Airport friendly BOOTS? Do they exist?

[Falconjet]

Gout?

Although my older brother suffers from gout, I just have extremely wide feet. I wear a pair of Rockport 9.5XW shoes for work and they are ok. In tennis shoes I wear a 10EEEE. I also have high arches and that is why it is so hard for me to find boots that work. I would love to find a nice pair of black boots that I could wear to ride my motorcycle plus a decent pair to wear to work in the winter.


I am constantly looking for shoes/boots that are wide enough. Even when the shoes are made in widths many stores don't carry the wides so I end up buying them online just to try them out. I've ordered and sent back at least 6 pairs of boots in the past year and am currently test driving a pair of hiking boots (inside) as well, and I don't think they are going to cut it.

Oh well, my search will continue.

FJ

 

[⌐ FLYER]

Who said we want you yankees wearing ropers anyway? Lighten up Francis.

Cool Hand Duke - yankees in SC? Don't think so!

 

[⌐ FLYER]

You might have to have one custom made or, as was said in like the 3rd or 4th post, buy a boot you want and take it to a boot shop, have it taken apart, and have the metal shank replaced with a fiberglass shank.

Lear70 - I’ve actually done just that, but each shoe store I’ve been to they just scratch their heads and rell me they just don’t know where to get a non-metal shank “that’d fit.” Any suggestions?

 

[⌐ FLYER]

AAflyer – thanks, I’m calling Justin to find out if it has metal shank or not, I appreciate it…

 

[AAflyer]

AAflyer – thanks, I’m calling Justin to find out if it has metal shank or not, I appreciate it…

Flyer,

Your welcome, I actually went to order myself new premium ropers, and I looked around the site for you. We got lucky! Hope they work.

Enjoy and Happy Holidays,

AAflyer

 

[⌐ FLYER]

Well, the bad news, the Justins had a metal shank

The good news, I found out that some styles they can replace the metal shank with a fiberglass shank but you need a special order (costs a little extra I think it was about $20). This style was one of them so the order is now placed!

Thank you!

 

[bustinmins]

I have a pair of ropers that I spent about $60 resoling and removing the shank. Worked fine.

I had that metal shank as well and had it removed. I bought my boots prior to 9/11. They still work great. Also, they can glue the heal where you won't have those nails ringing any bells either.

I think that Justin has a pair now that is beeper friendly. I highly recommend them to those who will be doing the walk-around in snow or rain.