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Other Shop footwear - what's on your feet?

Sneakers here also. You have to at some point realize that the best safety warnings is your brain, it is activated when you say “ Hmmmm “ the same with “ Fight or Flight“ both of these have a direct effect on the process of Natural Selection by any given species.
 
Timberland, Kodiak, . . . Anything that will keep my Size 15, EEE . . .safe.
Up until 10 years ago I would buy a couple new pairs when I was in Chicago for the NPE.
Now teenagers are getting so big that stores have ‘inventory’ of large sizes.
 
I use non-steel toe elastic sided AirWalk Dr Martins with insoles. Since I get sore feet if I’m walking on concrete too long.

I have a nice pair of steel toe blundstones which are likely destined to become my workshop boots when I retire.

whydontu said:
Slip-on steel toed shoes, and very well-developed machinist reflexes.
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Oooh, I do like those. Getting my elastic sided boots on sometimes can be a real bear.
 
Tom O said:
Sneakers here also. You have to at some point realize that the best safety warnings is your brain, it is activated when you say “ Hmmmm “ the same with “ Fight or Flight“ both of these have a direct effect on the process of Natural Selection by any given species.
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Some accidents happen so fast the brain doesn't even get to "Hm" and it's over.
 
Elektrishun said:
Some accidents happen so fast the brain doesn't even get to "Hm" and it's over.
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True but if you know what needs to be done as well as what could happen it should point you in some kind of direction. Here we have a lot of people starting out as
Hobbyists unsure of some safety do’s and dont’s adding to the fact it is usually done by yourself.
 
Tom O said:
True but if you know what needs to be done as well as what could happen it should point you in some kind of direction. Here we have a lot of people starting out as
Hobbyists unsure of some safety do’s and dont’s adding to the fact it is usually done by yourself.
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Even the smartest and most experienced people make mistakes in their given trade.
 
I depends what I'm doing in the shop. I had been wearing Terra boots at work for years. Comfortable and they stand up well and their made in Canada. I saw a pair of Terra Albany CSA safety work shoes on canadianfootwear.com on sale for $100 so I ordered them. They are sturdy and very comfortable I'm pleased with them for the price and they are going on five years old next summer. I was dissapointed to see they were made in Asia not Canada.
 
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