Comments on: Episode 42: Steel Toe-Cap Amputation, Bottle Rocket Blast-off

By: mel

mel — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:20:14 +0000

One more note tho about steel toe and horses, I’m not sure about riding in them. Only because I don’t know how much the flexing difference would affect riding style. Steel toe doesn’t let your foot flex as much as a regular boot. But I’ve never tried riding in them either.

By: mel

mel — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:01:04 +0000

I have been wearing regular boots mainly with horses but I am attending farrier school soon and got a pair of steel toe after an incident with my 750lb mare. She spooked and knocked me down and stepped on the side of my foot. If I had steel toed boots then it would have stopped it from even feeling it.

By: Carpenter

Carpenter — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:23:06 +0000

2 days ago i dropped a sheet of plywood straight down on my toes snapping my big toe I am hoping i can exchange a new pair of timberland pros for the steel toe version. Its plain stupid to not wear them.

By: DH

DH — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:31:55 +0000

For a while (around -95?) steel toe shoes were ‘in fashion’ and sold in normal retail shops. Those shoes of course had sub par strength and would cut of toes even in minor accidents. Thus possibly giving rise to the myth, which of course is busted when using standard steel toe shoes.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:26:11 +0000

Thank you for doing this episode. My brother-in-law dropped a board on his toe at work-a temp job. This gave him 6 more weeks of work. He told his boss that he had on his steel toed boots. He is very upset with us that we called him on it. It doesn’t pay to lie.

By: DJ

DJ — Wed, 18 May 2011 18:18:11 +0000

Steel toe shoes are required at many jobs. There is no dispute about that. I wear them everyday. Get good quality boots and you won’t be uncomfortable.

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:20:57 +0000

That’s like when I was workin in my garage and I dropped an engine block on my foot. My boot saved my foot.

By: parentwm

parentwm — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:49:13 +0000

My dad had two toes cut cut off from his steal toed boots – they were able to put one back on – though poorly done. So I would have to say its true to the myth. Just the same he always wore them even after the accident.

By: dakota

dakota — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:05:54 +0000

how did you release the air and water

By: AL Herzog

AL Herzog — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:28:07 +0000

I wear steel toed boots to keep my feet safe. “Uncomfortable”. “Ugly”. “Unsafe”. I’ve heard it all. It’s like the people who refuse to wear seat-belts because they heard a friend of a co-worker say he knew someone’s girlfriend who worked with the niece of someone else whose mother died when her car stalled at a railroad crossing and her seat-belt jammed and she couldn’t get out of her car.