Trail Shoes....

[jyoutz]

I have "Norwegian fat foot". 10 1/2 - 3E. A whole lot of the uber fancy running/trail/work footware don't make a wide model.

I've settled on KEEN footware. They are available locally - they fit - they last me four years or more.

Like many - I can be exceptionally tough on footware. After four years or so - I literally wear the tread down till its almost completely flat. That's on a shoe with a Vibrim sole.

Throughout my forestry career I have worn White’s Boots, hand made in Spokane. They aren’t cheap at all, but they’re handmade to fit your foot. And they will resole and rebuild your boots for half price. I get over 10 years out of my Whites. The manufacturing building is really interesting. A bunch of guys sitting at benches hand sewing the leather and pounding nails. Only a few sewing machines and buffing wheels in the shop, otherwise all done by hand. Since you’re so close it’s worth a visit just to see the shop.

 

[3930dave]

Throughout my forestry career I have worn White’s Boots, hand made in Spokane. They aren’t cheap at all, but they’re handmade to fit your foot. And they will resole and rebuild your boots for half price. I get over 10 years out of my Whites. The manufacturing building is really interesting. A bunch of guys sitting at benches hand sewing the leather and pounding nails. Only a few sewing machines and buffing wheels in the shop, otherwise all done by hand. Since you’re so close it’s worth a visit just to see the shop.

Esp. in 2024, that would be worth seeing.... hopefully they have some videos of the shop already up, but, like yourself, those who NEED that quality of boot, may know of them already

Rgds, D.

 

[jyoutz]

Esp. in 2024, that would be worth seeing.... hopefully they have some videos of the shop already up, but, like yourself, those who NEED that quality of boot, may know of them already

Rgds, D.

They are well known in the forestry, logging, and wildland firefighting communities.