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Any affordable STEEL-TOED 'close-enough' Indy boots?

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 8:45 am
by LZeitgeist
Greetings, gang -

I'm due for some new work boots, which need to be steel-toed (and steel shank, preferably). I thought I might be able to get double-duty out of them if I can also get some semi-accurate Indy wear from them as well.

I need to keep the price under $200 (work is contributing less than half of that).

I've done some Google searches but I thought you educated folks here might already know the answer, or know how to point me in a pretty specific direction.

Thanks in advance for your help...

Re: Any affordable STEEL-TOED 'close-enough' Indy boots?

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:17 am
by Michaelson
http://www.montanaarmynavy.com/Red-Wing ... P1060.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

How 'bout these? Ford was SUPPOSED to be wearing Redwings in the first place before he substituted his own personal Alden 405's, so you'd actually be 'gear correct'. ;)

(beat you by a few seconds, TheExit148 , but mine has the price...and a good price too! :TOH: )

Regards! Michaelson

Re: Any affordable STEEL-TOED 'close-enough' Indy boots?

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:17 am
by TheExit148
This is the closet I can find, but not sure on price. They are Red Wing 4439 work boots.

http://www.redwingshoes.com/red-wing-sh ... boot-brown

Re: Any affordable STEEL-TOED 'close-enough' Indy boots?

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:24 am
by LZeitgeist
Wow, those are looking pretty good! I'm not sure how I missed those, as I went over the Red Wing pages pretty thoroughly. (Maybe I was zoning out from all the looking...)

Thanks for your input, gentlemen! :TOH:

Re: Any affordable STEEL-TOED 'close-enough' Indy boots?

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:29 am
by Michaelson
TheExit148 and I have your back! :TOH:

Regards! Michaelson

Re: Any affordable STEEL-TOED 'close-enough' Indy boots?

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 10:18 pm
by zeus36
If you can find any Carolina Huskers on Ebay...- American made steel toe and around 50 bucks if I recall; but they were discontinued years ago.

Several members used them for close-enoughs, including me.


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Re: Any affordable STEEL-TOED 'close-enough' Indy boots?

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:00 pm
by LZeitgeist
Awesome - thanks very much!

Wasn't able to locate those by name on eBay or Amazon... bummer.

Re: Any affordable STEEL-TOED 'close-enough' Indy boots?

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 8:20 pm
by LZeitgeist
Ended up purchasing some Coyle's from the Cairo Bazaar at an excellent price that are perfect for me, and just bought some non-Indy steel toed boots with my work allowance for this year.

Thanks again for the help, gents... :TOH:

Re: Any affordable STEEL-TOED 'close-enough' Indy boots?

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 4:14 am
by Justin
I posted something recently about close-enoughs that are comfortable to wear. Timberland Earthkeepers were mentioned consistently. Im assuming steel-toed work boots, of any brand, arent going to be the most comfortable things out there? Nor should they be, but Im just wondering. I like the looks of these red wings.

Re: Any affordable STEEL-TOED 'close-enough' Indy boots?

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:17 am
by LZeitgeist
As I mentioned in the first post, I was looking for new work boots, and they had to be steel-toed.

There are many pairs or comfortable steel-toed boots out there. From what I just checked on the Timberland websote, none of the Earthkeepers are steel-toed.

I was looking for steel-toed boots that could do double-duty as Indy boots so I could kill two birds with one stone, since my employer contributes $80 per year to provide the required safety gear.

I ended up going a different route when I found very affordable and accurate used Indy boot replicas.