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RelentlessFuckery t1_iv6kv0k wrote

I think mine are about the same age. About the same condition too. I'm thinking about sending them in for refurb. Need new soles and the liner is finally starting to give out. Great boots!

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PunManStan t1_iv6z5dc wrote

Okay why are some only 150 while others are 400? They look like they're the same too.

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Amyx231 t1_iv74ecl wrote

…they deserve some nice new laces for their birthday. And a shot of whiskey. Well son, today you’re a man.

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pdxbearsfan1914 t1_iv79c8r wrote

How are the toes not cut to pieces? That always the first thing that gets bad on mine, i guess i may just be clumsy?

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averkill t1_iv79zuq wrote

So you've never had a puppy, I'd say.

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LAZERPANDA15 t1_iv7dfev wrote

The Black Box Paradox: Why can’t they just make the sole… out of the laces?

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I_H8_Celery t1_iv7dlpz wrote

I have a pair of Danner Rainforests I got last year and they are not worth the price at all. Maybe worth $260 but definitely not the $440 they charge now. The leather and sole are good but they have zero arch support and the heel counter fell apart immediately leaving the uppers pretty floppy. For $440 you can get sale priced Nicks or Whites. For less you can get the 300 by JK or something similar from Drew’s ore Frank’s.

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ericj5150 t1_iv7il8e wrote

I just Googled and Dick’s at $350 was the least expensive, EXCEPT for PoshMark. PoshMark is people reselling stuff. Some of it is really good. And if you are a woman’s 7.5 those boots are a steal at $237. So probably someone got a pair right before they got discharged and they were never used or similar story.

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lobre370 t1_iv7jtix wrote

Survived 21 years of Calgary winters! That's impressive. My Red Wing are nearly 10. I thinking they make 20.

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Spiffy_Pumpkin t1_iv80ksm wrote

Oooooo as a goth I strongly desire these shoes.

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Tbagjimmy t1_iv815iy wrote

My toes look like that after 4 days, what's your secret?

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skibumpdump t1_iv852we wrote

Have you worked in them at all? Or are they just walking/winter boots? (Looking for better/longer lasting work boots).

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ragnarok62 t1_iv85eix wrote

I bought my Italian-made Vasque Sundowners in 1990. Still going strong. And yes, still the original laces also.

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CatchyNameSomething t1_iv8a5a5 wrote

How often do you wear them? Editing to ask how much were they 21 years ago?

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nick_2112 t1_iv8dk0v wrote

bro you from yyc? i recognize the building in the back

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kwagmire9764 t1_iv8g5wg wrote

Pretty sure these were the ones they gave us in basic training when we still used black boots. Really glad when we switched to tan boots, no more shining boots!

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aar1238 t1_iv8gfch wrote

You a cop? They don't look like they've seen much action

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CartographerFew8764 t1_iv8hrm2 wrote

How tf have you gone through 4 resoles and not a set of laces? What about the eyelets

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jBiscanno t1_iv8nqyb wrote

Original laces?! My boot laces last a year, maybe 18 months if I’m lucky.

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rlsanders t1_iv8psqy wrote

Are you in pripyat fellow stalker? Super asthetic

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DigitalAssassin-00 t1_iv8taac wrote

These are the Cadillac of workbooks. I had a pair for a little over 3 years and I absolutely loved them. I've been buying Danner boots for 10 years now and I haven't found a better fit since then. I try new boot brands every time I get new boots and still come back with Danners every time.

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Lavaine170 t1_iv8u9ui wrote

One of the great things about Danner (besides being BIFL) is that they understand that women do, in fact, wear boots. The Acadia is available in a narrower width down to a ladies size 5.

I work with some ladies who have very small feet, and these are their go-to boot because of the sizing.

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thomasjamesF t1_iv8vci7 wrote

Lol thought this was blurry calgary. Screw this weather eh.

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birdmantis420 t1_iv8w1l9 wrote

So used once a year to walk to the local store? I’ve been through $20 oiled canvas laces in a single year, on any boot

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yowhatsupdog t1_iv8wi2k wrote

Someone stole my danners out of my truck, seeing this makes me miss them

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Sheesh284 t1_iv8wjw1 wrote

Now that’s some quality

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No_Conversation8959 t1_iv8yl6h wrote

At the risk of sounding a boomer vet, I have this to say. When the army went away from pressed uniforms and black boots, Soldiers stopped caring what they looked like in uniform. ACUs looked like a pile of shit.

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OutsideYourWorld t1_iv8ypab wrote

I work in various forestry stuff, and i'm lucky if a good pair of boots lasts a spring, summer, and fall season. Guaranteed these Acadia's wouldn't.

I love Danners for comfort, but I recall using a pair of them for ONE day on the job and they got ripped in multiple spots along the stitchdown seams.

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mrp1ttens t1_iv94r1j wrote

I love my acadias. 10 years and still going strong. They’ll outlast me.

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bigdumbhick t1_iv98g3i wrote

I bought a pair of 14N for $100 on E-Bay. Brand new. DHS surplus. The thing about them though is the Acadia run narrow so they need up being 14XN or 14A and I had to get them stretched. I wish they had speed laces. I I swapped out the laces for some thinner parachute cord.

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BiteableTugboat t1_iv98lzi wrote

It seems like $90-120 is the going rate lately for a new sole and sometimes a quick leather recondition is included. Might seem pricey to someone used to purchasing cheap tennis shoes, but for a $250+ boot that is broken in perfectly for your foot, it becomes well worth it.

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Gladiators10 t1_iv98vpk wrote

Wow. Laces these days on boots and oxfords hard last a year for me.

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Spute2008 t1_iv9a0au wrote

What kind of soles. My point is that I look for Vibram stitched on soles for two reasons. They are usually a sign of quality to begin with, and the sole can be easily replaced if it should ever wear down or (god forbid) crack.

Apologies. Had typo. Vibram "soles"

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Codazzle t1_iv9azvn wrote

Am I crazy or is this Calgary? I have biked down that road in the BG many many times lol

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Phokiss t1_iv9q21f wrote

You never wear them though.

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pdxbearsfan1914 t1_iv9tsxh wrote

Jeez, i had a pretty decent pair of Danners they discontinued that lasted about a year. I work in the automotive field so they got tore up from kicking metal stuff all the time. I retired them and got some Red Wing a few months back, should've done the rubber toe cap because they are already looking pretty rough.

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jcrreddit t1_iv9xipn wrote

“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.” —Terry Pratchett

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RelentlessFuckery t1_iva2yly wrote

In this case? Nothing that I am aware of.

However mil surp supplies can be very limited, so when OP asked about pricing differences, comparing NIB prices from a retailer vs NIB prices on a pair of size 14s for sale from somebody who bought an auction pallet? That can explain some discrepancies in cost.

Plus, Mil Surp often doesn't get the same customer support as retail items. I used to work for a company that sold items retail and to the military. Retail items had full lifetime warranty, items sold to the military did not - they had a different repair/replace contract.

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things_most_foul OP t1_ivb94vk wrote

I wore them for five years daily. Had them resoled on approach to winter each year. Since them, they’ve been my hiking boots and have put about 20,000 miles on them as adventure motorcycle boots, including being my only footwear for five weeks as I rode from New Delhi to northern Ladakh on an enfield.

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Spute2008 t1_ivbc14d wrote

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OutsideYourWorld t1_ivbfdob wrote

I got a pair of NFPA rated red wings for wildland firefighting. Two months in and the heel on one blew out. The soles are fine, the rest of the boot is fine, but the heel is fucked.

I've yet to find long lasting boots for my type of work. And I just can't bring myself to dropping the massive cash for Nicks. I'm probably just going to stick to military surplus and buying second hand quality boots :P

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Jlove7714 t1_ivc6leh wrote

Not trying to disparage the brand, but the welt and midsole will wear out and probably around the fourth resole. Sure you could replace those parts too but it's going to be costly.

Not sure what boots you're comparing them to that will give out in 1/10th the time. My $130 pair will most likely last 1/4th as long.

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things_most_foul OP t1_ivdl6t2 wrote

I worked yes, front line emergency response for five years to be fair. The rest of the time has been hiking and adventure motorcycle riding, including a month riding over the Himalayas and into the Karakorams.

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Spute2008 t1_ivjdfxw wrote

If you invest in top quality (mostly leather) dress boots, dress shoes, hikers, and take care of them they should basically last forever. $100 shoes will never survive. $400 and up? Bloody better last, but you need to look after them like a car, with regular visits to a Shoe professional after so many miles.

And why not learn how to touch up and polish your own shoes. My dad taught me as a young teen. Though I don't wear dress shoes for work much anymore, I love knowing how. And other than my brother, I don't know a single person under 60 that knows how!

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holybatjunk t1_iwmxm2h wrote

That's entirely sensible! I am aware. But that very logical thought process only works if as a starting point if you know what sub you're in. I just saw the thumbnail and clicked, driven not by practicality or value proposition but by "oooh, pretty boots!"

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