to rubber sole or not to rubber sole
I reckon I'm in the minority inasmuch as I'm loathe to retro-fit rubber soles to my shoes or boots.
Reason #1: There's something about the feel of leather underfoot that I find curiously seductive.
Reason #2: Despite being howled down on another site when I raised this assertion - I maintain that rubber clad soles don't allow the shoe to breathe as it was meant to and can, in fact, shorten the life of the shoe.
Reason #3: I've never, ever, worn a hole through the bottom of any of my leather soled shoes/boots. If putting rubber soles on shoes is such a great idea, how come all shoes aren't made that way?
I wince when I see people putting CCP boots up for sale after having Topy's applied to quarter inch thick bull leather soles. What - are you guys intending on running marathons in those things?
And shoe trees? My advice (and experience) is only use shoe trees if they were originally supplied with the shoe. That is, they replicate the 'last' that the shoe was made on. Otherwise, you might find your shoes being stretched in ways you don't want.
I reckon I'm in the minority inasmuch as I'm loathe to retro-fit rubber soles to my shoes or boots.
Reason #1: There's something about the feel of leather underfoot that I find curiously seductive.
Reason #2: Despite being howled down on another site when I raised this assertion - I maintain that rubber clad soles don't allow the shoe to breathe as it was meant to and can, in fact, shorten the life of the shoe.
Reason #3: I've never, ever, worn a hole through the bottom of any of my leather soled shoes/boots. If putting rubber soles on shoes is such a great idea, how come all shoes aren't made that way?
I wince when I see people putting CCP boots up for sale after having Topy's applied to quarter inch thick bull leather soles. What - are you guys intending on running marathons in those things?
And shoe trees? My advice (and experience) is only use shoe trees if they were originally supplied with the shoe. That is, they replicate the 'last' that the shoe was made on. Otherwise, you might find your shoes being stretched in ways you don't want.
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