• KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    A pair of traditional leather boots that were stiff and sturdy enough to support me through anything and last long enough to be buy it for life. The pair weighed over 5 pounds. After 6 months they still hurt after a hike and I gave up breaking them in. Cost me over 300€, and I replaced them with a pair of 80€ trail running shoes which were better in every way for my use case and also lasted 12 years.

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        7 months ago

        I did. The problem was, they weren’t too tight but too wide at the heel, so my heel kept rubbing up and down in them.

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          7 months ago

          If you have a proper shoemaker around you: They usually can fix this problem easily.

          The problem is to find an proper shoemaker these days.

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          7 months ago

          Oh, that’s unfortunate.

          The blisters one will get with that is crazy. Especially if you’re in the army and can’t stop willynilly.

          I once marched 12km with bleeding blisters the sizes of small apples and had gone through all the skin layers because if I had stopped I would’ve had to stay during the weekend to do it again.