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Old 24-02-2010, 10:27 PM posted to uk.rec.walking,uk.rec.gardening,uk.rec.birdwatching,misc.consumers.frugal-living,alt.rec.hiking
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Default walking boots-- which are good?

SMS wrote:
Phil Cook wrote:

What everybody agrees upon, experts and laymen alike, is that boots
or shoes that start uncomfortable will never become comfortable.
Fit, fit and fit are the important things, all else is supplementary.


If the boots are full-grain leather then there can be a break-in period where they become more comfortable.


There can indeed and that does in fact happen routinely.

And it doesnt have to be 'full-grain' leather either.

But for cheaper boots of nubuck, suede, or fabric, they probably won't become more comfortable than they are at the
time of purchase.


Suede does too, its leather with the best of them.