cmeisenzahl
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Great thread, I'm loving this!
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These boots are awesome and are now available in the UK from December!!
If they survive what I put them through then all you city fellas aint got nothing to worry about if you get a pair of these. You won't hurt them and there is no need to baby them at all.
Yes I am. This is a continuation of a test that started with a pair of original 1K boots. You can read it here. In that thread I stated that I did not think the sole would survive. That assumption was proved wrong after nearly a year of abuse. Even though the soles are smooth slipping has not been a problem either. The mud around here is hard clay and it gets a layer of peanut butter slop over it. My lugged boots slip just as bad as the 1Ks. The 1Ks don't hold as much mud so I don't have to put up with Frankenstein Boot Syndrome. Snow? We get it but it tends to turn to mirrored ice around here in a day or so. Nothing short of crampons or spikes keep you from busting your ass then. On the rare occasion I actually get to play in snow around here side stepping, heel digs and toe jamming work just fine. Granted, if I was going to actually climb or hike a serious grade I do have boots specifically for that task. All in all these boots are being tested day to day doing what I normally do which is very similar to what someone in 1914 might have done.
Listen to the man. I wore my pairs from last fall through the spring (4 or 5 days out of the week) including to shovel and play during MD/DC snowpocalypse earlier this year and I started wearing them again this fall. If you treat the leather and polish them once in a while you will have NOTHING to worry about.
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What city? I lived most of my life in Chicago. I've seen that interesting bio hazard goo you're talking about around there. My generic name for that stuff is cesspool muck. Pretty nasty stuff.
Well I went bear hunting yesterday and wrestled an 800 lb. grizzly to the ground. Then I strangled him and ate his still-quivering liver while he watched, spilling a bathtub worth of blood and guts on my shoes.
Definitely one of the more interesting threads I've read. Looking forward to following this.
OK yesterday just sucked. My 721's performed admirably through hill and dale. To bad there wasn't a friggin deer to be seen.
Oooh... How much though?