House Boots! – Istmus

In the grip of winter, I am not the person you want to talk to at the party. Unless you share my interest in snow shovels, roof combs, the safest way to drive black ice and, of course, the absolute need to have the right winter shoes.

I am a very fan of Thorogood Boots, who are made right here in Wisconsin by Weinbrenner Co. This is friendly! In addition to making a devil’s fine shoe since 1892.

I’m talking about all phlegmatic wisconsinites: we want our boots to be healthy, supportive and waterproof, but also comfortable when growing a fierce polar vortex. And for me, it is imperative that my boots can be adjusted and re -arranged as thorogoods. As nothing signals for washing money more than cheap boots with glued soles you throw in the bin when they break up.

I am on my third pair of Thorogoods and only took three dogs for dogs for the latest boots to fit as a glove. There are certainly better, cooler and more expensive boots that need to be found. I will admit that I will look at a dear pair of red wings. Damn, a decade ago, Indin Justin Vernon’s icon (from Bon Iver Renown) even cut a video Paean to the Midwest values, which was sponsored by Retro Hip Red Wing.

I am tempted to ask how Eau Claire’s beloved son could promote Minnesota’s trunk? But healthy boots are healthy boots. You can find Thorogoods in regional stores such as Blain’s Farm & Fleet, The Shoe Box and Duluth Trading Co., as well as online. There are various offers for products, including a new line made for construction workers. I bought the Retro 1957 model. With a hit over $ 250, it’s a fair price for a good Wisconsin product.

As for Weinbrennner, it seems to be doing well. Last fall, it broke to expand $ 14.5 million in a marchfield in Central Wisconsin. State business business support, Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., contributed $ 250,000 to the rehabilitation of an abandoned industrial site.

And this is true: Weinbrenner is not without struggling to support its strong connection to the Union through the International Union of United Food and Malcery Workers, which represents its employees. “We are producing Thorogood boots for working men and women in America,” Vainbenner President Jeff Burns said in a press release. He called those people the “basis of our company” as he praised the high percentage of the united performers who do the rehabilitation work.