Dr. Martens 1460 Originals Eight-Eye Lace-Up Boot

I bought these for a costume party next month and they are the perfect shoe for the the look I’m going for however I’ll probably list them on eBay afterward and sell them. I recall Dr. Martens being of better quality. This pair of shoes feels very stiff and cheap, like some China knockoff. The owner of the store that these shoes came from sent me an email saying that “he saw that I received the shoes and that he’s a retired veteran supporting his family with this online store and would I post a 5 star review.” This is the second time I’ve received a request like this from two different vendors. The emails are almost identical. Unless it’s a meal, there is no way I can tell the quality of the product by just removing it from the box. The only reason I can with these boots is because when I lived in Seattle 1991-98 where the shoe to wear was Dr Martens I went through two pairs and the leather was of higher quality. We have gotten to a strange place in America where people rely on reviews where people aren’t even actually using the product but rather looking and reviewing. Most products need at least a month of use before a consumer can acurratley rate a product. So that’s my 2 cents

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3 MONTH UPDATE - original review below... These are some of the most uncomfortable shoes Ive ever bought. After 3 months of wearing them at least once a week (if not 2-3 times), they are nowhere near as comfortable as I would like. Theyre tight and stiff all over. The problem with the sloppy sewing on the left boot has never really loosened, but for $140 Im reticent to pay more for a cobbler to try and make them more bearable. I keep them for occasional wear with the knowledge that they will be acutely uncomfortable for the first hour of wear and then get "just ok" later in the day. ORIGINAL REVIEW... Everyone knows that Docs arent the same quality now that they used to be, so I wont rehash that. These are my second pair of Docs and Im happy to finally have them in my closet. BUT, the left shoe specifically was stitched poorly where the tongue meets the toe (right where the top part with the laces comes together with the toe section). Inside, I could feel a curl of leather where the seam wasnt lined up right before being stitched down. The right boot was fine, laid flat, didnt dig in. I clipped off about 1/8" of leather from the seam and crammed a can of beans in the boot every night for a few days to get it stretched out. Fluffy socks, removed the liner, wore them in great agony, etc. After a week of pain, theyre broken in and the seam has loosened, but damn. If I didnt need them under such a tight time table I would have returned them, but I knew I wouldnt have time to break in a second pair before I needed them for a trip so I stuck it out. (FYI, Im a 7.5 in womens converse, and got a 7 in both pairs of Docs I own)

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I bought these for a costume party next month and they are the perfect shoe for the the look I’m going for however I’ll probably list them on eBay afterward and sell them. I recall Dr. Martens being of better quality. This pair of shoes feels very stiff and cheap, like some China knockoff. The owner of the store that these shoes came from sent me an email saying that “he saw that I received the shoes and that he’s a retired veteran supporting his family with this online store and would I post a 5 star review.” This is the second time I’ve received a request like this from two different vendors. The emails are almost identical. Unless it’s a meal, there is no way I can tell the quality of the product by just removing it from the box. The only reason I can with these boots is because when I lived in Seattle 1991-98 where the shoe to wear was Dr Martens I went through two pairs and the leather was of higher quality. We have gotten to a strange place in America where people rely on reviews where people aren’t even actually using the product but rather looking and reviewing. Most products need at least a month of use before a consumer can acurratley rate a product. So that’s my 2 cents

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3 MONTH UPDATE - original review below... These are some of the most uncomfortable shoes Ive ever bought. After 3 months of wearing them at least once a week (if not 2-3 times), they are nowhere near as comfortable as I would like. Theyre tight and stiff all over. The problem with the sloppy sewing on the left boot has never really loosened, but for $140 Im reticent to pay more for a cobbler to try and make them more bearable. I keep them for occasional wear with the knowledge that they will be acutely uncomfortable for the first hour of wear and then get "just ok" later in the day. ORIGINAL REVIEW... Everyone knows that Docs arent the same quality now that they used to be, so I wont rehash that. These are my second pair of Docs and Im happy to finally have them in my closet. BUT, the left shoe specifically was stitched poorly where the tongue meets the toe (right where the top part with the laces comes together with the toe section). Inside, I could feel a curl of leather where the seam wasnt lined up right before being stitched down. The right boot was fine, laid flat, didnt dig in. I clipped off about 1/8" of leather from the seam and crammed a can of beans in the boot every night for a few days to get it stretched out. Fluffy socks, removed the liner, wore them in great agony, etc. After a week of pain, theyre broken in and the seam has loosened, but damn. If I didnt need them under such a tight time table I would have returned them, but I knew I wouldnt have time to break in a second pair before I needed them for a trip so I stuck it out. (FYI, Im a 7.5 in womens converse, and got a 7 in both pairs of Docs I own)

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