Answer to all our woodworking problems

[Dave Lehnert]

Answer to all our woodworking problems. We have the wrong boots on.

http://www.woodcraft.com/Category/10...ing-Boots.aspx

[Gene Howe]

Wow, Dave.
Thanks for alerting us to Woodcraft's latest in woodworker's tools.
I wonder if they can recommend one over another depending on the type of woodworking done.
I'm pretty happy with my scroll sawing boots, but I could use a new pair for drilling.

[David Nelson1]

If I'm spending that kinda money on boots, I'm buying Redwings!

[phil harold]

I need hip waders
some day I will sweep the shop...

[Jamie Buxton]

Shoes at Woodcraft?! Next thing, they'll be selling refridgerators and video games.

[Ryan Hellmer]

I thought it was going to tell me to quit. That would be the answer to all my woodworking problems. But now that you mention it, the old tennis shoes might be holding me back.

Ryan

[David Hostetler]

$194.00 for a pair of Rocky Gore Tex boots? I don't think so! They are WAY too proud of those... And not exactly a premium boot anyway... I like my Hi Techs....

[Montgomery Scott]

I'll stick with my Italian made Scarpas.

[Dave Lehnert]

I purchased a pair of boots from Shoe Carnival branded "Beaver Creek" I paid like $35 for them. They have held up like cast iron. I worked on blacktop all day and just about worn the soles down to nothing. The leather tops look like heck but not a hole in them. Best $35 on boots I ever spent.

Kinda odd for Woodcraft to go into the boot bizz but know shoes has a very high profit.

[Paul Girouard]

All those boots have black soles , they'd mark up carpet and floors , no WW or cabinet guy should ever wear a black soled boot in a clients house. Bad idea selling boots at Woodcraft anyway. Black sole boots even a worst idea Who's there marketing VP , Or should I say "was"

[Ellen Lewis]

When I buy a new tool, I always say to my spouse "Look, I could be buying shoes!" Now this gives a new meaning to tools... oh wait, they only have them for men!
I too have Beaver Creek... comfortable and good support... I'll keep my cheap pair too, thank you!

[Jerome Hanby]

How lame, they don't carry the matching opera capes!

[ian maybury]

Another step on the road to conversion of woodworking from a practical craft to another bragging rights driven 'look what I've got' leisure activity.

Kind of fits with the adverts for power tools now popping up in the mags showing a set jawed, macho but faintly smiling 30 something type resolutely screwing/nailing/routing while wearing two days of stubble and lumberjack shirt.

We've no doubt got only ourselves to blame that the marketing people think that this is what's likely to strike a chord with the average hobby woodworker - as I said before somewhere at least the 'get it done' beaver in a hard hat cliche that used to pop up in cartoons and the like was at least results focused...