I have couple of steel toe red wings left over from playing mechanic, the shop bought you one pair a year up to 100 or 150 bucks, I forget which. Nice, but the soles I picked were a soft foam with a rubber sole and the foam gives up after a few years. Nice while working though. They are about dead but look great so I still wear them now and then. May get them redone and may not.
I recently bought a pair of timeberland hiking boots, the low top sort and I forget what they are called. They are between the heavy leather boots and sneakers.
I bought the above timberland because I have a steel toe pair of timberland that finally died after 10 years of off and on use. I removed the laces and use these as slippers for going outside now, I live in the sticks and you don't walk barefoot in my yard if you are awake.
Actually I plan to buy another pair of timberland this fall since the pair I bought lack steel toes and the stores all said in the fall they will have the steel toe version in stock.
I have a pair of nylon/leather sorta military boots that are around 10 inches tall and they are about shot. I plan to just get an all leather knock off of the military, or a military surplus version, and that is the winter boot and heavy duty boot.
I recently bought a cheap pair of rubber boots, the kind that come up almost to your knee. Walmart for 15 bucks or so. I got a pair of high grade ones for free that were wearing out and cut them down to be slippers for winter outside, great for chasing fire wood or whatever in your boxers with just a couple inches of snow on the ground.
I have not had sneakers for around 10 years, about the time I bought the timberland steel toes.
Actually I still have some soccer shoes from high school sports, indoor and outdoor, and I use them for weed eating the hill side that is tough to walk on and what not.
I have ponds and creeks here so old stuff does not die, it gets moved down to the next worst level. When things really fall apart they may get parted out or something. Have yet to reach that level since I needed slippers that were easy to get on and off. Next pair will determine what happens.
Oh, I do have some dress shoes but they are just like the sports coat and pants, they only come out for funerals or weddings or other super duper family occasions or whatever. I don't like them, never have and never will.
