Red wing boots logo jpeg full#
Red wing boots logo jpeg plus#

Moving to the midsole, we find a rubber foam and this is the major spot that Brunt had to make a choice. The removable insole has three sections: a nonstick top layer, memory foam in the middle, and cushioned bottom layer. If you have wide feet, pull the gray insert out from below the insole to give it the additional room. If you normally wear a D width (normal), just slip the boot on and move on with your day. It turns out they run about a 1/2-size large, so a 12 would have been a better call on my part.īrunt goes for an all-in-one width structure. As usual, that leaves me with a choice of 12 or 13 for my size 12-1/2 feet. You can get Brunt Marin work boots in a typical range of sizes from 7 – 15 with half sizes from 8 – 12. Overall, the Marin is a very handsome boot that looks as good in person as it does on Brunt’s website. Thanks to metal construction and riveted attachment, we don’t expect them to be a point of failure. It’s a typical wedge design with a shallower tread pattern than most heeled work boots.īlack lace hardware complements the medium brown leather well. The outsole has a classic light color for a wedge.

Red wing boots logo jpeg plus#

The plus side is high flexibility out of the box. Brunt only touts a high-quality cement (glue) construction rather than welting. That stitching matches the welts above the outsole, but it seems it’s more for the look. The toe box has a contrasting stitch color, giving a moccasin-style look. Looking over the boot, it features primarily double stitching with some single around the top. As a first impression, they were off to a good start. Brunt Marin boots smell like real leather is supposed to and I wish I could have bottled it up. When I opened the box, the first thing that hit me was the smell. If Brunt is going to make it in the competitive world of work boots, they’re going to have to give you more bang for your buck than the competition. It’s the first that I’ll key in on in this review. Since you’re buying direct online, there’s no retailer in between that needs an additional profit margin.

Red wing boots logo jpeg full#

You can return the boots for a full refund if you don’t like them. There’s a 3-tier promise that comes with Brunt work boots: It has a classic leather look with a wedge sole that I hoped would give me comfort for those jobs where I’m on concrete floors all day. With just four models to choose from at the moment, I liked the look of the Brunt Marin Work Boot best. Online sales model means you can’t try them on before purchasing.I was looking for something with substance, with style, with soul. That’s a luxury I didn’t experience as a High School Junior.Īt some level, in my teenage groping, I was looking for music that meant something, that spoke to me, that would never age or moulder in the way that Top 40 music seemed to. When current fashion and classic style align, it’s a good thing. These days, there’s too much to read, let alone to buy. When Waldenbooks added a new book to their meager inventory, it was a given that I would buy it.

All that shit was ugly, and I wanted nothing to do with it.Īlso, by way of contrast: last week, the Beatles’ music was streamed 50 Million times in 48 hours. Conversely, when I was in high school, I was ribbed for listening to the Beatles.

I like to think that at some level, I knew that the Emperor had no clothes, so to speak. Fanny packs, mullets, slouchy-sweaters with big belts, and Zubaz pants. Stylistically, the early 90s were an extension of the 80s: everything was oversized, understyled. If you haven’t seen this Buzzfeed about the 10 most embarrassing pages from the 1990 JC Penney catalog, check it out. Trying to determine the most appropriate footwear for the costume is cringeworthy. Striving for some sort of authentic hippie identity in early 90s Mequon, Wisconsin was already absurd. One wet, winter day, hanging out with some fellow hippie neophytes, I posed a dilemma: what was truer to the hippie ideal we strove for? A) A pair of Nike high tops thathad been languishing in my closet since I’d discovered Birkenstocks, or B) a pair of my old man’s Red Wing boots, that were too large by two sizes? The sneakers fit, but the boots were so much cooler. I read The Autobiography of Malcolm X and carried a suitcase with my schoolbooks on which I’d written: “The Mighty Quinn.” I was opposed to the Gulf War and I wore paint-splattered Levi’s that had once been my father’s work-pants.

I had long hair and listened to the Beatles and the Grateful Dead. When I was in high-school, I fancied myself a bit of a hippie.