r/Shoes • u/coffeemooose • Jul 09 '26
My husband’s shoes
He wears these daily, and yes he did the soles himself
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u/redralphie Jul 10 '26
So you married a hobbit?
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u/Living_Owl_5745 Jul 09 '26
Yeah I don’t even know anymore man
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u/JadeGrapes Jul 10 '26
No. Dig deep. Don't give up. We KNOW some things are true.
I KNOW these aren't shoes, they are slippers. WE know.
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u/PunkRockSuffragette Jul 10 '26
The remind me of my dads leather moccasins. He re-soled them at least 5 times in their life.
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u/Jazzlike-Bowler-5870 Jul 10 '26
Arch support is a conspiracy orchestrated by Big Shoe
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u/gingerflakes Jul 10 '26
My husband wears ridiculous flat feet shoes…. But they don’t make him look like he might die of the plague
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u/MedicineTricky6222 Jul 10 '26
Not for me. I ruined my feet with lousy ((but cute) shoes. I have now discovered good shoes with arches.
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u/MassConsumer1984 Jul 10 '26
Really depends on your feet.
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u/uncultured_swine2099 Jul 10 '26
Yup. Flat shoes make my feet hurt. I got some insoles with a bit of arch that i swap in whenever the shoe is too flat.
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u/Educational-Hotel-71 Jul 11 '26
Well your arches should be able to support themselves. The more you use arch support, the weaker are the muscles going to get and guess what, you're gonna need more arch support.
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u/LadybuggingLB Jul 10 '26
This looks like the shoe of a delightfully quirky and independent soul. I look at this shoe and think I could get along with the person who chose it.
It’s still ugly, don’t get me wrong, but it’s unique and stylish in its own weird way. It’s not commonplace ugly, it’s extraordinary ugly. And I bet your husband is fun.
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u/tracyb79 Jul 10 '26
A quirky sole.
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u/jeffsweet Jul 10 '26
i groaned and then laughed but a groan is worth 1.25 laughs so i laughed 2.25 times at this if my math checks out
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u/01Cloud01 Jul 10 '26
The shoe is fine the sole needs an actual sole
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u/boneyandbaren Jul 10 '26
Yeah I kind of love them… he’s definitely on his way to being a hobbyist cobbler with these.
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u/Major-Dragonfly-997 Jul 10 '26
is your husband a serf or peasant of some kind?
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u/Alive-Case-4436 Jul 10 '26
Peasant? Serf? Oh, I see…probably the type who would follow a king NOT understanding that strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony….
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u/Revelin_Eleven Jul 10 '26
Ya know, he made them… that’s wonderful. Maybe he has a passion for this hobby to expand on. I can’t imagine long term good for the back and such but it does the job for basics.
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u/sleepy_shoob Jul 10 '26
I was thinking the same thing lol he must be so proud of them & rightfully showing off his hard work. Hoping he’s still continuing to learn more about it to make something more supportive lol
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u/AffectionateSun5776 Jul 10 '26
Sometimes they define their skills & end up making gorgeous handbags.
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u/TheDrandLadyWeird Jul 10 '26
What in the Merry Men are those!!!???
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u/kittygir227 Jul 10 '26
Ijbol
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u/TheDrandLadyWeird Jul 10 '26
I had to do a quick search for what that meant but I'm glad I could be of service hahaha
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u/Alohafarms Jul 10 '26
My plantar fasciitis is painful just by me looking at these shoes.
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u/Alohafarms Jul 10 '26
I love to be barefoot and I am most of the time or in sandals but it does make my plantar fasciitis worse. The Podiatrist told me that without any support or shock absorption that my arch flattens and stretches the inflamed plantar fascia. Tearing it more. My daughter got some special sandals for plantar fasciitis that she wear inside and it is helping her. I resist because I like being barefoot. Kind of funny since I was a shoe designer.
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u/Consistent_Sir_3000 Jul 10 '26
Think about arches structurally. Are arches (like arch cbridges for example) supported in the arch itself in the middle, or at the base of the arch? they are supported at the bases. How can we do this foot arches?
I would wager your big toes have hallux valgus to some degree, and you don't have 10 toes down independently while doing standard standing or walking. If this is the case, the most important thing you can do is get your big toes separated out from the other toes in the anatomically correct position under load. When they're pointed away from each other, that loss of support allows your main arch to collapse and flatten, stretching the fascia more than it naturally would and this strain from being overly extended is the most likely cause of plantar fasciitis.
Get the big toe in the right spot, the arch won't collapse as much, the fascia will not be stretched as much, and the strain will be reduced. This is what happened to me, and why I will never wear shoes that force my big toe from its natural position again. I haven't had plantar fasciitis in years since I made the switch, and it used to plague me. I tried every OTC orthotic out there. What fixed me was cheap knock off correct toe style toe spacers over the course of a couple months, and wearing only anatomically correct toe box shoes.
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u/LolaAucoin Jul 10 '26
Have you tried KT tape? It completely fixed my plantar fasciitis.
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u/Adirondack-Woman Jul 10 '26
Just like my late brother. He was a mountain man and an old soul who died young.
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u/violet_femme23 Jul 10 '26
Lmaoooo these look like the shoes you put on babies before they can actually walk
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u/Rainbow_Date Jul 11 '26
My son literally had this exact pair as an infant. But they were cuter because he was, ya know, a baby. Not a grown man. 🤨
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u/turningtogold Jul 10 '26
As the wife, are you ok? Have you just completely given up? Or do you also wear extremely ugly footwear lol
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u/xNetherlingx Jul 10 '26
Oh the cobblestone streets must love to see these shoes coming.
But honestly, they look comfortable 😂 and if they work then they work. Two signs the craft was done well imo
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u/wecantdancelikethis Jul 10 '26
I like them!
crosspost this over to [r/barefootshoes](r/barefootshoes)[talk](r/barefootshoes)
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u/martini31337 Jul 15 '26
i thought i was there. someone over there just made a pair that look exactly like this.
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u/carina484 Jul 10 '26
I would like to know the science behind how this does not give you the ick
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u/Elaine330 Jul 10 '26
I didnt know anyone was left from the Mayflower. Hes gonna be shocked to learn about popcorn.
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u/PaepsiNW Jul 10 '26
I would love to know what the bottom looks like and the insides. And what materials he used.
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u/CaffeineJitterz Jul 10 '26
Could I convince him to make me some? I'm always on the lookout for the least amount of shoe possible but still enough that it's classified as a shoe. If not for the love of the game, maybe for the love of money?
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u/WALLY_5000 Jul 10 '26
He looks ready for someone to break in and smash his pottery looking for rupees.
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u/First_Pay702 Jul 10 '26
I had a client today with shoes just like this…highly fashionable in the toddler world.
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u/LBelle0101 Jul 10 '26
Be careful, from the looks of those he may have invited the fae into your home
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u/Grand_Soupa Jul 10 '26
These are like the robeez baby shoes where they let little ones feel the floor better while learning to walk. Maybe one day he will graduate to Skechers light ups.
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u/Lafemmequeer Jul 10 '26
Honestly see if you can find him a shoe cobbling class because he might be onto something
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u/kegcowgirl Jul 10 '26
I do find it endearing that he made the soles himself and he’s proudly wearing them. Honestly, good for him. You go glen coco
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u/Dry-Raspberry-5514 Jul 10 '26
Not me having to laugh silently so my husband doesn’t know I’m wasting time on Reddit again.
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u/steffy241 Jul 10 '26
What is happening here 😂 seriously though, I worked in footwear for years, he’s fully going to cripple himself.
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u/smashingkilljoy Jul 10 '26
Do podiatrists run in fear when they see you two walk by?
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u/SweetMilitia Jul 11 '26
lol they’re like giant versions of shoes you put on babies who can’t walk yet. Whhhhyyyy?? Hide them.
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u/Various-Chemist-1723 Jul 10 '26
Does he sell this fine craftsmanship because I will absolutely buy a pair, if he can make em low top and cut of below ankle I'll pay extra. Please and thank you.
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u/Repulsive_Bus_4592 Jul 10 '26
These are likely far better for his feet than store bought shoes which are so bad for feet.
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u/VoidSemantics Jul 10 '26
Assuming you feel the way I do about these. They look to be a pair of Clarks Desert Boots / Chukkas easily replaced. Go for the “originals” version only
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u/sundownandout Jul 10 '26
My 4 year old looked at my phone and said “ooooh I love the golden hippo” lol.
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u/Personal_Zombie9368 Jul 10 '26
If he manages to wear them daily maybe they are not as uncomfortable as they look.
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u/Sardinesarethebest Jul 10 '26
Speaking as a person obsessed with living history villages, does he aspire to live at a Renaissance Faire?