Originally Posted by tuff
I don't like the looks of the threads that are exposed all over the sides. I have seen a pair of boots fall apart in 8 days from abrasion on rock.


Those must have been some seriously chitty boots.

As to exposed seams, unless you go plastic, you're gong to have exposed seams/stitching. It's been such since the first cave man invented Vibram soles.



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