Let's talk boots and shoes.

[rusnak]

We need a "best gloves" thread.

I've wondered where to find really great fitting leather gloves. And I don't mean the junk ones you get in 99% of stores.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

I wonder if the water bit would work with leather gloves? I have a new pair of Held gloves that are killin' me to break in.

I would think that it should work on anything leather. You've just got to make sure that you condition the leather afterwards so it isn't stiff. Since I've not tried it, I can't, of course, say how well it would work if at all.

[hcoles]

Originally Posted by Groesbeck Hurricane

Merrill Moabs. They also come with tall shanks. Extremely comfortable. I use them all around the farm and for hiking.

New Balance 1034 or any 990 series for tennis shoes.

Asics DuoMax I believe it is T7A1N

The Moabs are incredible shoes. I just wore out my third pair. Very strong and durable. As a side benefit they are shaped like my feet and have a roomy toe box.

[Danimal16]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

I wonder if the water bit would work with leather gloves? I have a new pair of Held gloves that are killin' me to break in.

I have done this with driving gloves.

You need to let them dry on your hands and then oil them.

[LWJ]

On the water fit.

Back in the day...

I may have done some drinking. And gone to a dance club. In rainy Oregon.

True. Get liquored up. Wet shoes. Dance you azz off and you will have some nicely fitting shoes.

I’ve done it.

[NutmegCarrera]

Yet another plug for Allen Edmonds.
I am unfortunate to live 35 miles from their factory.
Absolute kiss of (financial) death to step foot (see what I did there?) in the store.
There is a pretty big difference between some of their classic lines (Park Avenue, some of their classic penny loafers, etc) and some of their more recent casual shoes.
I levitate to the leather sole whenever possible.
There is a layer of cork that is applied between insole and outsole that forms to match your shoe.
Still have my first pair. Have been re crafted and looked brand new when I picked them up.

Always good to stop through periodically as their stock of sales and seconds changes frequently.

The big tent sale is t bad - but I have had better luck during non sale times.
The internet price usually is not as good as in person.

Right off I43 in Port Washington Wi. Halfway between Milwaukee and Sheboygan.

You don’t look fine, if your shoes don’t shine!

[tfg50]

I really like Viberg. https://viberg.com/
Quality made and can be rebuilt.

For work



For town

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Superman

I sold shoes for years and know a little about them. I'm not sure what is the problem we are trying to solve. Respectfully, Zeke offers a solution (slip on....deck shoes.....cushion and support) but I am unclear on the problem.

For support, you guys may wrinkle your nose at this but....cowboy boots. The most comfortable footwear I have ever had were c'boy boots. Not the cheap ones. They probably don't even make them anymore, but Dan Post boots were perfect for me. Feather light. Fit my foot as good as any custom boot could have. Total support all the way around my foot, everywhere. Especially through the arch, instep and metatarsal areas.

Cushion-ey shoes sometimes exacerbate the problem you are trying to solve. Achy feet are often caused by too much flex, and cushion-ey shoes will not fix this.

For slippers I like leather Romeos. For reasons I cannot understand, they seem hard to find these days. In my hometown, the loggers wore them anytime they did not have their 'cork' boots on. Their corks were usually custom made. TONS of support.

Do yourself a favor. Consider Samuel Hubbard. They make very good shoes. Don't look at the price, just buy them. You are worth it, and so are they. You are welcome.

In my view, high quality shoes are not expensive, even when you pay a lot for them. They WAY outlast cheaper ones. They say a man should have a comfortable bed and comfortable shoes. Because he will spend his entire life in one or the other.

Bringing this back... The Tecovas western work boot is on my A list. Anyone know about these?

[id10t]

The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.
But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.
This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.

– Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms

[911 Rod]

^^ My father , an Hungarian immigrant, always said this.

[sugarwood]

Boots and shoes
Boots and shoes
I gotta have me my boots and shoes

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

I wonder if the water bit would work with leather gloves? I have a new pair of Held gloves that are killin' me to break in.

Yes, leather is leather.

Originally Posted by Danimal16

You need to let them dry on your hands and then oil them.

[vash]

Just starting to break them in.