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  1. Fifty150

    The Alden 405 Indy Boot is not a workboot.

    There's quite a discussion over the pricing of these shoes. Are The Alden Indy overpriced? Depends on perspective. Depends on your risk tolerance level. Are any luxury goods worth their price? Hand bags, watches, cars, clothes, jewelry......... How do you compare the spot price of silver...
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    Show us your SHOES !!!

    The African Ranger shoe in walnut veg tan. In my world, it's a bar shoe. Use your imagination. All sorts of unpleasantness on bar room floors. The bathroom is worse.
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    Experimenting on foods.

    A taco with fried chicken and sauteed spinach.
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    Jim Green

    I like wearing my Brannock size, where my toes have a little space before the end of the shoe. The few times I tried going down a half size, I didn't like it. I didn't like the snug fit. Although it really should not make much difference since a half size in a shoe is only 1/16" or 1/8". But...
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    Resole Shoes

    I wash dishes at Panda Express. I am not an economist. In a free market economy, pricing is determined by what the market will bear. However, a business has to set a sustainable price, so that money isn't lost, and hopefully some profit is made. There are several cost factors to consider...
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    Jim Green

    The outsole is incredibly soft. Unlined. Only 1 layer of leather. Only 1 layer of poly-woven synthetic lasting boards serves as the insole and midsole. This shoe was not stiff, very light, and required no "break in". The collar is padded, and uses the same Veg ReTan leather on the inside of...
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    Resole Shoes

    It's cheaper to buy a new pair.
  9. Fifty150

    Resole Shoes

    Here is a cobbler showing a $200 job. The boots sell for $190. In the video, he mentions that it's an extra $100 to replace the welt. This is a clip from a $600 job, on shoes that cost $300.
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    Nostalgic Memories of Long Gone Retailers

  11. Fifty150

    Help!!! New engineer boots instep/throat too tight

    Good luck with stretching the boots. I've never done it myself. When I try on shoes, I don't buy them if they don't fit right.
  13. Fifty150

    Nostalgic Memories of Long Gone Retailers

  14. Fifty150

    Help!!! New engineer boots instep/throat too tight

    We all have different feet. Maybe your feet just won't fit those boots well. Maybe you have the wrong size. Unless the shoe is made for your foot, they are making it to fit hundreds, if not thousands, of different feet on different people. Not every shoe or boot is going to be a good fit for...
  15. Fifty150

    What's cooking?

    The traditional Chinese beef stew.
  16. Fifty150

    Feet Up! The Work Boot Thread

    LaCrosse. A brand that isn't mentioned often. This boot is good enough. Nothing great. Heavy. Hard rubber, long lasting soles. Waterproof membrane. Safety toes. Padded tongue and collar. Nothing great, as in I don't enjoy wearing it. It doesn't hurt my feet. But it doesn't provide...
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    Show us your SHOES !!!

    There's an ugly side to the business that nobody talks about. Toxic chemicals, coupled with boiling hot water and steam. Fumes that could, at the very least, make you very high. At the end of the day, neurological damage, and eventually death. Not just the fumes we're breathing. But dermal...
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    Experimenting on foods.

    I I'm open minded. Maybe it's a food I didn't know about. Today's leftovers. Chicken, beef, tomato, pepper. All the same when I put it in a Taco.
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    Experimenting on foods.

    I didn't have any rat available. I used chicken and cabbage for my tacos.
  21. Fifty150

    Jim Green custom shop

    Here's a look at their lasts.
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    Resole Shoes

    Skechers Ruffneck Steel toe Wellington style boots. I bought them about 10 years ago, 2015, for about $40 on clearance. The glue holding on to the sole was beginning to delaminate. There were spots where the outsole with the tread pattern was separating from the midsole. I knew that I...
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    Show us your SHOES !!!

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