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Hi guys. Again, thank you for all the responses. I am quite familiar with Double H boots. They have never been my first choice but may get another look. I didn't want to necessarily dump on Red Wings but boy, unless I can see significant improvement over the last pair I had in the early 90' then that will probably be a non starter. The classic, pull on work boot from them is the "Pecos". An oil tanned boot with neoprene soles. My dad had a pair of these he got from a doctor's widow. She gave them to him in the mid 70's and the sawbones had originally purchased them in the 60's. They lasted for years. Even through dad's horrid treatment of them with diesel fuel and everything else. I can't begin to tell you how much production boots have suffered in the last 25 years. Just horrid in some instances. I bought one pair of Pecos in the mid 80's and they weren't too bad. I then replaced them with another pair about 1990 and they didn't hold up a year before the stitching on the inside of the shaft/foot area came apart. This was disheartening to say the least for a pair of boots that topped $100 at the time. I then switched to Tony Lama's 4010's and they were SMASHING good. Five years later, after Justin Industries bought them out, they were complete trash. I then found the Chippewas and they are built the way the old Tony's were. At least they were. It has been four years since I bought the last pair. Justin has since moved the plant from Missouri to Texas so we'll see if they survived intact. I was mostly thinking of trying a lower soled, wider nosed style of shoe/boot for work. My trade is hard on footwear. I know it doesn't seem like it but it is. You are constantly standing on or walking over construction and maintenance rubble, chunks of metal and wire, and various other obstacles. The search continues.
Regards, Todd
Regards, Todd