[TheForge] OT work boots

[Bob Ehrenberger]

.>> on>>Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:30:02 -0400
From: Bruce Freeman <freemab222 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] [OT] Cats, boots (Was: chickens)

wrote:

>I take it you've already made your attept, so this is late for that.
>
>But on rereading this, it brought to mind those old-fashioned fits
>any-shoe shoe trees.  Instead of coming in shoe sizes, these had a
>split "toe" piece.  When you inserted them into the shoe, the
>compression to fit in the heel piece also spread the split toe piece
>sideways.
>
>So, maybe something on that order would work.  Chances are, sideways
>is not issue, but rather up and down -- i.e., the steel toe is chafing
>the top of your toes.  But the principal is the same.
>
I have wide feet and it's hard to find boots that fit.  The last pair I got 
we spent half a day trying on boots before I found a some that felt good. 
But when I wore them all day they chafed the tops of my toes on the steel 
cap. The only way that I can ware them is if I put tape on the tops of my 
toes.  So most of the time I leave them in the closet, and ware my old 
falling apart boots.  I've considered taking them to a local repair shop to 
see if I can have the caps removed, it would be worth $20 to fix a pair of 
$140 boot.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net