My feet aged 3.5 years in the last 6 months…same as dog years.

I started building these last year just to see if I could do it. They’re monsters! Heavy, clunky, loud and also indestructible. Someone on here commented that these looked like they were made for the fallout world and I think that may be their only practical application. I love them though. I know it’s because I built them and I’m biased but also because I appreciate the amount of work that went into building them. I think that’s probably why we’re all shoe and boot enthusiasts—we appreciate the work that went into building them. While I do love these shoes, the last six months has been a rough stretch for us. First off, they were not easy to break in. You can imagine trying to tame two to three layers of 8 ounce leather wrapped around your foot. It hurt. It was a give and take with the shoes changing a little bit to fit my feet and also my feet changing a little bit to fit the shoes. Compromise. Second, these things weigh way too much and I wasn’t able to wear these as much as I wanted because of that. They may or may not be part of the reason I got a bulging disc this year. My wife is convinced of that at least and she’s probably right since these do weigh almost four pounds each. Not practical. I know and I also don’t care.