe annual cordovan sale... Irony is there are some really good YouTube channels devoted specifically to men's shoes, with huge followings. They can get really addicting too.. This guy at Rose Anvil tears shoes apart. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCId9g4zlQ9BOn6fLKIt1Y0A These brothers at Trenton & Heath put shoes back together: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVYlC0HmT9eZI3ZrFy_xthQ The Boot Guy (might have quit) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ERIHMtYnY-QwgYnbDFjXw And on and on. Once you watch one, then suddenly another pops up... I know everything about shoes now after last summer's lockdowns.. I wanted to become a cobbler like Daniel Day Lewis did... |
I'm amazed at how pairs of shoes I have. Of course I'm including the specialty shoes/boots that I have such as MC boots and cycling shoes. For everyday I wear sneakers, any old brand will do. If I'm walking/hiking a short distance I wear low Merrills, long distance HiTec over the ankle. When I'm out **** kickin' it's my Frey boots.
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New Balance for tennis shoes but for dress shoes I like Rockports. Might be just my feet, but they are as good as any tennis shoe for walking all day.
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I wear orthotics as well.
Problem I find is the first thing you do is pull out the insoles of your new shoes to put the orthotics in. Be nice if you could buy them without the insoles. I never knew I had sore feet until I did a 3 day bass tournament. Now my feet hurt all the time. |
Clarks for casual, LL Beans for ‘dress’ and Ariats for ‘work’.
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Of course, like the rest of our bodies, there are actually big variations in how our feet work from person to person, wide feet, narrow feet, long feet, short feet, high arches, flat feet, etc.... What that means is that a shoe that's great for Bob may suck for Tom and then the shoe that Tom loves may be torture for Nick.
You can look at various manufacturers that are known to make quality shoes, then you really have to try a bunch. You even have to try different shoes within the same manufacturer. If you look at the Allen Edmonds website, they make their shoes based on 20 different lasts. Some are due to boot vs shoe, but others are just slightly different shape. Some shapes work better with some feet. So if you get an Allen Edmonds shoe that's based on the #65 last, you may love it, but if you get a shoe based on the 108 last, you might hate the fit. https://www.allenedmonds.com/discover/shoes-101/lasts.html |
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As I said, I over pronate a little but I have healthy arches so I have to up the game a little to compensate for the pronation. Of course a 6 or 8" boot does a lot for that laced up properly. The previous post about western boots was a good one. They do have great arch support as well as ankle stabilization. However, I always thought c'boy boots cause big toe deformity due to the pointed toe box. I've certainly seen some ugly feet on western boot wearers. I got rid of mine but I didn't have 300 dollar boots. One pair had a modified toe box that was more rounded. Didn't look quite right but I didn't care. I bought them in too much of a hurry while passing through Texas at a mega boot store. They were always too tight but the salesman was pushing hard on the fact that they would grow to shape and expand with wear. Never did and hard to return. I've neve heard of pouring water in a boot. Do manufacturers really condone that? |
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