Keen Work Shoes

 Boss told me I had to get the heat on, no way to get parts from anywhere. Shaft was 1”, I had a short piece of 1”PVC, i cut a piece to fit the bearing housing, I added a bunch of grease, cut a few more pieces , split them to build up the mass but didn’t have enough to fill the housing. Cut the end off a wooden handle broom, made wedges and got it running through Christmas. And that’s why they paid me the big bucks.

Since I retired I wear Justin pull on boots. They have a line made in the USA, style number is 4 digits, and a line made in China, style number is WH (I think) followed by 4 digits. The chinese line is crap. When leather bunker (fire) boots first came out I bought a pair of Pro Warrington leather bunker boots and a pair of station boots. These were the best I have worn. The station boots also doubled as flight boots when I was crewing Hueys and Black Hawks in the Guard. Still got the station boots.

MASON stopped making boot in the USA 15 years ago... Now they buy their JUNK from China.

steve(ill) wrote: You buy your CHINK junk... i will stick with quality.. About Red Wing Shoe Company Red Wing Shoe Company Inc. is a global leader in the design, production and distribution of work, safety and lifestyle footwear and work apparel. Established in 1905 in Red Wing, Minnesota, today the privately held company's family of brands includes Red Wing®, the premium choice for purpose-built work footwear, workwear and accessories including a collection of Heritage styles created for any occasion; Irish Setter®, the footwear brand of choice for hunters and workers who want uncompromising quality and technological innovation; Vasque®, a pioneer of performance hiking footwear; WORX™, a trusted brand for the industrial safety footwear market; and S.B. Foot Tanning Company, one of the largest U.S. producers of fine tanned leather for footwear and leather goods. Its brands are distributed to more than 110 countries in an immersive multichannel

 

Red Bank wrote: THANK YOU RED !!! This is from my Keen boots. If I am not mistaken aren’t there some foreign made Red Wings available at Rural King?

POOR IGNORANT PISSER..  You dont run the show and your not in charge of POSTS... So you talk about LACES... Everyone else is talking about BOOTS... SO WHAT !  Get your panties out of a WAD !

Every body else-including you -brought up the carcass of a shoe

Edited by steve(ill) - 19 Dec 2020 at 7:52pm

Conversations evolve and flow. Really not much of a stretch to go from laces to boots. And besides, look at the topic, it says Keen work shoes, no mention of laces. And you yourself said show me any footwear made in the USA, which you were shown several. And besides all that, BIG FLIPPING HAIRY DEAL, people can post whatever they want whenever they want even if doesn’t meet YOUR standards of “YOUR” topic. That’s just too bad!

Same problem with my US MADE Carolinas JW, laces seemed to be a foot too long or designed for Frankenstein size ankles with ankle braces on.

Working at the Utility they had a requirement of a Defined Heel on work footwear, so would not slip thru a ladder when stepped onto a rung.  Wedge Sole shoes were not allowed.

DMiller wrote: Working at the Utility they had a requirement of a Defined Heel on work footwear, so would not slip thru a ladder when stepped onto a rung.  Wedge Sole shoes were not allowed.

i wear camo slippers

Got a nice fitting pair of RW shoes out of the box. Went through several pair same model and now discontinued. Wife shopped the nation and bought me 6 more pair. Think there are 4 left in the closet. Told her to go buy the store and buy me some new laces for the last pair. They wouldn't sell them but instead gave them to her. Who does that? They work for me.

I wear what fits! The only work boots I know made exclusively in the USA are Danners,some Red Wings and Thorogood. As a salesman told me when I was looking at a Terex Backhoe and asked what make of engine ,he responded Perkins.I said Perkins is owned by Caterpillar! He said yes,it's a prostitutes market!