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Originally Posted by greazzer
I've worn good old Army Jungle Boots for years, before and after the service, which have a steel toe and steel sole (spike proof). My current beat up old pair have a huge dent where that metal saved my big toe. Very impressed. Not sure you can really buy the old style Jungle Boots any more. Then again, when I was in, we had to shine our boots. Now, they are rawhide looking material.
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There's a military surplus store near here that will still occasionally get a number of them in, but they don't hang out on the shelves long...many guys buy them for use as hunting boots. The steel shank help them travel through the woods and across the rocks.
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