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Boot Thread - First pair of work boots.

don’t need steel toe for anything. mostly wear my hunter barn boots. comfy, tall, waterproof and impervious to penetration (sharp wood, brush, snakes, etc.). also have a pair of carhartts. they’re a little shorter so i wear kevlar gaitors with them, but they’re also super comfy.
 
Weeweno? said:
I did the exact same thing as a 13 yr old teen one afternoon in Tuscaloosa, Alabama while slightly high on the Chiba Chiba, only I was wearing vans, converse or some other thin ass tennis shoe. Definitely opened up my big toe but kinda bounced off the blade I guess, good-n relaxed from the heat and weed.
No permanent physical damage sustained, definitely psychologically traumatized for life though ;)
and I’ll never push on the back of lawn moved w my foot again, hopefully…
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Why the hell would you ever be off a lawnmower and still have the blades engaged????

I have used the steel toe boot to persuade some objects to move the way I want before.
 
Lawn mowers can be dangerous. Once, as a kid mowing a neighbors lawn, the mower got stuck and without thinking, I reached down to lift the running mower. I felt the spinning blade brush by my fingers and very quickly let go. I almost lost half of four fingers that day. And I’ve always remembered that incident. It would have changed my life.
 
A few years later I damn near blew my fingers off. I was playing with an explosive I’d mixed up from chemicals from the chemistry lab in high school. That ended that bit of exploration. No more fooling around with explosives.
 
When in the mountains, I have two primary work boots, depending on what I’m doing. One pair is a steel toed boot, whose brand I don’t remember. I’ve been on the verge of replacing them for a long time, but then got some insoles that make them decently comfortable. Steel toes have been handy when handling large logs, as they have a tendency to roll and my feet have a tendency to be downhill of them.

For work up in a tree, I got a pair of ArbPro Evo 2 arborist boots, which work well with spurs or rope walking. They are close fitting enough to get into tight spaces and all-day comfortable in spurs.
 
And mowers didn’t always have a blade disconnect. The mower I was using was a two stroke Lawn Boy that I’d rebuilt and hopped up a bit. And the Honda mower I still have is the same way. The only way to stop the blade is to shut the engine off.
 
I once dropped a heavy log onto my big toe. I wished I’d been wearing steel toed boots that day. My toe nail turned black and about a week or two later, my toenail simply lifted off and I threw it away.
 
Knapp work boots. They would come by the shop and set you up.... until they didn't. Now they sell everybody else's generic stuff.

I really wish I had saved my last pair, they truly looked like Frankenstein boots with giant toe cap area and just plain leather
 
ST Guy said:
A few years later I damn near blew my fingers off. I was playing with an explosive I’d mixed up from chemicals from the chemistry lab in high school. That ended that bit of exploration. No more fooling around with explosives.
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There was a new father visiting who came with his 8yr-old son, from some Asian country. He was making his own fireworks at home. One, about the size of a banana, was acquired by said 8yr-old, who proceeded to light the explosive device and watch the fuse while holding it in his hands with great excitement. I met the kid before, and after, at family gatherings - a friend of the family. Two thumbs and six fingers gone, he was sitting and blew up his upper thighs, chest, neck, and part of his face. He could still see. I imagine the damage was spread across the entire projection.

Denali - I'm wearing them now.
 
tzrider said:
For work up in a tree, I got a pair of ArbPro Evo 2 arborist boots, which work well with spurs or rope walking. They are close fitting enough to get into tight spaces and all-day comfortable in spurs.
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Fancy! Wish they made those when I was climbing full time. My Wesco Highliners are 27 yr old and fit perfectly. I wear them once or twice a year and give them leather love cream every five or so. Surprising to see that the cost is only $120 more than all those years ago. They would need resoling if I put them back into service 5 days a week.

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I find it hilarious that you cosplay so often as someone who needs workbooks that you own multiple pairs.

Signed,
Guy who's been wearing workbooks for decades.
 
So I wear boots at work (I work in education) and I've always wanted a pair of England Made Dr. Martens. Once I started my career I got my first pair of 2796 (Chelsea Boots) and later I got the 1460 (8 hole lace up boots). Wish they made half sizes because I'm a 9.5 and the website suggested sizing down. I tried the 10's and I was floating around in them and the nines are pretty snug even after breaking them in. Doesn't help I have wide ass feet because if you look at the 2796's the leather started to split because of it.

Once these bad boys wear out I'll buy some wide width redwings to wear in the office.

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mean dad said:
I find it hilarious that you cosplay so often as someone who needs workbooks that you own multiple pairs.

Signed,
Guy who's been wearing workbooks for decades.
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Jealousy is a stinky cologne. I don't feel bad my work doesn't require I wear work boots. Funny way to show envy and flattery but I'l take it. Such a toolbag :ROFLMAO:
 
Not envious at all, I'm amused. The idea of owning multiple pairs of work boots to cosplay as a worker is funny to me.
Posting an entire thread to brag about it, even funnier.

The working man's Imelda Marcos.
 
Weird comment considering all of us are motorcycle riders, and work boots make for good riding boots.
 
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