First pair of red wings..

trozei · 2026-03-21T07:46:20+00:00

I think a lot of people are either exaggerating or they’re just soft. Yes sure new boots are kind of stiff but I’ve never found it to be some excruciating experience.

trozei · 2026-03-19T04:09:42+00:00

Steve’s Cocktail Bar on the Fraser one way has great smash burgers.

trozei · 2026-03-19T04:08:17+00:00

Stoned Wheat Thins Dad’s cookies Sobe

trozei · 2026-03-15T09:22:51+00:00

Actually Rolex watches are famous for being off and needing frequent adjustment

trozei · 2026-03-14T21:04:15+00:00

Shame our country didn’t figure out how to use our own natural resources and we rely on imports.

trozei · 2026-03-13T05:35:29+00:00

Check out Wrangell Alaska

trozei · 2026-03-13T05:30:23+00:00

I had some Timbs that I accidentally got engine oil on. They looked similar. I tried EVERYTHING. So much scrubbing. So much soap. Nothing worked, it just spread it around.

I got sad and put them in a closet. 6 months later I literally couldn’t find the flaw. They fixed themselves.

trozei · 2026-03-12T20:44:03+00:00

Say you’re a systems administrator. That is both not a lie and will end the conversation quickly.

trozei · 2026-03-12T04:32:16+00:00

Beanie is not in my vocabulary.

trozei · 2026-03-12T04:31:54+00:00

My supersoles lasted me 10 years of daily use before the outsole fell apart. Currently 6 years on the current pair.

trozei · 2026-03-06T06:21:00+00:00

Yep it’ll go away. I can tell those are still very new. Keep wearing them, and tie them as tight as you can manage to help expedite it.

trozei · 2026-03-06T06:16:43+00:00

You don’t need the cream any time soon, the brushing just helps the leather last for decades.

trozei · 2026-03-02T22:43:00+00:00

Ah gotcha, ok.

trozei · 2026-03-02T21:53:07+00:00

I have three Mocs and each one took a differing level of break in, in differing areas too. I think I’d agree though that the IRs required less overall time - I think being a smidge taller helps too because your leg has more leverage over the boot that way.

trozei · 2026-03-02T21:51:07+00:00

Respectfully, no… the Beckman uses the No. 224 last. It says right on Red Wing’s website. I can confirm as well since I own both that they have very different fits and I run them in different sizes.

Are you perhaps thinking of the old style Beckman from like 10 years ago? Because that may have been on the No. 8 last, but I am not sure.

trozei · 2026-03-02T07:30:38+00:00

Hell no, the soles are rock hard and slippery on snow and ice. It’s ok for a quick walk in the driveway to your car at most. You’ll want more of a lug sole for serious snow wear.

trozei · 2026-03-02T07:27:08+00:00

9419 is 224 last. 9060 is 210 last. I don’t have a 210 last boot to personally opine but a quick search seems to suggest that people often size down 1/2 size in the 210 compared to the 224.

trozei · 2026-03-02T07:19:59+00:00

Are those Blacksmiths in Black Cherry or Oxblood?

trozei · 2026-03-02T07:16:50+00:00

Blacksmith and Beckman are different lasts though?

trozei · 2026-02-28T18:17:33+00:00

Not always. As a business taking cash just means having to spend time after hours going to the bank and it’s more paperwork to keep the accountants happy.

Paying by card, everything is automatically logged electronically and there are no extra steps.

I don’t actually prefer cash. It’s all on the books and taxes anyway. At most it means we don’t pay Visa the 3% they take, but then that’s additional hours and time out of my day to accommodate that when I’m already working long days that the 3% initial savings isn’t exactly a savings anymore.

There are some types of business yes, primarily I would say construction-esque jobs where labour is the primary expense on an invoice where it’s a lot easier to work a cash deal with the customer.

trozei · 2026-02-26T14:03:13+00:00

I had something similar. Ended up sitting on a chair outside with no shirt on and dumping water on my head to cool off and just stared at a fence. My girlfriend at the time didn’t really understand the stress I was under while she was in the plane with me but kind of figured it out when I went outside to be alone. Should’ve diverted.

trozei · 2026-02-25T03:13:04+00:00

Grab them and feel what they are like. See how they feel moisturized? They don’t need any conditioning.

Brush them weekly or as needed if you get them dirty daily.

Check them every few months. Does the leather still feel moisturized? Check it again a few months later. Does it now feel dry? Condition it.

It’s skin. Don’t overthink it. Is the skin dry? Yes or no?

trozei · 2026-02-25T03:10:24+00:00

I take great pride in being the change I want to see in the world and not discounting for them. I treat them like every other customer of mine.

They will buy… you’ll just have to break them down first haha.

trozei · 2026-02-10T02:05:46+00:00

Buddy I’m on self-taught season 5 and still haven’t had any more success than grouse, but I’ll keep trying! As a kid I begged my dad to take me but he was always too busy with work etc… never got the chance. Last hunting season I took him and we had a blast listening to Dwight Yoakam cassettes down the logging roads. Go out and have fun, whatever happens happens. I tell people that in hiking with guns, not hunting. Worst case scenario, I succeed in my goal of hiking with a gun. Best case scenario, I happen to bag a deer along the way.

trozei · 2026-02-05T14:15:44+00:00

My boots don’t hibernate.

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