Boots without the pu shit

After having my crisps boot shit them self's in the pu I was talking with the boot shop that I use & they went though the boots that said that these https://www.andrewfootwear.co.nz/product/dunstan-spx/ don't have the pu shit & can be worn on farms & chemical resistant after wearing then for 3 days I really like them they seem to grip well on the hills iv been on so time we'll tell if they can handle the work. So these boots could be good for anyone that wants to get away from boots that have the pu

Interesting ! I'm curious to see how the suede handles things. Do they do them in blue ? :D

Thanks for the headsup, I'm looking for a new pair so will try some on

I've got Andrews boots now as well. Got sick of crumbling soles - and also could be very risky if it happened in the hills.

All i can stay is good luck with your Andrews boots, never again for me.

After 7 months my soles started falling off my Andrews. So i ask for a new pair (boots were still like new) but they were glued up and a pretty average job. with in 5 months same thing happened and hadn't seen much work.
NO yard work, they agreed to repair them again.
this was not every day use. The real shit winter days am in gumboots.
Wasn't long after the second repair started happening again so i gave up and carried on using them in the cattle yards sheep yards i don't care.
For $600 boot i expect to get longer then that from them.
They are the most waterproof boot i have owned but are heavy.
For Work i have gone to a grisport boot and for half the price and only have to get 12months out off them.

@7mmwsm
Yep i know they need a wash. day still not over
I have never owned a bout when the soles fall apart like this.
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The Andrew Mackenzie boots are very popular with shepherd's round here. They have no rand and stitched rubber soles. I tried a pair but they were like concrete blocks.

I am not a fan of expensive boots with Gortex or some other semi permeable membrane, cheap boots fine but with expensive ones, the membrane dies before the boots and whats left is a pair of dry weather only expensive boots.
Full leather lasts longer.
The best dressing ( trust me this the best ) is 'Zinc and Castor oil Ointment' sold for preventing nappy rash on babies. Cheap as old chips and leaves leather with a tough wear resistant surface like oil cure saddle leather.

Well I guess everyone experience is different.

My first pair of Andrews 'wilderness' boot lasted me three years - everyday wear. No cow shit but heaps of yards on the hill planting trees etc !!

Mate has the chainsaw version he is also up to three years with them.

I'm at year two on my second pair of the 'wilderness' version. Love them !!!

Disappointed tho to see that line has been discontinued. I think its called the dunstan or something now....not sure how they go!!

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Originally Posted by kukuwai

Well I guess everyone experience is different.

My first pair of Andrews 'wilderness' boot lasted me three years - everyday wear. No cow shit but heaps of yards on the hill planting trees etc !!

Mate has the chainsaw version he is also up to three years with them.

I'm at year two on my second pair of the 'wilderness' version. Love them !!!

Disappointed tho to see that line has been discontinued. I think its called the dunstan or something now....not sure how they go!!

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I do think different boots suit different feet & you have to find a pair of boots that work for your own feet & I do think that's why some people have good runs with some boots & the next person has a shit run but what I do know is for ever per off boot someones had a good run & just a mean people have had a shit run

back in the day we went to herrods??? in otrohonga and bought swade hobnail boots for farm work....oh how times have changed.

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Originally Posted by bigbear

@7mmwsm
Yep i know they need a wash. day still not over
I have never owned a bout when the soles fall apart like this.
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Looking at that pitcher I'm thinking those boot off yours had the pu shit in the middle & that's what's failed & that's what failed on my crisps it looks exactly the same as my boots that failed & what a lot off other people complain about happening & if that's the case that is where these Andrew boots are different they don't have the pu shit in the middle but time will tell

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back in the day we went to herrods??? in otrohonga and bought swade hobnail boots for farm work....oh how times have changed.

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Originally Posted by hunt08

Looking at that pitcher I'm thinking those boot off yours had the pu shit in the middle & that's what's failed & that's what failed on my crisps it looks exactly the same as my boots that failed & what a lot off other people complain about happening & if that's the case that is where these Andrew boots are different they don't have the pu shit in the middle but time will tell

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These are Andrews boots so maybe there new boot has changed.

I still think a lot of boot makers are shafting us. What are we really getting for $600 dollars
Compared to a tire for $600 you can get 50000km millage from it, Ive said it before on here guys stay i got couple three years out off those lowas, chrispi or what ever brand but they aren't wearing them every day only in the weekends if you are lucky. If i was wearing my crispi every day hunting or tramping i couldn't see them lasting a year.

I had a pair of gronels last me 4 years of nearly constant wear including occasional yard work or when gummies were the obvious choice. Then small splits started to appear in the leather and the side of the rand separated. Still hung on for another 2 years as a summer boot, of course they didn't make that model anymore.

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These come in a non safety toe version.
Nz made rubber sole screwed and glued to a thick leather footbed. Easily resoled.
No frills basic boots but I’d say they would outlast most.


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Originally Posted by bigbear

These are Andrews boots so maybe there new boot has changed.

I still think a lot of boot makers are shafting us. What are we really getting for $600 dollars
Compared to a tire for $600 you can get 50000km millage from it, Ive said it before on here guys stay i got couple three years out off those lowas, chrispi or what ever brand but they aren't wearing them every day only in the weekends if you are lucky. If i was wearing my crispi every day hunting or tramping i couldn't see them lasting a year.

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I 100% agree there with what you saying bot getting shafted. I have 1 pair off boots & they do every thing from work to hunting & anything in-between so Im happy enough if I get over 12 months but I like to get 18 months & to be fair I don't oil them as often as I should but that a leather issue not a sole issue I also can't stand to wear gumboots so my boots see there fair shear of mud & wet I do have a boot dryer they always go on at night & I think that helps a lot drying all the sweat & dampness out at the end off the day.

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I had a pair of gronels last me 4 years of nearly constant wear including occasional yard work or when gummies were the obvious choice. Then small splits started to appear in the leather and the side of the rand separated. Still hung on for another 2 years as a summer boot, of course they didn't make that model anymore.

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Yep I had a good run out off them to I don't know why they stopped making them

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These come in a non safety toe version.
Nz made rubber sole screwed and glued to a thick leather footbed. Easily resoled.
No frills basic boots but I’d say they would outlast most.


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These boots have one major problem you get wet feet when you in wet grass & it ant fun having wet feet ever day

Buncha softies...what you really need is a pair, (presuming you still have both legs), of 'Ashley' calf length boots. Or the shorter 'Buller' version.
Wore them for years. Great in mud/snow too, and I don't 'do' ice climbing.
Get them wet when river crossing is no sweat. Empty them out and they dry quickly.
Very quiet when you are pussyfooting around in the scrub. Keep feet nice and dry (unless you are crossing a river).
I put an inner sole I made from rubber carpet underlay in to mine.
Everyone should have a pair.
I introduced a USA shooter to them. He loved them so much he took them back to the US with him.

https://store.nzfarmsource.co.nz/cat...-safety/233328

Bullers are feet wrecking bastards of things. Should be burned along with any remaining Swandris. Wish I had never met them. Them and the later lined Skellerup ones. I wore them for years chasing venison and farming. Sap your feet during the summer. Cold in the winter. No top protection from sheep trampling all over them in the race. Bugger your big toe gear changing bikes, 3 wheelers and then quads with them. Only redeeming feature is that they were light and cheap, and that at the time I never realised how they were buggering my feet.

Thought I was very cool with the holes burnt though them with a hot wire in the instep to let the water out, and the number eight wire hooks instead of laces. One of the lads. But the truth is most of the old cult stuff was bad for you. Tui being an example.

What is pu?

Yeah Tahr lol that’s one T-shirt I’d rather not have owned :O_O::thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Sideshow

What is pu?

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polyurethane leather. sort of stuff you find on cheap furniture

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Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

Oh and you reckon sheep are hard on your feet, try working in a deer shed wearing Bullers.

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Hurts to think about it. Wore Red Bands once in the deer shed. Never again.

Tui being an example.[/QUOTE]

Amen to that - fucking dishwater

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Originally Posted by gonetropo

polyurethane leather. sort of stuff you find on cheap furniture

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Usually on boots it's referring to the high density foam in the midsole which a lot of manufacturers use polyurethane.

Below is from the lowa website but applies to all boots with this construction.

https://lowa.co.nz/blogs/faq/what-is...ole-separation

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Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

Chainsaw boots and chaps are my standard attire in the shed now.

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Hope that isn’t all you’re wearing..

I find the skellerup quatros have just about enough protection for the deer shed, only the nastiest hoof-grinding old hind can make an impression through them.

+safety glasses if running the fallow through the shed.. for such little deer their pointy bits spend a concerning amount of time at eye level, bouncing ninjas that they are.

well I still wear my ashleys hunting more than 50% of the time...and I drink TUI......
guess that really makes me an old fuddy duddy???

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

well I still wear my ashleys hunting more than 50% of the time...and I drink TUI......
guess that really makes me an old fuddy duddy???

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You Sir are beyond redemption.

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Originally Posted by Tahr

Bullers are feet wrecking bastards of things. Should be burned along with any remaining Swandris. Wish I had never met them. Them and the later lined Skellerup ones. I wore them for years chasing venison and farming. Sap your feet during the summer. Cold in the winter. No top protection from sheep trampling all over them in the race. Bugger your big toe gear changing bikes, 3 wheelers and then quads with them. Only redeeming feature is that they were light and cheap, and that at the time I never realised how they were buggering my feet.

Thought I was very cool with the holes burnt though them with a hot wire in the instep to let the water out, and the number eight wire hooks instead of laces. One of the lads. But the truth is most of the old cult stuff was bad for you. Tui being an example.

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Brand new leather boots. 2 weeks river walking in the Ruahines in 1975 and they were wrecked. Along came Bullers and never looked back. Yes people hated then but for value if doing heaps of river walking they cant be beat.. Did 5 hours today chasing trout in a full back country stream in them. Most hunting now in Redbands. Sorta like an expensive raincoat called Betacraft.

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Brand new leather boots. 2 weeks river walking in the Ruahines in 1975 and they were wrecked. Along came Bullers and never looked back. Yes people hated then but for value if doing heaps of river walking they cant be beat.. Did 5 hours today chasing trout in a full back country stream in them. Most hunting now in Redbands. Sorta like an expensive raincoat called Betacraft.

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Betacraft I have, and can tolerate. Even if they are now made in China. All my rain and outer gear is Betacraft.

Yeah, it's 'horses for courses' sort of thing.
If you are silly enough to wear Bullers in a deer shed, etc then maybe you should rethink your strategy.
For keeping feet warm and dry the Bullers/Ashley are great. I hunted all over the South Island and never once had cold feet ('cos I had innersoles, and I wore 2 pair of socks in Winter hunting. OK, so I'm a softy...but I was a warm softy).
The boot is so soft on the ground it doesn't make as much noise as a hard soled boot.
You can sneak up on those wee pesties (and big pesties).
It's not the boot that is bad...it's the wrong tool for the job in some cases...and that's your fault if your feet get stood on, or your motorbike gearchange hurts your toes.

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Originally Posted by Grey Kiwi

Yeah, it's 'horses for courses' sort of thing.
If you are silly enough to wear Bullers in a deer shed, etc then maybe you should rethink your strategy.
For keeping feet warm and dry the Bullers/Ashley are great. I hunted all over the South Island and never once had cold feet ('cos I had innersoles, and I wore 2 pair of socks in Winter hunting. OK, so I'm a softy...but I was a warm softy).
The boot is so soft on the ground it doesn't make as much noise as a hard soled boot.
You can sneak up on those wee pesties (and big pesties).
It's not the boot that is bad...it's the wrong tool for the job in some cases...and that's your fault if your feet get stood on, or your motorbike gearchange hurts your toes.

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Hah :) If you use them for what they are best for they will be by your bed as slippers. Although I did once cut a pair down to be like crocs as hut shoes. :)

Lets not talk about the Jackie Howe, the swanny, the ranger bush shirt, the woollen balaclava,the flash shorts called undies and the bastard grass festooning your woollen socks because the deer loved those gullies. Ooh yes the flash gps called the moon light. Lastly but not least the bushmans saviour...the nickel spinner.

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Tui being an example.

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Amen to that - fucking dishwater[/QUOTE]

Oi, heathen!

When I can be bothered to imbibe beer the only one I can stand the taste of is Tui... Better than bastardswamp water or southern spew that's for sure. As far as boots, one of the main things I hate about a lot of current models is the complete lack of grip on moss, mildew, wet trunks etc - fricking dangerous...