the elastic webs on the sides of blundstones take forever to fall apart - i know people who have had their boots for 10+ years
― rrrobyn, Saturday, 31 December 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
and they are unisex. that is my sales pitch! lol
― rrrobyn, Saturday, 31 December 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
Well, I ended up getting a pair of very chunky charcoal brown suede lace-up steel-toed work boots of some brand I have now forgotten. I had to try on about 3 different brands to get one that was the right length for my foot without being *too* wide (which is a problem I'd much rather have than too narrow.) But the funny thing is, it has been so long since I bought a pair of proper boots (i.e. not rubber boots or stupid flimsy vegan boots made of hemp and cardboard) that I forgot, with steel toed boots, you don't break them in, so much as they break you in, and my ankles got ripped to shreds before I taped them up. I know this will pass. So I'm pretty happy.
Might still go to Camden and see if I can find motorcycle/engineers boots, or I might persist with trying to break the heel of the left boot of the pair I have.
― Dowr Toemm (Fotherington Thomas), Saturday, 31 December 2011 16:22 (twelve years ago) link