I often notice that actual historic footwear has a anatomically wide toebox, were as modern „heritage“ style boots always go for extremely and painfully pointy toeboxes, that would have never been used for work-and especially combatboots. It seems like many companies just brainlessly make boots without thinking about this very important part.
Yup. The Munson last, developed by a US army doctor to combat the foot injuries/disease he found to be so common in the soldiers he was treating, due to poorly designed footwear. It's not fully anatomical, but far more accommodating of the human foot, with a straighter inside edge and a curved outside, and overall more width for toes to splay. The tapered point & heel we see everywhere today iirc is a consequence of knights, who needed such footwear to facilitate the use of stirrups. And because knights were generally noble, and otherwise rich, that design became a status symbol associated with wealth and power. As such it was imitated by others and propagated long past the time when it played an important role in horse riding, leaving us with shoes prioritising that stupid form over function. It's a stylistic anachronism, and one I just wish would die already, for the love of my sore and cramped feet.
Nice to have you back. I use Dubbin on my roughout and double buckle boots. I use an old tooth brush to get to where the roughout joins the sole.
Yup! I didn't realize I never put that in until I released the video of course...
I finally have dubbed my boots😂
A toothbrush can help get shoe grease into seams.
I often notice that actual historic footwear has a anatomically wide toebox, were as modern „heritage“ style boots always go for extremely and painfully pointy toeboxes, that would have never been used for work-and especially combatboots. It seems like many companies just brainlessly make boots without thinking about this very important part.
fashion boots vs utilitarian boots
Yup. The Munson last, developed by a US army doctor to combat the foot injuries/disease he found to be so common in the soldiers he was treating, due to poorly designed footwear. It's not fully anatomical, but far more accommodating of the human foot, with a straighter inside edge and a curved outside, and overall more width for toes to splay.
The tapered point & heel we see everywhere today iirc is a consequence of knights, who needed such footwear to facilitate the use of stirrups. And because knights were generally noble, and otherwise rich, that design became a status symbol associated with wealth and power. As such it was imitated by others and propagated long past the time when it played an important role in horse riding, leaving us with shoes prioritising that stupid form over function. It's a stylistic anachronism, and one I just wish would die already, for the love of my sore and cramped feet.
What boots are these? Were these originally double buckle boots that were modified to just eyelets and laces.
Yes they were, the buckles were failing so I figure it was tike to convert them.
Is there a guideline on how often you should retreat them?
I'd say anytime they are getting lighter. Each one probably wears off differently depending on usage and materials