# Punk Boots for big feet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719 "2005-09-08T21:25:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/21 "2005-09-09T03:05:21Z")
Oh, I can see them. And I wants them, precious! ---
**Author:** ![Giant\_Spongess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Giant\_Spongess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giant_Spongess)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/22 "2005-09-09T03:17:03Z")
> [@astro](#): > > [You got nothing on me sponge woman!](http://home.comcast.net/~cpeek001/DCP_2374.jpg) Keyboard? Pshaw. I can tie knots with my stubby little toes. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/23 "2005-09-09T03:24:46Z")
> [@Giant\_Spongess](#): > > Keyboard? Pshaw. I can tie knots with my stubby little toes. [You are the toe queen!](http://home.comcast.net/~cpeek001/l3.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![Giant\_Spongess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Giant\_Spongess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giant_Spongess)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/24 "2005-09-09T03:31:07Z")
[Look](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/kemspit/Superior%20Toes/toothpaste1.jpg) [what](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/kemspit/Superior%20Toes/toothpaste2.jpg) [I](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/kemspit/Superior%20Toes/toothpaste3.jpg) [can](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/kemspit/Superior%20Toes/toothpaste4.jpg) [do!](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/kemspit/Superior%20Toes/toothpaste5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/25 "2005-09-09T03:35:48Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > Waaaah! I wanna see! > I can get the splashpage of that site, but that’s about it. Anyone else having trouble? At the bottom of the page, click on “please click here to enter store if the above list-box don’t work.” I couldn’t see any pictures with Safari, but it works in Mozilla. Have you tried using a different browser? Nice boots!! ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/26 "2005-09-09T15:06:31Z")
> [@UnwrittenNocturne](#): > > Further to what **Bippy** said. I own a pair of New Rock boots ([These Ones](http://www.newrockstore.com/zona1/catalog/images/107%20_T_NE_AN_FU_RE_NE_TO.jpg)). They are, simply, the best boots I have ever owned. They ought to last for years and look incredible. > > If you enjoy clubbing they are great to dance in - no more someone pogo-on-your-toe syndrome. And they really get the cybergoth/cyberpunk thing going. You got a two tone pair, excellent. I have just black and metal versions. But the New Rock boots last really well (though I had to get a buckle replaced once, it was an easy job for the local cobbler). They are close to indistructable without looking like work boots. One pair has New Rock embossed on the metal toe caps, so that if you had to kick someone the boot make would be imprinted uppon their head 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/27 "2005-09-09T15:28:51Z")
May I suggest [The Shoe Dept.](http://www.shoedept.com/shoedept/findastore.asp) . I’ve bought more than a few pair of size 15’s there and am quite happy. They have several locations across Georgia. One of the real bonuses for shopping there is that the store has a special display where they keep shoe sizes 14 and larger. So no more walking the aisles trailing along the boxes with your finger muttering “noooo… noooooo… nooooo… damn, only goes up to 13… noooo… \ …nooooo…”. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/28 "2005-09-09T16:23:27Z")
How exactly does one find out that they can put toothpaste on a toothbrush using their toes? Did it come to you in a dream? Did you break both your arms in an industrial accident? Do your toes smell/taste minty fresh afterwards? ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/29 "2005-09-09T18:28:15Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > To me the phrase “punk boots” means one thing: Doc Martens. Yes! If you can find a pair of Doc Martens “Mad Max” style boots, you’d be set. Unfortunately, they don’t make them anymore, so I’d try eBay. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/30 "2005-09-09T19:18:16Z")
[Footlocker](http://www.footlocker.com/) has Timberland boots up to size 18. ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/31 "2005-09-09T21:18:18Z")
> [@Giant\_Spongess](#): > > [Look](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/kemspit/Superior%20Toes/toothpaste1.jpg) [what](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/kemspit/Superior%20Toes/toothpaste2.jpg) [I](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/kemspit/Superior%20Toes/toothpaste3.jpg) [can](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/kemspit/Superior%20Toes/toothpaste4.jpg) [do!](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/kemspit/Superior%20Toes/toothpaste5.jpg) I want to see the sixth picture in that series, in which you’re brushing your teeth with the brush still clutched between your toes. And just to stay on-topic, those Newrock boots are cool! If I had several hundred dollars spare I’d buy some for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/32 "2005-09-10T05:46:48Z")
And, even more on topic, I was inspired by this thread to finally go out and get some boots, which I’ve been meaning to do for years. Got them used at the local surplus store; pretty cheap and I only had to try on like 20 pair of various boots because the sizes were all marked pretty much randomly. (a 7.5 was too big, a 10 was too small…yeah, random) Now all I have to worry about is what scary biota the former owner left for me. Well, that and the fact that the soles are partially metal and they can be really slippery on bathroom floors. So, thanks for the inspiration, Ronincy! ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/33 "2005-09-10T06:03:51Z")
> [@Sengkelat](#): > > And, even more on topic, I was inspired by this thread to finally go out and get some boots, which I’ve been meaning to do for years. Got them used at the local surplus store; pretty cheap and I only had to try on like 20 pair of various boots because the sizes were all marked pretty much randomly. (a 7.5 was too big, a 10 was too small…yeah, random) > > Now all I have to worry about is what scary biota the former owner left for me. Well, that and the fact that the soles are partially metal and they can be really slippery on bathroom floors. > > So, thanks for the inspiration, Ronincy! You’re welcome, as a poor college student I accept donations via paypal, USPS, and any other damn way you’d like to donate which doesn’t require I go anywhere to get it… ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/34 "2005-09-10T06:23:18Z")
Someone (meaning myself) needs those Doc Martens. I just got a pair of Doc Martens shoes, not boots, for twenty bucks. Pity I can’t get the boots that cheap, but that’s all right. Which finish is better, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/35 "2005-09-10T15:25:53Z")
I keep my Docs for everyday wear, my New Rocks for clubbing and the like. My Docs I got second-hand, cleaned them up and they have been more than serviceable for several years. I figure I ought to get another 8-10 years use from them. Sonce my teens (and I am now 37) there has never been a time when I have not owned at least one pair of Doc boots. Best. Boots. Ever. Ok, I love the New Rocks as well ---
**Author:** ![Giant\_Spongess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Giant\_Spongess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giant_Spongess)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/36 "2005-09-10T18:04:29Z")
I got my [Docs](http://upl.silentwhisper.net/uplfolders/upload9/shiney2.jpg) two years ago after months of searching. Shockingly, they were half off!! That reminds me, I should polish them today. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/37 "2005-09-10T18:57:16Z")
These are my Doc Martens two-tones. I don’t get excited about shoes, but these are my most favorite shoes in the whole world: [http://www.zappos.com/n/p/p/108263/c/2121.html](http://www.zappos.com/n/p/p/108263/c/2121.html) ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719/38 "2005-09-10T19:17:42Z")
What you really need is those cavalier style boots that the King’s army used during the English Civil War (one of three). Man, those are bitching. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-boots-for-big-feet/320719.md?page=1)