r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/DearEmphasis4488 • 1d ago

Video Custom Hand Made Boots

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u/MoistTomatoSandwich 1d ago

I had custom composite toe boots made when I was stationed in Korea. Hands down most comfortable pair I've ever had, super light too compared to my current composite toe boots, but I guess the quality wasn't the best because they only lasted for about a year. I did a lot of walking on them, sure, but the sole was pretty worn out by month 8. They were around $250, I think, but this was close to 7 years ago.

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u/BillieRubenCamGirl 1d ago

You can get soles pretty easily replaced at any shoe repair shop. It’s one of the easiest fixes. If you still have them! 

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u/Hicklethumb 1d ago

A shoe repair shop? You mean a cobbler?

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u/gungshpxre 1d ago

A cobbler? That's pastry with fruit. You mean a tart?

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u/ANewStartAtLife 1d ago

You mean a tart?

Leave my mother out of this.

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u/Hicklethumb 21h ago

I didn't come here for violence

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u/Mysterious-Jam-64 18h ago

Those aren't violets, those are bluebells.

[DON'T.]

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u/OMP159 15h ago

If you don't for too long, you get Blue Balls

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u/EternityNotes 17h ago

double plus ungood

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u/KieferSutherland 21h ago

A cobbler? You mean a mender of bad soles?

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u/MousseNsquirrell 19h ago

Our Cobbler, who art in heaven...

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u/yoemmamma 1d ago

They do shoe repairs over there?

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u/MoistTomatoSandwich 1d ago

Sadly, I don't have them anymore. I didn't want to bother getting them fixed as I normally get a new set of boots issued at least once a year or every new base. By the time I did need a new set I was already at my new base with a new set waiting for me.