Keen Work Shoes
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Topic: Keen Work Shoes
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Subject: Keen Work Shoes
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2020 at 5:40pm
I purchased a pair of Keen "tennis type" shoes a year and a half ago, the RH shoe lace let go of the "outer" skin a week ago, but other than lack of "friction" on tying it up (the RH shoe), I've got NO complaints with this brand/style of work shoe, and I beat the HE&% out of my footwear 
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Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2020 at 8:14pm
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Never had a pair but I have heard good things about them. A lot of times I replace my laces with 550 cord. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2020 at 9:05pm
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Review or a Keen work boot - lot of different boots reviewed in online video and many different brands also can be found . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xo_CbmlJsg" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xo_CbmlJsg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ibtBTEsHRM ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: Red Bank
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2020 at 11:46pm
| I wear tennis shoe style composite toe Keens in the summer and boot style in the winter. The laces absolutely suck. They do not last at least not as long as the boots or shoes do. The footwear is the most comfortable I have found. I can wear all day long and walk as much as I want and my feet never hurt. |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2020 at 7:10am
| A few carpenters I know wear them, only drawbacks they note are laces, lace eyes and they tend to be slippery or More slippery on steel roofing as barns. I have always had to buy Defined Heel work boots as defined by a Safety Department where these did not meet the definition for power station work. Carolina's were the best I could get for my purposes and own comfort, still buy them over anything else. |
Posted By: Dusty MI
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2020 at 10:40am
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I've been wearing Red Wings for about 50 years. Don't plan on changing. ------------- 917 H, '48 G, '65 D-10 series III "Allis Express" |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2020 at 11:38am
| Have a pair of Lacrosse boots that one lace just came apart also . Had to cut it so I could get it out and measure it . Krazy that's it's 72" long . Found a pair 60" that I'm wearing now . Thanks ! |
Posted By: JW in MO
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2020 at 1:52pm
Yep, 35 for me. ------------- Maximum use of available resources! |
Dusty MI wrote:Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2020 at 3:01pm
EJ, get some 550 cord (paracord) from Lowe's or somewhere like that, cut it to length, melt the ends and put a short piece of heat shrink tubing over the ends and you will have your own custom made laces. Email me if you want more info. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2020 at 8:43pm
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A while back i found a video where they showed Red Wing boots being made and in the video a few other boots also shown - then the boot was cut in half to show actual construction - Big part is the guy was a cobbler and the work boots shown could all be resoled or repaired - the site also had 2 other shops who did similar videos and also were cobblers . ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2020 at 9:25pm
| Thanks for the tip Hubert ! |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2020 at 6:09pm
28 years ago when I was "scraping by" as a newlywed with rent to pay, I went "ALL OUT" on a pair of RW's, needless to say, I've NEVER had another pair of RW's on my feet again
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Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2020 at 6:13pm
| I’ve had decent enough experience with Red Wings, but I’m pretty sure my foot was used as the model to make Danner 11 D’s steel toe. Fits perfectly. When a farm boot wears out, the “career” boot gets moved to farm use and new ones bought for the “career” job. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2020 at 6:26pm
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I wore Red Wings for about 30 years... Still have mine since i "retired".. dont wear them as much any more... smaller work shoes. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2020 at 6:27pm
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I purchased a pair of Keen "tennis type" shoes a year and a half ago, the RH shoe lace let go of the "outer" skin a week ago were they built in CHINA or TAIWAN ? ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2020 at 6:37pm
| The SHOES or the LACES ??? WTF Man?? Show me ONE USA made piece of footwear !!!! |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2020 at 6:40pm
Those must be some stinky boots!!  I got a pair of Wolverines. Been good and are comfortable except one has a lump just behind the little toe that starts to get a nuisance. When I take it off and feel inside I don't feel anything so I don't know what the problem is. I just bought a new pair of snow boots, don't know the brand, but it's the first pair of boots ever that keep my feet warm sitting in the deer blind. ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2020 at 6:48pm
WE HAVE A BINGO !!! ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2020 at 6:55pm
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What does "primarily" mean in your opinion? Like I said, I'll NEVER have RW's on my feet again. BTW, the KEEN shoestring is still "useable", just unhandy, RW,s probably not so much .
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2020 at 7:00pm
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SERIOUS ??? 60% of their boots are MADE IN THE USA.. with USA MATERIALS.... not your CHINK stuff.
Do you wear you tennis while driving your TOYOTA ? ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Red Bank
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2020 at 8:26pm
 This is from my Keen boots. If I am not mistaken aren’t there some foreign made Red Wings available at Rural King?
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2020 at 8:07am
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Yes, i think 20 different models of KEEN boots are "assembled" in the USA with foreign parts... They make 350 kinds of shoes.. The other 330 models are all foreign... 6% USA. Red Wing makes 60% of their boots in the USA, with USA parts... The other 40% are imports. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2020 at 8:20am
Well, since you asked: https://www.danner.com/men/usa-made?sortId=position-asc" rel="nofollow - Danner |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2020 at 8:27am
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Red Wing does their own leather tanning locally . It's a large operation and between the shoe manufacturing and tanning operations is a large employer here in MN Friend hauled hides for a few months and said unbelievable the number of hides they can get in a 53' trailer . cousin worked at shoe mfg many years - large employer for people in Red Wing and neighboring WI areas . ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2020 at 2:19pm
| I wore Red Wings till I retired and went to work at Lowes then changed to tennis shoes. I have recently started wearing Defy Gravity and really like the way the feel and they have a heel that makes you feel like you have a shoe on instead of walking flat |
Posted By: JW in MO
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 7:19am
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Not only do I wear Red Wings but I drive 70+ miles to get them at Kleinschmidt’s in Higginsville, MO. If you don’t know what particular shoe you want you you have to tell them your size and they will take you to that section, they have over 30,000 pairs of boots and over 200 brands, you’ll never find them on your own. Afterwards they keep a record of your brand, size and model number, (used to be in a recipe box, now on computer). Now I call them, tell them who I am and that I need a pair of boots, they check inventory and either set them back or call me when they’re in. ------------- Maximum use of available resources! |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 8:34am
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Maximum use of available resources! I like your tag Wendell... words to live by... been doing that forever !
------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 9:35am
Sooo…..they didn't make you so mad 28 years ago they'll never be on your feet again?
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Posted By: NEVER green
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 10:01am
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Im not to keen on what brand work boot is the best, but thanks Tbone for the smile ------------- 2-8050 1-7080 6080 D-19 modelE & A 7040 R50 |
Posted By: JW in MO
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 10:30am
That line came from a movie, I think it was Robert Conrad, it just stuck
with me. One year on Christmas Eve, 6:00pm, I was on top of a
Godfathers Pizza restaurant, 20 below zero, working on the only heating
unit they had, been without all day and indoor temp was freezing and
they had a bad blower bearing. Boss told me I had to get the heat on,
no way to get parts from anywhere. Shaft was 1”, I had a short piece of
1”PVC, i cut a piece to fit the bearing housing, I added a bunch of
grease, cut a few more pieces , split them to build up the mass but
didn’t have enough to fill the housing. Cut the end off a wooden handle
broom, made wedges and got it running through Christmas. And that’s
why they paid me the big bucks.  ------------- Maximum use of available resources! |
Posted By: JW in MO
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 10:52am
I got feet like a Blue Jay. my heel slides around in a regular D width, Redwing makes a narrower boot that actually fits. I drive past company owned Redwing stores because of the service these people give. Sadly, the store is huge and the wife usually finds something overpriced to bring home but what am I going to say with a $100+ pair of shoes under my arm. ------------- Maximum use of available resources! |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 11:53am
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Boss told me I had to get the heat on, no way to get parts from anywhere. Shaft was 1”, I had a short piece of 1”PVC, i cut a piece to fit the bearing housing, I added a bunch of grease, cut a few more pieces , split them to build up the mass but didn’t have enough to fill the housing. Cut the end off a wooden handle broom, made wedges and got it running through Christmas. And that’s why they paid me the big bucks. YEP... what ever it takes... Dont know how many times i have been told " I dont think that will work"..! ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Dorix
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 2:47pm
| For work I buy Thorogood boots they make some over sea's which I don't buy, but they do many here in WI. I'm not very hard on shoe's/boots and they last me years. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 3:20pm
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Since I retired I wear Justin pull on boots. They have a line made in the USA, style number is 4 digits, and a line made in China, style number is WH (I think) followed by 4 digits. The chinese line is crap. When leather bunker (fire) boots first came out I bought a pair of Pro Warrington leather bunker boots and a pair of station boots. These were the best I have worn. The station boots also doubled as flight boots when I was crewing Hueys and Black Hawks in the Guard. Still got the station boots. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 5:52pm
IMO, you drove 75 miles too far
!! I'm going to see if MASON boots/shoes are still available, a MUCH better bang for the $$ back then |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 6:51pm
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MASON stopped making boot in the USA 15 years ago... Now they buy their JUNK from China. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 7:06pm
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You buy your CHINK junk... i will stick with quality.. About Red Wing Shoe Company Red Wing Shoe Company Inc. is a global leader in the design, production and distribution of work, safety and lifestyle footwear and work apparel. Established in 1905 in Red Wing, Minnesota, today the privately held company's family of brands includes Red Wing®, the premium choice for purpose-built work footwear, workwear and accessories including a collection of Heritage styles created for any occasion; Irish Setter®, the footwear brand of choice for hunters and workers who want uncompromising quality and technological innovation; Vasque®, a pioneer of performance hiking footwear; WORX™, a trusted brand for the industrial safety footwear market; and S.B. Foot Tanning Company, one of the largest U.S. producers of fine tanned leather for footwear and leather goods. Its brands are distributed to more than 110 countries in an immersive multichannel ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 7:14pm
I'll bet they get their shoe strings from the SAME place as KEEN
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 7:32pm
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I doubt it... ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 4:34pm
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Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 4:42pm
YET AGAIN, there are "some" on here that CAN NOT read regardless of their "post points"  . MY original topic was about LACES !!! Not the actual FOOT COVERING !!!!! One of you is too busy trying NOT to have a roof fall on him when the "consensus" was to get a dumpster and a FEL 
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 6:02pm
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POOR IGNORANT PISSER.. You dont run the show and your not in charge of POSTS... So you talk about LACES... Everyone else is talking about BOOTS... SO WHAT ! Get your panties out of a WAD ! ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 7:06pm
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My original post pertained to the "strings" !! Every body else-including you -brought up the carcass of a shoe
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 7:50pm
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Every body else-including you -brought up the carcass of a shoe EXACTLY... the post expanded to cover ALL WORK SHOES... SO WHAT ? You dont OWN the post ! another sat**day night... one too many beers ??
------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Red Bank
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 8:21pm
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Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2020 at 6:45am
Conversations evolve and flow. Really not much of a stretch to go from laces to boots. And besides, look at the topic, it says Keen work shoes, no mention of laces. And you yourself said show me any footwear made in the USA, which you were shown several. And besides all that, BIG FLIPPING HAIRY DEAL, people can post whatever they want whenever they want even if doesn’t meet YOUR standards of “YOUR” topic. That’s just too bad!
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Posted By: JW in MO
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2020 at 8:11am
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This is a prime example of society's problem. One side is not interested in the open exchange of ideas and opinions, once facts and public opinion starts favoring the opposite side then they attempt to put a stop to all discussion rather than accept opposing views. I just replaced the laces on my Red Wings, only complaint is the originals are longer than necessary and I always replace with shorter ones. ------------- Maximum use of available resources! |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2020 at 8:22am
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Same problem with my US MADE Carolinas JW, laces seemed to be a foot too long or designed for Frankenstein size ankles with ankle braces on. https://www.midwestboots.com/category/USA-Made-Built.html?matchtype=b&network=g&device=c&keyword=%2Busa%20%2Bmade%20%2Bboots&campaign=791583493&adgroup=42146121315&gclid=Cj0KCQiAifz-BRDjARIsAEElyGK010G-MzGHaPl_4N_MxdGeDpuMgrSXnbxQqEyJDrm8Kad-TK6MhaQaAtwBEALw_wcB#filter:type:Boots&matchtype=b&network=g&device=c&adposition=&keyword=%2Busa%20%2Bmade%20%2Bboots" rel="nofollow - https://www.midwestboots.com/category/USA-Made-Built.html?matchtype=b&network=g&device=c&keyword=%2Busa %2Bmade %2Bboots&campaign=791583493&adgroup=42146121315&gclid=Cj0KCQiAifz-BRDjARIsAEElyGK010G-MzGHaPl_4N_MxdGeDpuMgrSXnbxQqEyJDrm8Kad-TK6MhaQaAtwBEALw_wcB#filter:type:Boots&matchtype=b&network=g&device=c&adposition=&keyword=%2Busa %2Bmade %2Bboots
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Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2020 at 8:55am
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Well at least you guys are only talking about LACES now! 😅 phew, back on topic!!!
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Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2021 at 4:42am
| Working at the Utility they had a requirement of a Defined Heel on work footwear, so would not slip thru a ladder when stepped onto a rung. Wedge Sole shoes were not allowed. |
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Date Posted: 23 Jul 2021 at 4:47am
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Date Posted: 23 Jul 2021 at 7:39am
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Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2021 at 11:43am
| I have big feet 11EEE. I have worn all brands of workshoe. Red Wing,Danner,Belleville, Thorogood,Carolina,Bates,Wolverine. The last pair of Red Wings I wore hurt my feet and were made in China.Currently wearing Thorogood and my feet don't hurt! |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2021 at 12:46am
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Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2021 at 2:48pm
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I used to wear Red Wings... sole wear was substantial, making repeated tracks from one end of my worksite to the other, and company would not pay to 'repair' shoes, I was only allowed to 'replace' them, and once-a-year, with a $180 limit. I could not do that with my RW boots. The RW staff found that the Irish Setter oxford met my jobsite requirements, and I could buy ALMOST two pairs (I had to cough up $15 to cover the diff) which would get me a year's service... however, the Irish Setter line of Red Wings, are made in China. I was actually IN Red Wing, at their facility, discussing this wihile they were in process of shutting down a significant chunk of the namesake-city's production facility for transport to China. I could purchase FOUR sets of KEENs, with safety-shank soles, defined heels, and wear-protected toes, for the same price as TWO pair of IS shoes, and much less than ONE pair of RWs. I'm currently wearing some really comfortable and durable Keen athletic shoes, my truck has both high and low-ankle OSHA boots. They'll wear fast (having half a left foot naturally does this) but they'll be replaceable where nothing of 'higher pride' will. Laces on these things are elastic... they slip on and off, hold tight, protect the arch, toes, heels, etc very well for being largely open. If RW offered something that'd work within the means I'm provided, I'd certainly buy them, but my circumstances don't allow that option, so I don't.
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Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2022 at 3:11pm
| Got a nice fitting pair of RW shoes out of the box. Went through several pair same model and now discontinued. Wife shopped the nation and bought me 6 more pair. Think there are 4 left in the closet. Told her to go buy the store and buy me some new laces for the last pair. They wouldn't sell them but instead gave them to her. Who does that? They work for me. |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2022 at 6:07pm
Steve, will you say what color your 6 pairs are  ?? My daughter has officially told me what "shoe" color is off limits for me to wear while in her presence
. Thanks |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2022 at 9:52am
| I wear what fits! The only work boots I know made exclusively in the USA are Danners,some Red Wings and Thorogood. As a salesman told me when I was looking at a Terex Backhoe and asked what make of engine ,he responded Perkins.I said Perkins is owned by Caterpillar! He said yes,it's a prostitutes market! |