{"id":5753,"date":"2013-10-01T05:12:17","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T09:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=5753"},"modified":"2013-10-01T06:26:22","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T10:26:22","slug":"dehner-boots-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=5753","title":{"rendered":"Dehner Boots At Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dehner Booted&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cycle\/dehners\/balstock2.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dehnerbalstock218.jpg?resize=403%2C600\" alt=\"Dehnerbalstock218\" width=\"403\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dehnerbalstock218.jpg?w=403&amp;ssl=1 403w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dehnerbalstock218.jpg?resize=202%2C300&amp;ssl=1 202w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dehnerbalstock218.jpg?resize=101%2C150&amp;ssl=1 101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a>Got these bad boys out again recently, cleaned them up and gave them a shine. While they have their faults (plastic shaft), these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cycle\/dehners\/balstock2.html\" target=\"_blank\">stock Dehner bal-laced patrol boots<\/a> remain very comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>With all the Dehner boots I have worn over the years, I learned&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&#8230;that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ordering them with the one-inch extra calf circumference improves the fit, and dress slacks still slide over them just fine.<\/li>\n<li>ordering them one full size larger (longer) &#8212; 11D instead of my usual 10D &#8212; also significantly improves the fit. That also allows for insertion of a better cushion insole to improve comfort.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/wiki\/doku.php?id=break.boots\" target=\"_blank\">training the ankle before wearing them is essential<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I wore these boots to work yesterday. Black dress slacks over them.  They look like dress shoes, especially with the laces showing where the pants leg meets the foot of the boot.  But you can feel them on your legs&#8230; you know you have substantial boots on!<\/p>\n<p>Besides going to meetings all day, I had to greet a group from an elementary school.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone say anything about the boots?<\/p>\n<p>Nope &#8230; not even the kids who were sitting on the floor at boot level.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  wear boots, including to work even if you&#8217;re not a cop!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dehner Booted&#8230; Got these bad boys out again recently, cleaned them up and gave them a shine. While they have their faults (plastic shaft), these stock Dehner bal-laced patrol boots remain very comfortable. With all the Dehner boots I have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=5753\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dehner-boots"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}