Noah's Snark! Get In Before The Flood...

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Doc, they used to have a really nice wide toe box. I think they've gone to different shoe lasts lately because they don't feel the same now. Those boots in the pic are about ten years old.
 
Watching "The Right Stuff " at the moment, I've always been fascinated by space travel, and I have always admired men like Chuck Yeager.
 
I have a hard time finding boots to fit me. I need to go somewhere and get some good boots. I usually wear Wolverines, but I found out while hiking Taum Sauk Mountain, they weren't worth a crap.
 
The Warrior said:
I have a hard time finding boots to fit me. I need to go somewhere and get some good boots. I usually wear Wolverines, but I found out while hiking Taum Sauk Mountain, they weren't worth a crap.
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I wear steel toes everywhere except the river. I usually wear Doc Marten's Industrials. Go get properly fitted man, it's like getting the right pack and having it fitted.
 
It has snowed about one foot here in Boulder. It is currently 12 degrees out.

Here is a picture of my new Spyderco UK Penknife in the snow and on a wreath.




 
Murphnuge said:
I wear steel toes everywhere except the river. I usually wear Doc Marten's Industrials. Go get properly fitted man, it's like getting the right pack and having it fitted.
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I need to. I really don't have big feet, just 11's in a boot, but I have a wide foot, with a high instep.
 
I am in the process of striping my bk14. I thought I would give it a try, eagerly waiting to try it out.
 
Down to 8 degrees outside right now!:eek:

Over one foot of snow, too. We saw where two snow plows had crashed into each other when we were out driving earlier.
 
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tradewater said:
Chiefs and Colts has been a barn burner.
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Damn straight....
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Murphnuge said:
I hear awful stuff about gout, Moose suffers from that as well. I have flat feet, even had to have a waiver to enlist. My feet aren't too picky, I've beat the hell out of them and have only had athlete's foot once.
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Same with me...flat as a board since the day I was born. Got the waiver when I started ROTC, and they never did bother me the whole 20 years, and still don't.

The Warrior said:
I have a hard time finding boots to fit me. I need to go somewhere and get some good boots. I usually wear Wolverines, but I found out while hiking Taum Sauk Mountain, they weren't worth a crap.
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I do miss the hiking in Missouri...just not the same in central Texas, perhaps down in the Hill Country by San Antonio. I hiked the Taum Sauk several times in Boy Scout growing up though.

The Warrior said:
I need to. I really don't have big feet, just 11's in a boot, but I have a wide foot, with a high instep.
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Opposite for me. I need a 12B or my foot slides around too much, and the lack of instep doesn't help. Ten years or so ago, I did find a decent pair of Hi-Tec brand hiking boots that are Gore-Tex lined that work well. Made in China, of course, but they did keep my feet dry crossing the creek on my first pig hunt here. And they've held up pretty well.
 
GSO1962 said:
Opposite for me. I need a 12B or my foot slides around too much, and the lack of instep doesn't help. Ten years or so ago, I did find a decent pair of Hi-Tec brand hiking boots that are Gore-Tex lined that work well. Made in China, of course, but they did keep my feet dry crossing the creek on my first pig hunt here. And they've held up pretty well.
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I have "low volume" feet as well; not so much the width, but no instep (makes fitting "hard boots" really challenging). I worked with sporting footwear and ski boot fitting for a few years. Anything Salomon made fit my foot type. Ski boots, mountaineering boots, sneakers....like they were all made on one last. Maybe I just share the French "foot type"; they are the only company whose footwear I'll buy over the internerd> It was a long time ago, but one of the major things I took away from those jobs is that ya gotta control the midfoot - and the rest, as long as it's a happy medium, will take care of itself. I think I'm a little bit of a footwear geek. Like somehow, better gear for my feet will improve my "performance". HA! What "performance"! I'm going out for a walk.....:rolleyes:.......I'm still a sucker for gear; just maybe not your kinda gear ;).
 
I just made an interesting discovery. You can take one of these:

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...and use it for a steel to touch up an edge.

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It works. :eek:
 
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