Among most mid-high end boots, there’s one major gripe I have about them, just want to share. That is, the food bed/insole being too slippery.
This is the part of the insole that the ball/sole of our foot stands on. Most shoes has a glue-on heel leather or arch support that carry the brands name, then from mid foot forward its the natrual veg tanned leather insole.
Blisters develop due to friction and heat. So if the insole is slippery, the foot/ball of foot slips and develop blisters.
Many makers use glazed/smoothed veg leather for this part and therefore is very slippery unless you wear barefoot.
Non-slippery ones are Red Wing, Alden, Crocket Jones, some Fyre, Wesco, Whites, and most cheap main street brands due to the use of non-leather material. But Viberg, RoleClub, MF, are all too slippery to walk on.
The slippery leather is considered high quality than untreated crude surface, but we need the rough surface! The rough surface helps grip and breaking the boots much more easily.
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This is the part of the insole that the ball/sole of our foot stands on. Most shoes has a glue-on heel leather or arch support that carry the brands name, then from mid foot forward its the natrual veg tanned leather insole.
Blisters develop due to friction and heat. So if the insole is slippery, the foot/ball of foot slips and develop blisters.
Many makers use glazed/smoothed veg leather for this part and therefore is very slippery unless you wear barefoot.
Non-slippery ones are Red Wing, Alden, Crocket Jones, some Fyre, Wesco, Whites, and most cheap main street brands due to the use of non-leather material. But Viberg, RoleClub, MF, are all too slippery to walk on.
The slippery leather is considered high quality than untreated crude surface, but we need the rough surface! The rough surface helps grip and breaking the boots much more easily.
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