Yet Another Boot Thread. Results of Steel Toe VS Non Steel Toe

[slowp]

Yesterday, I wore what my coworker called "city boots". They are fru fru hiker boots with a soft nylon/bits of leather upper. No steel toe. A chunk of wood bounced on the ground after I cut it, and landed on my foot. Ouch and an expletive.

Today, I wore the Viking Calks (pronounced corks) with steel toes and dropped a chunk of wood on my foot. The same results. Ouch and an expletive.

That is the result of my unofficial test.

 

[Gologit]

No Kuliens?

 

[slowp]

We're in snow. Kuliens become 1970s platform shoes in snow.

 

[Labman]

No safety device works 100%. I wouldn't think of doing much of any sort of work without my steel toed shoes.

 

[Gologit]

We're in snow. Kuliens become 1970s platform shoes in snow.

True. But when you have a foot that's small enough to fit into a sardine can wouldn't the cans be an acceptable alternative to steel toe boots?
Lots cheaper, too.

 

[RandyMac]

I think those cans come in blue too.

 

[Gologit]

I think those cans come in blue too.

How 'bout red..with a matching hat? Tin, of course. With a cute little ribbon.

 

[madhatte]

 

[paccity]

thats so funny. i saw them in 77. have to dig out the old records. wait i don't have a player.:msp_smile:

 

[2dogs]

Steel toe don't work in a wildland fire environment. So no steel toes in my White's. In the winter except when tending burn piles I wear steel toe Vikings, corks or Vibram. I have very wide feet esp just behind my toes so most steel toes don't fit my foot anyway. Vikings do fit.

 

[056kid]

Blue for oil,

Yellow for mustard,

RedOrange for Louisiana hot sauce,

they all come in the same size, and they all do a hell of a job on an empty stomach,just dont forget the usually free but sometimes .25 cent pack of saltines, along with the free spork. Don't forget either Libbys or Armore "vi-en-yas" along with beenie weenies and or pork & beans. My personal fav is Phillips beenie weenie, but I don't think you pacific north rusters get Phillips brand around here, ####in shame too, ####s packed with protine & carbs, straight go juice man. .

I love steaks @ lunch, cooked over hydraulic fluid buckets hahahahahahahahahahahaha. .

Oh, steel toes are a bad idea unless you work in a computer job. . .

 

[2dogs]

True. But when you have a foot that's small enough to fit into a sardine can wouldn't the cans be an acceptable alternative to steel toe boots?
Lots cheaper, too.

Yummm....sardines. I'll take a boot full.

 

[Philbert]

Yesterday, I wore what my coworker called "city boots". They are fru fru hiker boots with a soft nylon/bits of leather upper. No steel toe. A chunk of wood bounced on the ground after I cut it, and landed on my foot. Ouch and an expletive.

Today, I wore the Viking Calks (pronounced corks) with steel toes and dropped a chunk of wood on my foot. The same results. Ouch and an expletive.

That is the result of my unofficial test.

Please do not test any helmets this way.

Philbert

 

[Humptulips]

Yesterday, I wore what my coworker called "city boots". They are fru fru hiker boots with a soft nylon/bits of leather upper. No steel toe. A chunk of wood bounced on the ground after I cut it, and landed on my foot. Ouch and an expletive.

Today, I wore the Viking Calks (pronounced corks) with steel toes and dropped a chunk of wood on my foot. The same results. Ouch and an expletive.

That is the result of my unofficial test.

It is spelled caulks. Yes, the spelling police have arrived.:msp_tongue:

 

[slowp]

It is spelled caulks. Yes, the spelling police have arrived.:msp_tongue:

Ah gentle reader:

I disagree. I looked it up in my Webster Dictionary. I do not have a Funk and Wagnall.

Calk is defined as a sharp point. There's a reference to horseshoes.
Caulk is "to make watertight."

So for me, it shall be spelled Calks.

I have noticed that the more I read on the internet, the worse my spelling becomes.

 

[2dogs]

Those Canadians must be speaking the Queen's English.
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[2dogs]

What the heck happened?
Again.
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[2dogs]

What the heck happened?
Again.
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OK I give up. I am trying to cut and paste a link to heavyequipmentsforums.com, forestry operations, west coast logging camps page one.

 

[2dogs]

Dang! Sorry about the multiple posts I don't know why this is happening.

 

[RacerX]

Not sure how a non-steel toe would fare in a fight with a chainsaw. One reason I always were them.