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I know you have had good wear out of your boots, but as you use to go from workshop to house only, these are cheap for a punt into the unkown. http://www.silvermans.co.uk/collect...fters-pull-on-safety-boots?variant=4194298563
You mentioned you prefer lined, but I find linings compact and lose their efficiency so I prefer unlined boots and add thicker socks/insoles as required.
My feet play up if they get cold as I got Trench foot some years back (my slit trench was only 12" deep
) so I use socks/insoles and these if required https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hot-Hands-Foot-Warmers-pairs/dp/B01HNK5PL8
You just put a fresh pair in each day if needed.( I explained that to a Royal Marine, by Friday, he could not get his boots on
)
Making life eazy in laced boots can be helped by these http://www.silvermans.co.uk/collections/footwear/products/black-zipits?variant=4193297603 but they can rip your feet apart if you have do much walking, depends on your foot arch.
Military boots are often a good bet, but they won't have steel toe caps if you need to have that feature.
Only thing to watch for in Military boots are these http://www.silvermans.co.uk/collect...made-officers-boots-lo-leg?variant=4194857539
If you wear them, you will walk like this:
You mentioned you prefer lined, but I find linings compact and lose their efficiency so I prefer unlined boots and add thicker socks/insoles as required.
My feet play up if they get cold as I got Trench foot some years back (my slit trench was only 12" deep
) so I use socks/insoles and these if required https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hot-Hands-Foot-Warmers-pairs/dp/B01HNK5PL8You just put a fresh pair in each day if needed.( I explained that to a Royal Marine, by Friday, he could not get his boots on
)Making life eazy in laced boots can be helped by these http://www.silvermans.co.uk/collections/footwear/products/black-zipits?variant=4193297603 but they can rip your feet apart if you have do much walking, depends on your foot arch.
Military boots are often a good bet, but they won't have steel toe caps if you need to have that feature.
Only thing to watch for in Military boots are these http://www.silvermans.co.uk/collect...made-officers-boots-lo-leg?variant=4194857539
If you wear them, you will walk like this:
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I got issued a high leg version of those when I broke my ankle to give more support if I was going on board and climbing about
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Hi all
Thank you for the many and varied replys, lots of options about. I like the look of the Sievi boots, but I do already have a pair of combat boots, so I'm probably not going to get those, although the zip would make life easier. I also worry about the durability of the zip. I'll have a look into a couple of the other rigger boots mentioned in the thread, but several comments have pretty much confirmed what I thought, get another pair of the same Jalette ones.
Cheers
Andrew
Thank you for the many and varied replys, lots of options about. I like the look of the Sievi boots, but I do already have a pair of combat boots, so I'm probably not going to get those, although the zip would make life easier. I also worry about the durability of the zip. I'll have a look into a couple of the other rigger boots mentioned in the thread, but several comments have pretty much confirmed what I thought, get another pair of the same Jalette ones.
Cheers
Andrew
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I got a pair of them a couple of years ago. They transformed the Dutch para boots I used on the bike - turning them into ten seconds on and off, instead of wrestling with so-called rapid lace-up systems. They don't quite hold the boot on to the foot quite as tightly, but for my use they're fine.
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I forgot about German/Dutch para boots. The old brown style can be difficult to find, but the later version is better and can had for reasonable money.
Link in case of interest http://www.militaryops.co.uk/german-army-issue-para-boot-super-grade/
Link in case of interest http://www.militaryops.co.uk/german-army-issue-para-boot-super-grade/
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never found lace up boots any good in a metal work environment, unless fitted with covers like the old foundry boots to stop the laces being burned,
dealer boots when im in the home workshop and riggers on the railway. and no problem with overalls going over the top of riggers.
dealer boots when im in the home workshop and riggers on the railway. and no problem with overalls going over the top of riggers.
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Just shown my grand son the walk.Brill he saidI know you have had good wear out of your boots, but as you use to go from workshop to house only, these are cheap for a punt into the unkown. http://www.silvermans.co.uk/collect...fters-pull-on-safety-boots?variant=4194298563
You mentioned you prefer lined, but I find linings compact and lose their efficiency so I prefer unlined boots and add thicker socks/insoles as required.
My feet play up if they get cold as I got Trench foot some years back (my slit trench was only 12" deep
You just put a fresh pair in each day if needed.( I explained that to a Royal Marine, by Friday, he could not get his boots on
Making life eazy in laced boots can be helped by these http://www.silvermans.co.uk/collections/footwear/products/black-zipits?variant=4193297603 but they can rip your feet apart if you have do much walking, depends on your foot arch.
Military boots are often a good bet, but they won't have steel toe caps if you need to have that feature.
Only thing to watch for in Military boots are these http://www.silvermans.co.uk/collect...made-officers-boots-lo-leg?variant=4194857539
If you wear them, you will walk like this:
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Plus one for the Sievi's, I've used them for over 11 years at work and whenever I need new boots its another pair of the same. Good wrap over toe protector stops the toes getting worn down to the toe cap, any without it last 6 months at best. I have a pair of gel insoles in mine makes them a bit better when you're on your feet for most of an 11 1/2 hour shift and covering plenty of miles every day.
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A toe protector was something I tried to find with no success, except some American who never replied to emails. Several pairs of my boots met an unsightly end because the toes just got frazzled away to nothing in a few weeks, when I was kneeling a lot doing pipework. I just kept using the boots, of course, because they still functioned perfectly well, just looked ugly as sin with their naked steel toes. The American toecover was a hard plastic or rubber shell to keep the leather in good condition and it meant you could go dancing with them in the evening if you wanted
It ws annoying splashing out for new ones only for them to go rapidly downhill in a month.
A hint - for those smokers still around; do you know you can weld a pair of toecaps together, drill three holes for bolts and have a unique ashtray?
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Remember the boots with the steel toecaps exposed? One of the steel erectors wore em. He got married, and whilst away on his honeymoon, me and another apprentice thought it would be a wizard wheeze to weld a pony size horse shoe to each toe-vertical position.
He was not amused and he and some of his erecting gang mates nailed our boilersuits to the template loft floor.
Not a big deal normally, except we were in the boiler suits when they did it.
He was not amused and he and some of his erecting gang mates nailed our boilersuits to the template loft floor.
Not a big deal normally, except we were in the boiler suits when they did it.
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Ok untill you get Weld Spatter down the boot.Take ages to get off!!!
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https://www.rufflander.co.uk/shop/safety-footwear/s31p-engine-mans-boot-external-toe-cap/ 
https://www.rufflander.co.uk/shop/safety-footwear/fb2-foundry-boots/
" The top closes with an adjustable velcro top band which is intended to seal around the leg to stop anything hot getting to the wearer’s foot. There is also a quick release strap to further improve the fit."
Selection of rigger boots from same company:
https://www.rufflander.co.uk/product-category/safety-footwear/rigger-boots/
https://www.rufflander.co.uk/shop/safety-footwear/fb2-foundry-boots/
" The top closes with an adjustable velcro top band which is intended to seal around the leg to stop anything hot getting to the wearer’s foot. There is also a quick release strap to further improve the fit."
Selection of rigger boots from same company:
https://www.rufflander.co.uk/product-category/safety-footwear/rigger-boots/
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I've been using them for m0re than twenty years. Trust me they don’t.
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Yeah; I always thought they were just tidied up versions of the wrecked toecover ones, but I see they're actually made like that.
https://www.rufflander.co.uk/shop/safety-footwear/s31p-engine-mans-boot-external-toe-cap/
Here's what I should have bought, had I known about them...
https://www.rufflander.co.uk/shop/safety-footwear/s363-external-toe-cap-boots/
Pre-wrecked, and a coat of black paint would have rendered them fit for an evening's entertainment.
