Quote:

Yes and no on the steel toes, if the steel toe gets crushed you lose toes rather than just have broken toes. Saw it happen at work quite some time back. The back of the steel toe got crushed down and cut 2 of my friends toes off.They do get cold as mentioned too.

(Not sure if they would have been lost anyway or not.)



Just saw this

Working construction for many years, I've had my toes saved by the steel toe several times. I once saw a guy get his toes ran over by a Cat 980 loader, again saved by the steel.
I always get a laugh when i hear the "if something really heavy falls on the steel toe the steel will smash my toes".

Uh-huh. And if you don't have safety toes on and something really heavy falls on your toes, they'll be just fine. ooooooooooooookay.

The amount of force that it would take to crush an ANSI rated steel toe would turn flesh and bone into pulp.

Back to riding boots I have Cruiserworks boots. But they're spendy and the heels tend to wear down pretty fast.
Really light and comfortable though.
And I don't like steel toes for riding, the Cruiserworks have a reinforced box that has held up very well.

Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también