Clarks Desert Boots

jaychiz · Aug 7, 2009

Originally Posted by Vashin

snow will kill you if you wear DBs. Also salt owns the suede

add character or straight kill?

wagthesam · Aug 7, 2009

^^ Also interested in the answer.

hooya2 · Aug 7, 2009

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chronoaug · Aug 7, 2009

Originally Posted by Vashin

snow will kill you if you wear DBs. Also salt owns the suede

Soak through the leather or crepe or something? I mean, i wore some whatever leather sneakers with rubber soles in light snow and it wasn't a huge problem. I'm not gonna be donning sorel snow boots every time there is a little bit of snow

Vashin · Aug 7, 2009

well light snow should be ok, but chances of slipping is high. I do live in Canada though so **** gets pretty whack sometimes

chronoaug · Aug 7, 2009

I mean, i'm not talking about blizzard knee high snow type stuff. Sucks to hear the crepe slips so much. I guess i was curious as to how crepe holds in snow/salt type stuff.

kookydooky · Aug 7, 2009

Mundane Sizing question

I am a size 7 wide in sperry originals

What should I get in these. I have no way of trying them on IRL

Lel · Aug 7, 2009

Originally Posted by chronoaug

I mean, i'm not talking about blizzard knee high snow type stuff. Sucks to hear the crepe slips so much. I guess i was curious as to how crepe holds in snow/salt type stuff.

Suede holds fine, I just find that it's slippery (as in, you'll ******* slip and crack your head). And sizing, yeah, stick to your chuck size.

raginberriodoom · Aug 7, 2009

just wipe the salt off after each wear, should be fine right? i wore clarks dbs sometimes through light snow and it was fine. just gotta tread carefully

chronoaug · Aug 7, 2009

Originally Posted by Lel

Suede holds fine, I just find that it's slippery (as in, you'll ******* slip and crack your head). And sizing, yeah, stick to your chuck size.

Perfect. Just what i was looking for, thanks. Sucks about the slipping but whatever. I should just superglue some sticky stuff to them or something

v3l · Aug 7, 2009

I haven't had any problems slipping (more so than usual), it just sucks when the snow soaks through the leather.

Lel · Aug 7, 2009

Originally Posted by chronoaug

Perfect. Just what i was looking for, thanks. Sucks about the slipping but whatever. I should just superglue some sticky stuff to them or something

Ya but just to clarify, it's not exactly the crepe sole. What I've noticed is that walking through the snow builds up a thin, compact layer of slippery snow/ice residue on the bottom of my soles, so it's more like I'm walking on slippery ice with... slippery ice.

Same thing has happened to all my non-rubber bottomed shoes.

bye4now122 · Aug 8, 2009

for me, it seems like normally the crepe sole is pretty soft and grippy, but when in snow, it gets cold and thus the sole becomes super hard and slick.

Brinbro · Aug 8, 2009

I wore my DBoots occasionally through an Iowa winter and slippage was minimal if you're careful (who isn't careful when walking on ice/snow anyway?). Actually, I usually fall at least once a year, mostly when stepping down a level and being over-confident, but that didn't happen at all this last year and we had quite a winter. Do with this information as you will.

justtemple · Aug 8, 2009

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