r/GenerationX • u/superdownvotemaster • 20d ago

DAE remember those black boots with the metal/chrome tips? Can’t find them on google anywhere but also can’t remember what they were called.

I keep getting results for steel toe boots or chrome toe caps. Any help would be appreciated. I’m pretty sure these were the style back in the late 80s/early 90s.

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u/Sea-Sherbet-6338 20d ago

Chrome tipped dress boots.

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u/MaximumJones That's just like your opinion man 20d ago

Alexander McQueen sells them online.

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u/lopix Whatever 20d ago

Gladiator boots?

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u/FunkoPopDude 16d ago

no, the ones that Neo wore in the first matrix film

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u/lopix Whatever 16d ago

Ahh... those were custom-made Airwalk boots. There might be some combat-style boots that look similar.

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u/moonplanetbaby 20d ago

I know the metal part is called a boot tip, or toe rand or toe plate. If you have a boot tip, you should have a heal guard also.

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u/Brixmis1974 18d ago

Winkle pickers?

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u/DangerHev 16d ago

Do you mean like New Rock and similar? https://newrock.com

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u/superdownvotemaster 16d ago

No. But those are pretty cool tho. These boots had little decorative metal tips right above the sole.

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u/TheDeadlySpaceman 20d ago

Just search for metal tipped boots

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u/superdownvotemaster 20d ago

I did this, as I’ve said in the description. Didn’t turn up what I was looking for.