HavocHound
What do you wear on your feet most often? Do you go more for style or substance? What's your favorite material? What kind of soles do you like? What kind of heel do you like? What kind of toe do you like? Do like laces? What kind of laces? Or do you prefer buckles? How about harnesses? Or do you prefer sandals? How about flip-flops?
As for me, I wear Chippewah harness boots most of the time. I go more for substance than style. They're made out of my favorite boot material - black oil-tanned leather. They have Vibram soles, which are great for the outdoors. They have stack heels, which are one of my favorite types of heels, the other being Western heels (cowboy-style). They have square toes, also known as snip toes, also known as Q-toes. My other favorite type of toe is the J-toe (pointed cowboy-style). I'm not much for laces, I prefer pull-ons, buckles, or harnesses, though I don't mind laces if they're made tough. I don't like sandals or flip-flops. Come to think of it, I don't really like shoes either. I mostly only ever wear boots. I have two pair of steel-toed engineer boots - one pair of Brahmas and one pair of Herman Survivors. The Brahmas are trashed beyond repair. Both pair of engineer boots are 11" tall and have two buckles per boot. I have a pair of yellow/tan WorkForce lace-up work boots that I've had for a couple of years. They're pretty beat up and stained with grass and brake fluid. I use them as mowing boots. I had a pair of steel-toed black leather 15" lineman boots that I gave to a friend of mine a couple months ago. They were size 9-D and I wear 10-EE. I have a pair of brown leather squarish boots which I think are packers. I bought them from a friend who didn't wear them very often. I have a pair of steel-toed brown leather Iron Age boots (lower cut and darker than the squarish ones) with leather toe caps (I've never seen any others like them) that a friend of mine gave to me. I have one pair of white tennis shoes which I only wear in the summertime when I'm wearing shorts, but even then I usually wear boots. I have a pair of black cowboy boots that are two sizes too big (I got them at Goodwill for $15 - they seemed to fit when I tried them on). I have a terrific pair of Dingo X-harness slouch boots. They're black leather. They have a J-toe and a Western heel. They have pull-loops and deep scallops. And they have quasi-ornate removable adjustable harnesses. For those who don't know, slouch boots are a type of cowboy boots that have crushed leather shafts for a relaxed fit. I find that they're best worn outside your pants, though they can also be worn inside. And then there's my Chippewah harness boots. They're made of oil-tanned black leather and have nickel rings and rivets. They have reinforced square toes, stack heels, Vibram soles, pull-loops, and stovepipe shafts. They're about half-shin in height, so I sometimes call them "half-calfs" (that's my pet name for any boots of that height). They're size 10-EE. They're the right length and the right width, but there's a lot of depth to them. I have to use several layers of insoles for them to fit decently but it isn't too much of a problem. My Herman engineer boots are the same size and they fit perfectly, but then, they have built-in insoles. Still though, the Chippewahs are the most comfortable of all my boots.
What can I say? I'm a bootman!
As for me, I wear Chippewah harness boots most of the time. I go more for substance than style. They're made out of my favorite boot material - black oil-tanned leather. They have Vibram soles, which are great for the outdoors. They have stack heels, which are one of my favorite types of heels, the other being Western heels (cowboy-style). They have square toes, also known as snip toes, also known as Q-toes. My other favorite type of toe is the J-toe (pointed cowboy-style). I'm not much for laces, I prefer pull-ons, buckles, or harnesses, though I don't mind laces if they're made tough. I don't like sandals or flip-flops. Come to think of it, I don't really like shoes either. I mostly only ever wear boots. I have two pair of steel-toed engineer boots - one pair of Brahmas and one pair of Herman Survivors. The Brahmas are trashed beyond repair. Both pair of engineer boots are 11" tall and have two buckles per boot. I have a pair of yellow/tan WorkForce lace-up work boots that I've had for a couple of years. They're pretty beat up and stained with grass and brake fluid. I use them as mowing boots. I had a pair of steel-toed black leather 15" lineman boots that I gave to a friend of mine a couple months ago. They were size 9-D and I wear 10-EE. I have a pair of brown leather squarish boots which I think are packers. I bought them from a friend who didn't wear them very often. I have a pair of steel-toed brown leather Iron Age boots (lower cut and darker than the squarish ones) with leather toe caps (I've never seen any others like them) that a friend of mine gave to me. I have one pair of white tennis shoes which I only wear in the summertime when I'm wearing shorts, but even then I usually wear boots. I have a pair of black cowboy boots that are two sizes too big (I got them at Goodwill for $15 - they seemed to fit when I tried them on). I have a terrific pair of Dingo X-harness slouch boots. They're black leather. They have a J-toe and a Western heel. They have pull-loops and deep scallops. And they have quasi-ornate removable adjustable harnesses. For those who don't know, slouch boots are a type of cowboy boots that have crushed leather shafts for a relaxed fit. I find that they're best worn outside your pants, though they can also be worn inside. And then there's my Chippewah harness boots. They're made of oil-tanned black leather and have nickel rings and rivets. They have reinforced square toes, stack heels, Vibram soles, pull-loops, and stovepipe shafts. They're about half-shin in height, so I sometimes call them "half-calfs" (that's my pet name for any boots of that height). They're size 10-EE. They're the right length and the right width, but there's a lot of depth to them. I have to use several layers of insoles for them to fit decently but it isn't too much of a problem. My Herman engineer boots are the same size and they fit perfectly, but then, they have built-in insoles. Still though, the Chippewahs are the most comfortable of all my boots.
What can I say? I'm a bootman!
