Black boots?

[Streetcar]

I wear my duty boots - 8" Danner Strikers. Although I'm contemplating replacing them with Danner Acadias. You might look at Magnum duty boots - similar style, but a little less expensive.

[Silverlake_Punk]

Rocky - I've been wanting something like Docs, but haven't jumped since I've had two very bad Doc Marten experiences in the past (i.e., boots fell apart after a few months) So yeah, I'm interested in gettin' me them Grinders. How are they in the summer heat? Would you characterize them as being fairly light for leather boots, or on the heavy side?

[Alan H]

"Troopers"

They're black combat/police boot knockoffs made in china. They're actually OK, though it took a while to break them in. I got mine at a local surplus store

The *really* cheap, mostly cordura "jungle combat" boots made in China are utter trash. I bought a pair for $15 off of ebay when I first thought I might wear a casual kilt. They sell locally for about $22. Junk. I wore through the soles in three months of once-a-week wearing.

[Thistle Stop]

My husband, Alan, loves his Doc Marten boots:



They seem to be very comfortable and long-wearing.
I think they look good, too.

[Dreadbelly]

What a nice looking fellow. Great outfit. The ideal model of the casual kilt wearing gentleman.

Thanks!

[Thistle Stop]

What a nice looking fellow. Great outfit. The ideal model of the casual kilt wearing gentleman.

Thanks!

Thanks! I'll tell him you said so -- he'll be very pleased. It's a recent photo, from May. We'd just been to lunch with my mother and I wanted to try out my new camera so I had him pose for me outside the restaurant. I didn't like the parking lot in the background though, so I stuck a Scottish loch in there in its place!

This is the way Alan dresses a lot of the time -- kilt, Docs, dark hose, Buzz Kidder sporran, and some sort of T-shirt, sweater, etc. depending on the season.

[Dreadbelly]

Well, he looks suitable enough to be placed anywhere, parking lot or a loch. It's style like that that will force the door open for the kilt to be accepted as a day to day garmet.

I on the other hand, look like I belong on some battlefield sacking some small helpless English village (No offense meant) or in a fantasy novel as a stereotypical dwarf. I have become aware that on me, the kilt almost looks costume-like. That's ok though, next person that says something will have his or her village sacked and looted.

[RockyR]

Rocky - I've been wanting something like Docs, but haven't jumped since I've had two very bad Doc Marten experiences in the past (i.e., boots fell apart after a few months) So yeah, I'm interested in gettin' me them Grinders. How are they in the summer heat? Would you characterize them as being fairly light for leather boots, or on the heavy side?

They're "medium to heavy" leather for boots... DEFINITLEY plyable enough to take the shape of your foot and lower calf, but sturdy enough to hold up. Trick is to tie them TIGHT. Unless you have an unusually wide foot, when you lace them up, the leather on either side of the laces sould touch in the middle. to get graffic... (the 0 is the eyelet... imagine a lace going from 0 to 0)

0| |0 No good
0||0 Good.

Is that clear or is it too late for me to be posting?

[Dreadbelly]

But arch support my good man... I can roll a baseball under my arches...

A shoe is worthless to me with out good arch support, which is why I have always worn specific brands. Birkenstocks or Dox.

I am somewhat interested in the shoes you mentioned, but I want to know more about support...

Nothing hurts like a shoe with no arches.

[RockyR]

I don't know much about arch support... I know that I have relatively flat feet and they are VERY comfortable. They have about as much support as docs