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Hi. Advice please. I'm in the market for a new pair of boots. Over the past few years I've worn out a fair few pairs of boots. 1 pair of Gelert Hunt, 1 pair of Merrell hiking/cross-trainers, 1 pai of Timberlands, 1 pair of Caterpillars and 2 pairs of DMs. The Merrell were the most comfortable and the Caterpillars lasted the longest. The last two pairs of DMs I've had were shit and fell to bits in no time. I walk a lot and I'm not good to my footwear. I'm looking for a pair of comfortable, hardwearing walking boots for urban and rural pursuits. Any advice on brands I should avoid? Any dreamlike footwear you could recommend?
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I can't speak for the rest of the UK, but they do tend to be stocked in at least one of the better footwear shops around Covent Garden at all times.
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I'm just going to add my endorsement to the chorus of approval for Redwing boots, though I am a mite miffed that others beat me to it - I've often thought of them as my 'sole preserve'.
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That was a bit fucked up, eh? It wasn't *intended* as a pun; rather to indicate my surprise at finding other Redwing enthusiasts. In twisted Stevieworld style, I somehow thought that the quotes would distract attention from the appalling (accidental) pun. Oh well.
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I'm sure I've seen blackenwhite ones like that but minus the chunkiness, Abby.
I haven't replaced my DMs since I came back from Oz. I've had a pair of DMs that were my default footwear since I was 13. Does this mean I've grown up or something now?
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I'm currently wearing a pair of 1994 Doctor Martens Eight Hole Boots. I've had them on since I was sixteen and they still don't smell. Sadly they do have cracks and holes in their backs and soles but I wear them regardless, come rain or shine.
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quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles: I'm currently wearing a pair of 1994 Doctor Martens Eight Hole Boots. I've had them on since I was sixteen and they still don't smell. Sadly they do have cracks and holes in their backs and soles but I wear them regardless, come rain or shine.
Ten years wear and you expect that. That's fair, they're work boots. I think 1998 or 99 must've been the last decent batch. I don't know if they started making them out of crepe paper then, or started assembling them with Pritt Stick, but they're fucking rubbish now.
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I was trying to look for the model of New Rock boots I own but could not find them. I couldn't find the other boots that were knee length and purple by New Rock either. I wanted to mix and match the boots but was unsure that I would slightly like a Slaneeshi Noise Marine.
I did find these little babies though;
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Timberland classics are actually completely indestructible - mine have lasted the best part of 15 years of heavy outdoor use, and I haven't even changed the sole yet. They're very comfortable too.
The downside is that you'll need baggy jeans, a nickel-plated AK, some fly bitchaz and a crack habit to fit in with the rest of today's Timberland wearing population (at least those who appear in my locality).
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The black and white chunk shoes are good, and rather carry a hint of Vivienne Westwood-esque stomp 'n' strut. I would like shoes with big fat heels but as my legs are dwarf-length and my feet are midget they only succeed in making me look foolish, with trotter-toes. This summer I haven't even touched my 5" scarlet wedges. :sad:
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quote:Originally posted by Abby: I would be interested in any information regarding location of said shoes incase wherever it is has supersize.
Are you only allowed to purchase them if they offer you a supersize pair? Will you document the footage then be all supersmarm and humble that you proved the world that too-small shoes reduce your feet to nubs? Will you release it worldwide as Superbind Me?
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: Ten years wear and you expect that. That's fair, they're work boots. I think 1998 or 99 must've been the last decent batch. I don't know if they started making them out of crepe paper then, or started assembling them with Pritt Stick, but they're fucking rubbish now.
They're all made in China now, innit?
DM Industrials, with a proper steel toecap, were long made in a separate factory from the slightly flimsy "Fashion Docs" which seemed to become the norm from about 1989 onwards. Flimsy Docs seemed to get flimsier by the year; I bought my final pair in 1990. My most recent pair of Industrials (still Northampton-made long after the reswt of the production had shifted east), by contrast, are only just starting to become broken-in after nearly 3 years of constant wear.
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quote:Originally posted by Black Mask:
quote:Originally posted by StevieX: They're all made in China now, innit?
Ah.
quote:Originally posted by StevieX: DM Industrials
These sound the shit. How d'you know you're getting bona British boots?
Sir Sir! I know this one (buttocks lifting from chair). Saw a prog about this - DM only refers to the sole. That's the only bit that is the Doctor Martin bit, the uppers can be made of any old shite. The soles used to be made in the UK, now all made in China, the uppers can be made anywhere. I had a pair of DMs, lasted bloody years, next pair (c1990) lasted three months, this was just after DM sold the licence to make the soles to all unsundry - so DM's no longer came as a package, uppers of high quality and shit kicking soles. HTH..
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These should be good for when you're strutting about town, Barry:
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For the boys - I own a pair of Salomon walking boots which have provided me with five years of sterling service and are still going strong. I don't wear then regularly though - country yomps only. Mr Ally will only wear Hi-teks, which you can get supercheap from www.sportsshoes.com
For the girls - those fetish brogues are sweet. Sadly I'm utterly inept in heels. I would fall over, spectacularly and in a very public place. I dream of gorgeous shoes, but I could only wear them if I'm provided with a matching chauffeur-driven red-carpet lifestyle where you don't have to walk anywhere. Abby, if you can walk in that sort of thing, you should definitely get them. They'd look great with a pair of black or pinstriped trousers, or a dress.
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A vote for Merrells here. My current pair have lasted two and a half years, including 6 months daily abuse in A+E, a load of bike miles, walking miles, round town miles and every sporting event I've been to.
They're only going now - still structurally sound - because after a bke ride in a thunderstorm a few days ago, I stupidly left them wet. They have contracted a pedal supersmellybug which is resistant to 1) three times round the washing machine 2) being left out in more healthy cleansing rain and 3) being shouted at.
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Dear Black Mask,
I would recommend that for the benefit of your manly feet, you purchase a pair of these:
I purchased a pair of these and have, as they say, never looked back. Though that is mainly because they're so heavy that to do so could possibly have caused permanent disabilitating back trauma. I do find that after the first few wears, one is left with gigantic abraded holes in one's heels. The generally accepted solution to this is to soldier on as though one were in the trenches at the Somme and had no other boot option. Or to purchase a large tube of polyfilla to repair one's heels. However, aesthetically, when teamed with both corn plasters and comedy flourescent fishnet stockings, the results are highly pleasing. One also finds they are extremely useful in the social pursuits of pulling a transexual and getting ribald sexual abuse from a bus-full of Leeds teens. I feel such a ringing endorsement as this can only persuade you to favour the newrock look, and as such, patiently await my 10% commission.
Thank you Sad-Holding-Onto-Her-Teens Manchester
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...infact NewRocks are good for getting hassle from teens everywhere. I was in Caerphilly one time (dont ask) when the local yoof decided they were a source of great amusement. I discovered that even when hassling a lone woman in a badly lit car park, at night, it is impossible to appear even slightly threatening if you have a Welsh accent.
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