Why boot makers take a perfectly good leather boot and then line it with bloody foam and nylon I don't know.
Anyway I need boots that are like DMS but with a bonded on sole rather than stitched on. The leather on my DMS is waterproof but the water leaks through the sole.
Also the tongue needs to be a bellows type.
Finding unlined boots is proving to be a problem.
Altberg?
I was thinking this on the docs thread.
I had an old pair of army boots.
You could stand in puddles and nothing happened.
But they looked like boots not like the altbergs etc just a flattish non commando soled boot. They were ace.
These.
Through them out after 15years use
Spent a long time researching boots a couple of seasons ago. It was between Lundhags Forest and Haglofs Barken. Ended up with the Haglofs as I could try them on and they were cheaper. Have to say they are awesome, heat formed insole too so super comfortable.
As Josh Vegas said. I used a pair of those with the wavy sole on D of E Silver on Dartmoor. Feet only got wet when over topped and they were extremely comfortable when worn in. I remember that took a while though.
Yeah you have to wait for the cardboard to get a bit mushy.
😄 mine never did, unlike my more recent timberland offerings. Must have been the officers version with plastic inserts!