They're so expensive! Where i live they're like $80 to $120. Thats alot for a pair of boots. I got my boots from goodwill for 4 or 5 bucks and i've had them for 3 years. Do Docs stay together well, to me they look they'd fall apart like the sole would detach or something. I'd rather by a good pair of specialty work boots that are made to stay together.
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I disagree. I don't like buying used shoes online because they may smell. I know when it hits 95 degrees here and I take off my boots its not the prettiest smell... Not only may they smell with out much wear but it is difficult to get correct sizing too. I have wide feet. The "right" size for me is a 8.5 wide, but I usually end up with a 9 due to inflexible sizing charts. Plus, it will always have someone else's foot impression in it, even if they only wore them a few times. If I buy pre-owned shoes, I like to be able to try them on/smell them first. Thats really the only way I think I will buy Docs.
I also disagree. I don't have the heart to buy poor quality shoes for a ticket usually over $100 just for the brand or fashion. If you have ever compared a pair of quality Docs made in England (not just the sole, but the boot too, they tried just manufacturing just the airwave souls in England, but still stitching them in Thailand) and a pair that any mall shoe store will sell, the difference is quite obvious.
Not only that, but my mom bought me some no-name off-brand Docs style boots at only god knows where and they have lasted me almost 2 years now. The girl above me pays $100+ for almost the exact same boots, and they last just as long. My mom said she paid $9 for the "normal boots you'd find in any other store". I don't think I have any pictures of my shoes at the moment, but they look identical to this http://www.dmusastore.com/p-2701-1460-w.aspx minus the hefty sticker price. I have a pair in green and grey :3
I pulled the trigger on a pair of 'gripfast' boots. They are said to be UK made. we'll see if they prove to be better than the china-made docs I last had once upon a time.
I would skip doc martins, and head straight for some 'gripfast' boots. They're made in England, they come in 10, 14, 20 eye, even in burgundy if you desire and the steel toes.
the boots are advertised as a medium 'D' width, but if you get the steel toes, they are actually built wider. The ten eye steel toes I bought have ample room for my toes.. I'm a stickler with this as I usually buy a E width with all my footwear. They are also pretty light weight for steel toe boots.. possibly lighter than my last pair of Doc's. I also havent noticed any inconsistancys with leather thickness (namely around the heel area, where it can really chaffe), so I suppose it goes without saying some english dude's attention to detail goes further than.....some asian kid getting whipped or something.
I'm a happy customer.
yeah DMs ARE FUCKING AMAZING. they are uber comfy uber hot looking and if they fall apart you sew em back up together,
i have had my DM's for YEARS now. and they are only now coming apart due to massive wear and tear and me being a roughian and ploughing through snow and rain in em and sludge and wearing fourpairs of socks,
and i had my last pair since i was 9/10years old. they were my first pair and my mother was so proud giving em to me, and i was like FUCK YEAH and although they didnt fit me aftr my feet grew i gave em to my little brother he didn't want em after he got other boots and so he gave em to my best friend who shares a shoe size with him. i mean it is just pure amazing to see how long they have lasted. especially with my familly my brother skates and i run about and mill through shitty weather conditions and get up to all sorts in DMs.
they are difinitly worth it! my mother wore DM's bad in the day, my ole pops wore DM's back then too and they are AMAZING. and the shoes carry history of puke, shitty times, good times, and a hole loada love.
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