/fa/ - Fashion

white bar laces
kick in skull of an individual in a minority group
kill yourself

>>13872146
Wear 2 pairs of socks, where them as much as you can, get the doc pomade or what ever the fuck it's called that softens the leather and put a 2x4 in them and hammer the heel to break in the leather. You're welcome.

>>13872146
Break them in slowly like wearing them around the house while doing chores. Band-aid area with risk of bleeding or swear two socks.
Don't be a dumb fuck like me an wear them out for a 8km walk when they haven't broken in. Now I have dark rings of blood around my calves.

I bought a pair when I was in Rome last year and wore them all day exploring the city. At the end of the day my feet were fucked up with ink, blisters and blood.

Just wear them when you're running errands or around the house. Squeeze your feet around, squat, scrunch the shoe, etc to soften them up and get some creases in them. That helps breaking them in and makes them look better.

>>13872671
>Don't be a dumb fuck like me an wear them out for a 8km walk when they haven't broken in
ouchie!

>>13872146
Break them in slowly like wearing them around the house while doing chores. Band-aid area with risk of bleeding or wear two socks.
Don't be a dumb fuck like me and wear them out for a 8km walk when they haven't broken in. Now I have dark rings of blood around my calves.

Why are they so hard to break in? Cheap construction?

My leather boots took 3 days of minor discomfort

Somehow I never had this issue with mine. Admittedly, I did buy mine in my early/mid teens when I was still growing, so that probably helped.

>>13872146
Put them in the microwave for 2 mins

>>13872146
pfffftttlmao
how old are you op?

>>13872146
Straight lace them tightly. Use good socks and add patches of bandages on the parts of your feet that get the most blisters. Wear them around the house or while running quick errands, not for long hikes. And balsam them often, on the outside and inside-parts of the leather.

>>13872146
Pee in the shoe and let it dry, smell will be gone and the leather will be much softer. Did it with all of my combat/leather boots.

>>13872146
Listen buddy wear a bandaid on your heel and only use thick cotton or wool socks no nylon polyester bullshit and just wear them for about a week and a half only then do you win the comfy prize

>>13872932
>>13873111
Listen to these anons.
I wore my new boots to a concert on saturday like a fucking idiot and am now left with pic related

>>13872146
youre all pussies just wear them for a bit and man up

>>13873407
>doc martins aren't pussy to begin with

>>13872730
tough leather and no inner lining fabric

lace those shits as tight as you can and march everyday for at least 2 months

>>13872146
Just wear the damn things around the house for a couple days. They'll hurt like hell at first but they will pretty much be confromed to your feet after. Its good not to go out before breaking them in cause then youll be stuck with them on till you get home

>>13872146
Throw them in the dumpster. Only good combat boots are military issues, anything else is shit and overpriced.

>>13874478
Docs are not combat boots.

>>13874478
Millotary issues cheap ass $20 boots. Most soldiers buy their own boots.

I got seemingly permanent calluses on the back of my heel from trying to break in a pair of monos, whilst my brown 6 eyelet boots were smooth sailing from the start.

That brand really is hit or miss.

Here's some shit I always did with my boots that's guaranteed to work:

1) The radical method: Stuff the boots from inside with something soft like a towel. Then wrap a blanket around them. Take a rubber hammer and beat the shit out of them, especially the uncomfortable areas. Really beat them to a pulp until they've softened up.

2) The medium radical method: Take a blow dryer, some coconut oil and a broom stick (preferably made of wood with a round end) Heat up the uncomfortable parts with the blow dryer, then stic the broom inside the boots and press it against the uncomfortable spots until they stretch a bit (you need to really use force here) then apply a bit of coconut oil on that spot and 'massage' it in. Repeat until all spots are softened to your desired level.

3) The not so radical method: Just take the coconut oil and massage the boot on the spots where you want to soften it. Use hard hand pressure. This may be really exhausting to you after a while though.

Side note tip: If your boots squeak, rub some coconut oil on the tongue of the boot and/or on the part that's slightly above the connection stitching of the sole. Blow dry until the oil seeped in between. Repeat if needed. The squeaking will be gone if done right.

>>13874561
Obviously you can use any other natural oil for this as well. I recommend coconut though.

>>13874478
This idiot saying military issue is the best hasnt been in the military

>>13872914
23

>>13874762
>wearing Docs past age 18
Embarrassing

>>13874500
The first thing I did after basic training was to get new boots. The shitty issued ones i got weren't even my size.

>>13874730
This.
Military grade is code for cheapest shit the lowest bidder could sell

are doc martens acceptable if i'm a working class white man who lives in the north of england

>>13873111
>>13873399
Are Docs really that dogshit? That should never happen with decent boots. Get your feet sized

>>13873111

howdy

>>13874797
Get Solovairs instead. They look better, are more comfortable and are made in England

>>13874786
Haven't got the biggest range of 10 eye boots in Australia unfortunately. Now that I've said that a bunch of people on here will probably prove me wrong though aha.

>>13873399
Get your feet fitted and measured, either those boots are too small or too big.
I read somewhere that a sizable portion of the population wear the wrong shoe sizes.

>>13872146
Like the others said, break them in by wearing around the house or running errands.
Try something "Mole skin", band-aid or Blister Patches.

>>13874905
Does anyone have photos of that model worn?

>>13874829
Blisterfag here, i got pure trash combats, docs are overpriced as shit

>>13874905
Note: get them in greasy or full-grain leather, not the shiny, corrected and chrome-y kind. While the shine is sexy, it's almost just as arse to break in than Docs (Docs were a bit tougher IMO) because it has the same kind of fucking plastic peel on the top layer. I wish they'd make even a small line of full-grain boots that were taller, I'd pay good fucking money to have my 14i-steel toe-shitkickers with greasy leather.

today i wore two pairs of socks and bled through both of them

get ann d poorfags

>>13875808
heading out again, wish me luck /fa/

>>13875808
Leaked a tear for a fallen soldier

>>13872146
put sausages in the shoe and throw them against a wall repeatedly for an hour, it should soften them up.

>>13875808
>going through all this pain so you can wear cheap-looking chinkboots

>>13875833
Then you buy them for me richfag

>>13875931
god bless

>>13875936
im not OP and am not wearing tumblr meme stompers

>>13875286
The closest I could find was 8 eye but you get the gist
https://m.imgur.com/r/goodyearwelt/TPyP1

>fill plastic bag with water
>put it inside the boot
>put boot to the freezer overnight

If you understand laws of physics, you know what will happen.

>>13875898
How did it go anon?

wear around the house on and off, and then when you think they feel ok,go for a long days walk and just endure the pain, and itll be good

>>13875898
How did it go anon? Your feet doing okay?

>>13872146
>secrets for breaking them in

Do NOT lace them tight in the bottom, especially around the 3rd-4th hole.

>>13875936
based

>>13872146
wear them for a long time. hope this helps op :)

>>13878078
the bag will leak and freeze to the shoe, the water will conform to the current shape of the shoe and not stretch the leather any significant amount

happened to me :(

People are having problems with doc martens? Got mine 2 months ago for my birthday and they've been great even for my size 13 feet which is a rarity

>>13872148
That's for if you've got paratrooper docs, with OP's you're gonna want to shatter a faggot's skull and wear red laces

>>13872148
Shut the fuck up, pussy

>>13880869
you didnt double bag the water, it works alot better for like sneakers or something admittedly tho