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Muncie4 t1_iwet1ko wrote

Dr. Martens are not supposed to last forever. No footwear lasts forever as that's not a thing and Dr. Martens are only marginally better than normal footwear as they are a pain in the neck to have resoled. And I'm no cobbler, but the Jadon Max with its ginormous soles may not be repairable. So you may just have to buy another pair.

The issue with people here is they have no idea of what you speak: These are platform combat boots and very few people know what those are. I'd look to their 1460 Pascal Max Platform Combat Boots with the upper being a bit hardier than the Jadon Max version.

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F-21 t1_iwmc1oc wrote

Btw while people often talk about how Docs are harder to resole, they're not really much different to othe welted boots. A competent shoemaker will be able to resole them, they just won't use the melting method to glue it together (instead they'll use glue that is used by all other boots and shoes including way more premium ones). The sole of the Docs can be pulled off, the bond is not stronger than good glue (especially not on the new ones). Docs used the melting method so they were cheaper to produce back then. And if you can't just pull it off you can definitely get it off with a good knife (and a shoemaker can grind off the remaining stuff on the shoe grinding machine).

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