How Long Does It Take To Break In Doctor Martin boots?

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I've had my new boots for a week now, and I feel like I am crippling myself.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:44 (twenty-two years ago)

you feel crippled = you are broken => thus, a week

― mark s (mark s), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:45 (twenty-two years ago)

You don't break in Doc Martens. Doc Martens break in your feet to conform to the shape of the boot.

― kate, Friday, 10 January 2003 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

One week? More like two weeks at least!

― Nicole (Nicole), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Forever.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:48 (twenty-two years ago)

If you want to do some breakin', it's probably better to wear trainers.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey I have new DM's too DV! They are RED and GRATE and were in the super cheap sale heh heh. I am wearing them now!

If they are not worn in by now you haf freaky feet. I suggest you SET ABOUT them with a big HAMMER.

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)

1) buy nice 2"x2" bandaids to put over the backs of your ankles
2) find the thickest socks you own that will fit in the boots without squeezing your toes to death
3) wear both with the boots for a month or two

and silly me, I thought if you'd done this once with a pair, you were all set- then I didn't wear my boots for about 8 months, and went through a week of pain while my feet were re-broken in by the boots.

― lyra (lyra), Friday, 10 January 2003 16:24 (twenty-two years ago)

My new pair surprisingly have not hurt ONE JOLT then again I admit the only walking I have done in them has been house -> tube -> work -> tube -> house with the odd 3 minute walk to PUB added in the mix...

Also before I wore them I SLAPPED THEM ABOUT A BIT.

You gotta speak to them in the langwidge they undershtand.

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 10 January 2003 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I was told once that rubbing a potato (presumably the flesh rather than the skin) quite hard against the inner lining of a shoe is a good way to soften the leather and accelerate the breaking-in process. Never tried it myself. Has anyone else heard of this??

― robster (robster), Friday, 10 January 2003 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah I've heard that too, my mum did it with some pair of shoes when I was very small. It could just be an Irish thing though, a problem arises and so a potato is thrown at it.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 10 January 2003 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Give it a couple of weeks. One day you'll suddenly realize that not only are they no longer uncomfortable, they are the ONLY THING YOU OWN that is comfortable.

― Douglas (Douglas), Friday, 10 January 2003 16:54 (twenty-two years ago)

(Today Ronan is my HERO)

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 10 January 2003 16:57 (twenty-two years ago)

DMs are smack, aren't they?

― DV (dirtyvicar), Friday, 10 January 2003 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

13 Mayan calender years.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 10 January 2003 17:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Also before I wore them I SLAPPED THEM ABOUT A BIT.
This is my philosophy of new shoes. I used to suffer from the bloody heels every time I got Docs, so the last couple of pairs I got, before I even put them on I just smashed the heels repeatedly with my palm, crushed them this way and that until they felt a lot softer. Didn't completely eliminate the problem but it certainly cut the duration of it down to a day or two instead of several weeks. I find this also works wonders with Cats (which I switched to after I finally admitted to myself that the soles on Docs are absolute shit on ice and snow and that I'd finally had enough of skidding out and risking a broken hip in the name of fashion or coolness or whatever).

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 10 January 2003 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I usually find it takes a month or so, depends on how much walking you do, so this month is based on an average of an hours walking a day. Wear thick socks.

I need some new DM's coz the soles of my old ones are worn out and are taking the blame for yesterdays falling outrage.

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 10 January 2003 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I rubbed the back of my new DM shoes with a bar of soap (dry soap, rather than all lathered up) and it seemed to help.

Be careful though, as I know a girl who knows a girl who got gangrenous feet while trying to wear her new DM boots on.

― Madeleine (Madeleine), Friday, 10 January 2003 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

The deadly slipperiness of Doc Martens boots is actually a good indicator that it's time to get a new pair, and usually occurs about three weeks after you can wear them without screaming.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 10 January 2003 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I hope Sean has a good defensive bunker for when PETA swings by his house.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 10 January 2003 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll just throw a few old pairs of CATs at em (and that's CATs as in Caterpillar shoes). I wear the ones with steel toes and the steel plate in the bottom, which means about 10 pounds of activist-smashing goodness!

Speaking of CATs, I'm still wondering what happened to this model that I like to buy...can't find 'em anywhere anymore. If they've discontinued 'em I'll be sad, because they're the most comfortable shoes I've ever worn. (Plus, the weight of em gives me good exercise!)

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 10 January 2003 19:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I broke all mine in the old-fashioned way but I've heard that running over them with your car a few times works well.

― teeny (teeny), Sunday, 12 January 2003 01:03 (twenty-two years ago)

My absolute favourite pair of Big Black Boots™ were comfy almost immediately and I completely love them and honestly dread the day they wear out. Right now I wear them with nearly everything, including dresses and other office wear. They're not Docs though - they're Candies, but that doesn't sound nearly half as tough tho does it?

― Kim (Kim), Sunday, 12 January 2003 01:32 (twenty-two years ago)

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