GeorgeH
Well-Known Member
Well the better half surprised me with a new pair of 218's for Xmas. I was very surprised and grateful. My old ones are 7 years old, on their second set of soles , and are a little too beat up to wear around town, and have been a great boot. Been wearing Redwings USA built boots over 20 years.
I took the new ones back. A bad blemish in the leather in the shaft where it was paper thin and the leather in general is much thinner than the old ones. The store was apologetic and ordered another pair that hasn't come in yet. Not faulting the the guy or the store, and he kinda understood when I told him if I wanted a lightweight boot I could get a Chinese logger boot for $220 less. I'm not expecting much with the second pair. Problem is , with nerve damage on my left side which causes numbness and a slightly droopy foot I really need the ankle support the heavy leather gives my foot and a boot with linesman shank.
Might need to find a new bootmaker....... Nick's, White's, Wesco's etc
I took the new ones back. A bad blemish in the leather in the shaft where it was paper thin and the leather in general is much thinner than the old ones. The store was apologetic and ordered another pair that hasn't come in yet. Not faulting the the guy or the store, and he kinda understood when I told him if I wanted a lightweight boot I could get a Chinese logger boot for $220 less. I'm not expecting much with the second pair. Problem is , with nerve damage on my left side which causes numbness and a slightly droopy foot I really need the ankle support the heavy leather gives my foot and a boot with linesman shank.
Might need to find a new bootmaker....... Nick's, White's, Wesco's etc