Joined: Sep 14, 2004 Posts: 6479 Location: Rural Virginia
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 9:46 pm Post subject: Re: What to wear?
I live in Servus rubber muck boots (with metal toes) and assorted pairs of worn-out tennis shoes, Ludi.
I really like the Servus boot. It's waterproof and tough. The sole gives good traction without picking up too much mud or gravel. It has a removable liner, beneath which I place a Dr. Scholes gel insert. The result is an incredibly comfortable ride. I can work all day in these things. I spray the boots' insides with bug repellant and tuck my trousers into them, and this pretty well keeps the ticks and chiggers off me.
The boot I'm talking about costs only about $28 at Tractor Supply, and lasts a couple of years.
I'm getting that deja vu feeling; maybe I've already touted these boots? _________________ "Actually, humans died out long ago."
---Abused, abandoned hunting dog
"Things have entered a stage where the only change that is possible is for things to get worse."
---Me and my brother
Joined: May 07, 2007 Posts: 434 Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 3:34 am Post subject: Re: What to wear?
In regards to footwear, here's what I have:
1x pair Colorado Sneakers. Nice, what I wear daily. I find that the soles wear out on Colorado stuff long before any other part does.
1x leather dress shoes: hardly ever worn, except for family dinners and the like. Soon to be irrelevant.
1x pair of Colorado Sandals, seeing their 3rd year of service, in quite reasonable condition, particularly the soles.
5 Pairs of boots.
I would live in them if I could.
1x pair of South Australian State Emergency Service (Government) standard issue GP boots (The same as are used by our Metropolitan Fire Service), genuine leather construction. These things are great and i'm looking after them because I only get one pair since they are AU $225 a pair (but well worth the price tag). You can order them online, they are manuafactured by Highmark (an all Aussie boot company selling to Emergency Services and the public worldwide) and are known as "Taipans", of which there are several variations:
Heat resistant sole to 300 degrees centrigrate, resistant to most oils and acids. Almost Bulletproof. Only used when on call-out, to preserve them as much as possible for parade.
1x pair of Blundstone 183's, an almost perfect cousin to the above with decent ankle support, except the soles are only good to 140 degrees centigrade. AU $130 which is a comparitive bargain.
3x pairs of King Gee Elastic sided boots, in different condition from new and in use, to worn sole, but still good for knocking about. Last 3 years on average before the soles are unsafe for work but still ok for everything else, only AU $60 at Big W (Australian equivalent to WalMart). These are for my job outside of university, when not studying (maintenance crew for a large company). All King Gee's have seen extended use when sailing on One and All (voyages up to 20 days in duration) where they routinely come in contact with Salt-water and high temperature differentials. No issues yet. Girlfriend uses them too (own pair). I reccomend these to the people in the kitchens when they find their normal leather shoes are experience degration of the soles, and leather/stitching rot.
First two have lifetime factory warranties and are all-Australian made. King Gee's only 12 months, but great for the price and relatively cheap. I keep them in good condition by using Dubbin every 6 months to waterproof, and Armorall Leather Protectant in between before every use. Have encountered no issues with the Dubbin causing stitching rot.
You can never have enough boots . _________________ "That the cream cannot help but always rise up to the top, well I say, <censored by peakoil.com> floats"
Joined: Apr 03, 2004 Posts: 6555 Location: My Grandkids' Farm
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 1:49 pm Post subject: Re: What to wear?
As I have 2 kids in the military so I can get all sorts of barely broke-in boots of very high quality from the Airmen's Attic, etc..
I'd suggest a mil surplus store - I guess they are still around and will be for a while. My current pair are USAF issue summer boots, Pungi-proof, steel toed with leather lowers and nylon uppers, fully repairable. I have 4 or 5 pair in various states of decline.
I have Muck Boots (that is the brand name) for the cold/wet. They are very expensive for me at around $70/pr but I'm going on three years wearing them 8 months/yr, from almost the coldest till high summer. I have a pair of cheap muc-luks with a liner that will last me the duration since I can only wear them when the temps are below zero.
I can work leather a bit and have a supply walking around in the pasture, hopefully... _________________ Make a plan and work it:
Joined: Jan 03, 2005 Posts: 1185 Location: western Wisconsin
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 2:38 pm Post subject: Re: What to wear?
My wife has been spinning for decades, and is working on getting finer yarn to knit socks with one of our sock knitting machines, which makes wonderful socks with purchased wool yarn.
Here's a site that will give you an idea what the machine is like:
http://www.countryrain.com/WhatIsACSM.htm
It has taken a bit to learn to use the machines, but one son and my wife are getting pretty good at it, although it does take 2 to 3 hours to do a pair.
We brought home a nice 2 harness rug loom the other day, to help a friend clean out her basement, and we have a 4 harness loom in parts in the shed that my wife started to build many years ago and never assembled after we moved.
We have tanned some deer hides with pretty good results, but haven't done that for years.
I have problems finding comfortable shoes, so I have learned to stock up when I find a brand and style that fits properly, as they seem to discontinue styles rapidly.
And then of course there is Goodwill and garage sales, and I never pass up jeans or shirts that fit well and are well made.
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject: Re: What to wear?
I'm new to crocheting and am always on the lookout for websites to aid me. The links you had were very helpful. I wanted to pass along a video site I found that has a few basic videos showing how to crochet I'm not sure if you're interested in how to videos, but I found these useful when I was just starting out.
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:14 pm Post subject: Re: What to wear?
RedStateGreen wrote:
Jenab6 wrote:
Knitting is a skill I don't have. So I'll be on drawdown for clothes, I think.
There's no reason you can't learn; my knitting teacher is a man.
I asked my mother to teach me how to knit about a year ago but at the time I found it to be useless and a pain so I stuck to mending things.
She is going to start teaching me again. She will make several heavy blankets with decorative patterns a year.
She even sold a few.
Its a skill I'd like to have.
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:49 am Post subject: Re: What to wear?
RedStateGreen wrote:
I finished knitting my socks! (first ones ever)
well done on your first socks, Redstategreen. How did you do with the heel turn? (difficult if I remember).
I was a knitter once.
I learnt to knit in school at 7. We started with squares, then moved on to rabbits, pandas, socks, gloves, hats. The stuffed animals were great for kids as they were a small project, not like knitting an endless scarf. My Granny showed us too and how important it is to get the right tension. I remember the slightly oily yarn which came in skeins which we would wind up into balls.
I even got as far as knitting Aran and Icelandic sweaters, but its 20 years on and my gloves are "fleece", sweaters are machine knit and I'm twiddling on the computer rather than with needles.
I know that there is a resurgence, but the wool seems so pricey and patterns look so complicated. But recently I did show someone some cast on and edge tips which I dug out of my memory from what my Granny taught me.
someday.... _________________ "wherever you go , there you are"
Joined: Aug 15, 2005 Posts: 268 Location: Hicktown OK
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:31 am Post subject: Re: What to wear?
Homesteader wrote:
Heineken wrote:
As long as I can get to a Goodwill store, my clothing problem is solved.
Sshhh Heineken! I like my three dollar brand name shirts.
not just Goodwill..Salvation Army ...and other thrift stores..and don't forget yard sales..
of course learning how to dress well in the OK state also takes on a whole other meaning. _________________ Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.-H.G. Wells
Joined: Sep 16, 2007 Posts: 1346 Location: Oklahoma City, USA
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:02 pm Post subject: Re: What to wear?
socrates1fan wrote:
RedStateGreen wrote:
Jenab6 wrote:
Knitting is a skill I don't have. So I'll be on drawdown for clothes, I think.
There's no reason you can't learn; my knitting teacher is a man.
I asked my mother to teach me how to knit about a year ago but at the time I found it to be useless and a pain so I stuck to mending things.
She is going to start teaching me again. She will make several heavy blankets with decorative patterns a year.
She even sold a few.
Its a skill I'd like to have.
I didn't like knitting the first time I learned it (when I was a teenager). This time I learned Continental knitting, which is much easier and faster than English knitting (the kind that's usually taught). _________________ Conservation is conservative
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change. -- Charles Darwin
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:15 pm Post subject: Re: What to wear?
When China stops making clothing for us and all the raw materials are gone, Calif* will be the first to go naked. Nude marriage to gay horses is the future! _________________ People first, then things, then dollars.
There will be enslavement, cannibalism, & zombie invasions.
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