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My barefoot rangers from the initial launch have turned into my most worn pair of boots! also gotten 3 more pairs ofJim Greens since but that's a different story
Please work with Jim Green footwear to make a boot with an anatomical toe box. Not just “wide” width compared to narrow toe boxes. But an anatomical toe box that allows your toes to play, something like an Altra shoes last in their “original” shape. Please do this, it would be absolutely amazing and many people would buy their boots. Lems boots makes some anatomical shapes but they’re also narrow. The best out there now is the Wide Load boots that are in Australia. Please!
Weston you have changed my life! The barefoot Ranger mitigated my hip-knee-ankle pains so much that I have gotten several pair of custom JG boots on the barefoot last.
I have both the barefoot Shoellie's and Stockman's... Holy crap they are AMAZING! My wife teased me for ordering the stockman's, she says they're the ugliest things she's ever seen, but they have to be the best feeling, sturdiest, barefoot, slip on boots ever! My goodness they are something special. All Jim Green products have this uncanny quality of just effortlessly dripping with character and these are both bangers! Well done once again~
Yeah I'm actually looking to buy them here soon. As just everyday I don't even care boots they're perfect. I used to do that with timberlands but they're pricey for what you get nowadays
Love the idea of the stockman, but they do look funky on the website. Do you think they look better on or not really. I have the barefoot rangers and love them. A slip on version would be amazing…
@@atomicsmith They do look much better on! They have become my go-to boots pretty much every day tbh. I still wear the barefoot rangers when I know I'll be walking a bunch, and the barefoot shoellies when I want to dress it up a bit, but there is just no getting around that slip-on efficiency!
Just finished first week wearing of first pair of JG. Custom AR Barefoot Steel Toe. For a Steel Toe, been so rejuvenating for my screwed up military feet. The custom options, quality, and delivery of just over 1 month to Idaho, USA is a booyah no brainier purchase! Custom footwear for work boots at about $300! Beat that other brands!
I want to buy some of these Jim Green colabs but I don't like the embossing in the leather. I just don't want pictures or words on my footwear. Just a suggestion.
Love your reviews. This boot looks like a winner. To me the sole gives it an impression that it's like a slipper. I would like a heel if I bought a pair..
Barefoot African rangers since last year are my daily winter shoes (waxed), also got some rambler vellies and ordered some of the new rugged. Living in Italy I just wish JG made some really minimal summer slip ons, maybe mocassins. Would have thought that coming from South Africa they would make something suitable for really hot days (ok they actually make flip-flops)
I love my barefoot rangers and shoellies but I really hope they add a wider more anatomical toe box, I know it looks goofy but it's so damn comfortable. If they were shaped more like the bearfoot bruins they would be absolutely perfect, especially for the price point. I'm almost tempted to get the bruin patriots but I'm going to put it off for a while in hopes that Jim green comes out with a better option.
Something appealing about the barefoot chelsea boot is that its a wholecut double lasted boot, which should make it very water resistant for those cold/wet days
Love the thick veg tan insole options. I made my own as they weren't available at the time. Totally upgrades the boot imo. I don't like the half sock liner leading into the super rough leather midsole or lasting board or whatever you want to call it. That ripped up my socks. Otherwise, I love my Barfoot rangers. Now, as for sizing. I am just shy of being a 9.5 in length on my right foot and just over a 9 on my left. But I am slightly wider than 4E too. I ended up going with a 10.5 because I knew I was going to put in a thick veg tan insole and wear some fairly chunky socks. I still could have gotten away with a 10. It would have been perfect in length and maybe tightened things up at the midfoot, which might not have been a bad thing as these Rangers are super high volume at the heel, midfoot, forefoot and instep. They do lack in the toe box though. Anyway, for me, I think 1/2 a size higher is the right call if you have a 4E+ foot. But I also have a high arch and instep. I think size matters though. If you look, some half sizes aren't much different in length than the previous full size. In other size there is a bigger difference. Birks are like this too. Some sizes go up by 5cm and others by 10. When in doubt, email Jim Green! They are super responsive. I do wish we could get some double thickness outsoles though. Maybe a wedge outsole but flat. Idk. I know this stuff takes R&D but I live in cold snowy climate and don't love the Anvil outsole in that weather, at all. Good for hardpack trails and regular daily use though. Concrete chews them up fast though. That all said, I am quite happy they were made as I wear my a ton!
Wish they offered a blacked out version of the slip on stockman. The green and yellow with the all black really narrow down when I’d wear these. Otherwise, seems like a great shoe.
I don't get it. People complain about the slightly narrow and shallow toebox on the Barefoot Rangers, so they come up with new super cool designs and make them even narrower... At least bring us a wide option. Those new models are literally as narrow as many mainstream brands.
Knafs is actually a really good brand. Carl Murawski is close with the guys that make them. Id recommend you network with those guys more since theyre a small American brand with a good product.
I'm still waiting on them making a safety toe barefoot style. Hate having my toes constrained for about 14 hours of my day. Plus the elevated heels jack up my knees
That's nice. My feet are fat flat and wide. So the scale doesn't matter if it has arch support for me and people with indigenous feet. I wear between 8.5 and 10.5 normal to extra wide completely depending on arch support.
Loving my natural veg retan barefoot rangers. Thanks for turning me on to the brand. How's the double last feel with that extra leather folded and wrapped under your foot? I feel like i would notice if these Rangers were double lasted like that.
Which JG outsole is the softest/lowest durometer? Regardless of tread pattern, I find this is the biggest factor when it comes to grip in subzero temperatures.
In order (Based on the pairs I own) of hardest to softest - AR8 standard JG Lug sole, rock hard like actually kinda detrimental to standing on concrete but great for yardwork - Barefoot Rangers on the Anvil sole, way softer than the Lug rubber, you _can_ mark it with a fingernail you'd really have to try - Tyre Wedge Sole, also on an AR8 but a steel toed one, much softer than the lug and slightly softer than the anvil sole, rubber is able to be marked with a fingernail and squished a little
Man I was so hype that the ar8s were barefoot now but it doesn't look to the case yet. They do seem wide somewhat but we need some police style boots that are barefoot and 8 inch in height .
I wish you and Jim Green would come up with a Doc Marten style barefoot combat boot, because everything on the barefoot market right now that tries to fill that void look like clown shoes with no structure. I really like how you guys came up with a happy medium for the barefoot Chelsea boots where there’s a thicker sole that’s still zero drop, and it doesn’t look like clown shoes, but I feel the barefoot market is still crying out for a Doc Marten style combat boot that’s rugged. Please, please, please fill that void! And please make the boots to fit size 6US, cause is small feet people can’t fit any of Jim Greens shoes and boots, which is really frustrating.
@RoseAnvil2 (or anyone else that uses insoles with their barefoot Jim Greens) What thickness for the Boot Breaker Insole do you recommend when you put them in the barefoot Stockman? Ex I am a size 9 but want a tighter fit on the Stockman so I was thinking of doing a size 9 + a Boot Breaker insole
Im not sure if you've gotten feedback on the barefoot model regarding the heel. But i hope you consider adding soft leather on the inner heel. Me and based on some feedback from others have said they have gotten their heel rubbing really bad om that suede texture. Otherwise a great looking shoe.
It doesn't hurt to do some basic research on barefoot boots. Why do you insinst on saying inaccurate things. Both Lems and Xero have a leather Chelsea boot with more stack height..
Unfortunately that’s life right? But I think anyone would pay more for something that actually lasts longer correct? Especially a boot that is still cheaper than most brands and delivers superior quality? Is there even a brand still left that is cheaper and delivers better quality?
@ why are their barefoot boots more? They are the same upper as the standard boots. They use less material. I’ll tell you what happened…. Rose Anvil made them popular, and they jacked the prices up.
@ don’t all the brands benefit from being on all these YT channels? Isn’t that why they send their products to these people? If I want to get my product out to as many people I need to have many eyes on the product right? On another note. Correct me I am wrong but didn’t Jim Green had to design a brand new last for this? Which would mean they had put in money into designing and making the new design/product possible? I think when you are designing and research a new product it cost money and time which needs to be recouped through the pricing? Which the same for any new product or a good example is when car manufacturers come out with a new model?
i worked in a running store/ tennis pro shop in the mid 80's I sold the exact same foam type of insoles daily. I like your cutting shoes open but you are seriously full of it about your ball breaker insoles. Spare us and just say they help a hard sole and leave it at that.
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Own video for AR8, please!
My barefoot rangers from the initial launch have turned into my most worn pair of boots! also gotten 3 more pairs ofJim Greens since but that's a different story
Angry girlfriend or you get her purses? 😂
I'd have to agree! I got my African Troopers in October. By far my most worn boot. Super comfy and very pliable.
Brooo! The bare foot shoellies is literally the shoe I’ve been desperately looking for. For when sometime you gotta dress up but still want comfort
Please work with Jim Green footwear to make a boot with an anatomical toe box. Not just “wide” width compared to narrow toe boxes. But an anatomical toe box that allows your toes to play, something like an Altra shoes last in their “original” shape. Please do this, it would be absolutely amazing and many people would buy their boots. Lems boots makes some anatomical shapes but they’re also narrow. The best out there now is the Wide Load boots that are in Australia. Please!
They've said that they're working on it and have given an eta of mid next year
Weston you have changed my life! The barefoot Ranger mitigated my hip-knee-ankle pains so much that I have gotten several pair of custom JG boots on the barefoot last.
I have both the barefoot Shoellie's and Stockman's... Holy crap they are AMAZING! My wife teased me for ordering the stockman's, she says they're the ugliest things she's ever seen, but they have to be the best feeling, sturdiest, barefoot, slip on boots ever! My goodness they are something special. All Jim Green products have this uncanny quality of just effortlessly dripping with character and these are both bangers! Well done once again~
Great to hear! I'm interested in barefoot stockmans but having a few reservations with my partner hating it 😂
Yeah I'm actually looking to buy them here soon. As just everyday I don't even care boots they're perfect.
I used to do that with timberlands but they're pricey for what you get nowadays
Love the idea of the stockman, but they do look funky on the website. Do you think they look better on or not really.
I have the barefoot rangers and love them. A slip on version would be amazing…
@@atomicsmith They do look much better on! They have become my go-to boots pretty much every day tbh.
I still wear the barefoot rangers when I know I'll be walking a bunch, and the barefoot shoellies when I want to dress it up a bit, but there is just no getting around that slip-on efficiency!
Did you have to size down on the barefoot shoellies or true to size ?
Those black barefoot stockman’s would make some great EMS boots. Easy on/off, easy to clean, easy to put new soles on, well done JG.
Just finished first week wearing of first pair of JG. Custom AR Barefoot Steel Toe. For a Steel Toe, been so rejuvenating for my screwed up military feet. The custom options, quality, and delivery of just over 1 month to Idaho, USA is a booyah no brainier purchase! Custom footwear for work boots at about $300! Beat that other brands!
love what you are doing for folks that like to wear barefoot boots!
The owner of Knafs, Ben, is the reason you were on a Blade HQ feature. He started their vids (along with Zack and the others of course).
Waiting for the day Jim Green makes a natural, foot-shaped toe-box!!! 🤞🤞
I want to buy some of these Jim Green colabs but I don't like the embossing in the leather. I just don't want pictures or words on my footwear. Just a suggestion.
Brooooo!!! Those stockmans are EXACTLY what I’ve been looking for!! So freakin hyped to try them
Always glad to see more barefoot options, especially from JG. I love my barefoot ARs.
Love your reviews. This boot looks like a winner. To me the sole gives it an impression that it's like a slipper. I would like a heel if I bought a pair..
Barefoot African rangers since last year are my daily winter shoes (waxed), also got some rambler vellies and ordered some of the new rugged. Living in Italy I just wish JG made some really minimal summer slip ons, maybe mocassins. Would have thought that coming from South Africa they would make something suitable for really hot days (ok they actually make flip-flops)
I love my barefoot rangers and shoellies but I really hope they add a wider more anatomical toe box, I know it looks goofy but it's so damn comfortable.
If they were shaped more like the bearfoot bruins they would be absolutely perfect, especially for the price point. I'm almost tempted to get the bruin patriots but I'm going to put it off for a while in hopes that Jim green comes out with a better option.
Something appealing about the barefoot chelsea boot is that its a wholecut double lasted boot, which should make it very water resistant for those cold/wet days
I have a bunch of pocket knives.. the knafs stuff is legit great value and solid designs executed well.
We can't order them in the UK! Going to have to wait for the gorals
Jim Green popping off
Just found my replacement to the Born Chelsea. Love the flat bottom (non heel) sole design
I’m currently wearing those AR8s. Four JGs so far and now three more that I want!
Great vid was just what I needed to see to finally trying Jim Green with the brown stockmans. Would be cool to see their version of an Oxford next!
Ooo buddy!! Love my Rangers, and that Shoellie is looking like my next purchase... 😂
Love the thick veg tan insole options. I made my own as they weren't available at the time. Totally upgrades the boot imo. I don't like the half sock liner leading into the super rough leather midsole or lasting board or whatever you want to call it. That ripped up my socks. Otherwise, I love my Barfoot rangers.
Now, as for sizing. I am just shy of being a 9.5 in length on my right foot and just over a 9 on my left. But I am slightly wider than 4E too. I ended up going with a 10.5 because I knew I was going to put in a thick veg tan insole and wear some fairly chunky socks. I still could have gotten away with a 10. It would have been perfect in length and maybe tightened things up at the midfoot, which might not have been a bad thing as these Rangers are super high volume at the heel, midfoot, forefoot and instep. They do lack in the toe box though.
Anyway, for me, I think 1/2 a size higher is the right call if you have a 4E+ foot. But I also have a high arch and instep. I think size matters though. If you look, some half sizes aren't much different in length than the previous full size. In other size there is a bigger difference. Birks are like this too. Some sizes go up by 5cm and others by 10. When in doubt, email Jim Green! They are super responsive.
I do wish we could get some double thickness outsoles though. Maybe a wedge outsole but flat. Idk. I know this stuff takes R&D but I live in cold snowy climate and don't love the Anvil outsole in that weather, at all. Good for hardpack trails and regular daily use though. Concrete chews them up fast though.
That all said, I am quite happy they were made as I wear my a ton!
Wish they offered a blacked out version of the slip on stockman. The green and yellow with the all black really narrow down when I’d wear these. Otherwise, seems like a great shoe.
Gotta be honest I like more the lines of the AR8 but i like how, you spaced them more out so the don't touch when sinching them down
I don't get it. People complain about the slightly narrow and shallow toebox on the Barefoot Rangers, so they come up with new super cool designs and make them even narrower...
At least bring us a wide option. Those new models are literally as narrow as many mainstream brands.
Its the same last as the bfar, it probably looks narrower because of the lack of a toe cap
Would love to get these new barefoot options on the UK store.
Knafs is actually a really good brand. Carl Murawski is close with the guys that make them. Id recommend you network with those guys more since theyre a small American brand with a good product.
I got a pair of the barefoot stockman that were delivered in November. They're great
I'm still waiting on them making a safety toe barefoot style. Hate having my toes constrained for about 14 hours of my day. Plus the elevated heels jack up my knees
Sizing is my biggest beef with shoe manufacturers beyond quality for the price paid. Few companies make a shoe true to the brannock
That's nice. My feet are fat flat and wide.
So the scale doesn't matter if it has arch support for me and people with indigenous feet.
I wear between 8.5 and 10.5 normal to extra wide completely depending on arch support.
The shoellie is pretty nice. Do you guys have any updates on the December shipment of rugged troopers?
I just got my shipment notification yesterday, so they close and in motion.
sweet I’ll have to go through my email i have 3k in my inbox right now
Missed opportunity to throw some boots breakers in and show how they fill up that space when he tried to throw the 10.5 Chelsea’s on
Im still waiting for their true wide toebox boots.
How much wider do you want?
@Artemis-v8i enough for toes to splay.
@@Artemis-v8i I would like them as wide as the bearfoot bruins
bro, do you have square feet or what
@@cwr8618 oh you know it.
there is a part of me that is still holding out for a zero drop numzaan but i like that barefoot shoelie a lot....
Do a review on Craft and glory shoe brand
Loving my natural veg retan barefoot rangers. Thanks for turning me on to the brand. How's the double last feel with that extra leather folded and wrapped under your foot? I feel like i would notice if these Rangers were double lasted like that.
When will barefoot shoellie hit europe?
Courteney Selous boots next please. They’re hand made in Zimbabwe.
Which JG outsole is the softest/lowest durometer? Regardless of tread pattern, I find this is the biggest factor when it comes to grip in subzero temperatures.
In order (Based on the pairs I own) of hardest to softest - AR8 standard JG Lug sole, rock hard like actually kinda detrimental to standing on concrete but great for yardwork - Barefoot Rangers on the Anvil sole, way softer than the Lug rubber, you _can_ mark it with a fingernail you'd really have to try - Tyre Wedge Sole, also on an AR8 but a steel toed one, much softer than the lug and slightly softer than the anvil sole, rubber is able to be marked with a fingernail and squished a little
@@tonydragon784 Excellent, real life boots on ground experience! Thank you.
@@88sstraightHappy to help! Big recommend to the tyre wedge over the oringo wedge sole
Man I was so hype that the ar8s were barefoot now but it doesn't look to the case yet. They do seem wide somewhat but we need some police style boots that are barefoot and 8 inch in height .
There's always a custom boot, will probably end up costing less than a off-the-shelf heritage boot
Barefoot bits with a safety toe? Is this a thing yet?
I wish you and Jim Green would come up with a Doc Marten style barefoot combat boot, because everything on the barefoot market right now that tries to fill that void look like clown shoes with no structure. I really like how you guys came up with a happy medium for the barefoot Chelsea boots where there’s a thicker sole that’s still zero drop, and it doesn’t look like clown shoes, but I feel the barefoot market is still crying out for a Doc Marten style combat boot that’s rugged.
Please, please, please fill that void! And please make the boots to fit size 6US, cause is small feet people can’t fit any of Jim Greens shoes and boots, which is really frustrating.
full video on ar8?
Are the stockman going to come out in green/olive leather?
@RoseAnvil2 (or anyone else that uses insoles with their barefoot Jim Greens) What thickness for the Boot Breaker Insole do you recommend when you put them in the barefoot Stockman? Ex I am a size 9 but want a tighter fit on the Stockman so I was thinking of doing a size 9 + a Boot Breaker insole
Origo shoes please
Are the insoles polyurethane?
Are these resoleable? Stockmans specifically?
Jim Green carrying barefoot winter footwear
I need a Drifter
Why this video is in french and in bad quality?
time to buy the barefoot shoellie >_
Im not sure if you've gotten feedback on the barefoot model regarding the heel. But i hope you consider adding soft leather on the inner heel. Me and based on some feedback from others have said they have gotten their heel rubbing really bad om that suede texture. Otherwise a great looking shoe.
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bro if you put a steel toe in that AR8 ???? TAKE MY MONEY
It's a custom order option
Check where your toe is when standing.
IMO the Stockmans look like rain boots which I don't find appealing
It doesn't hurt to do some basic research on barefoot boots. Why do you insinst on saying inaccurate things. Both Lems and Xero have a leather Chelsea boot with more stack height..
Siiiiiize 15, pls 😅
what's the benefit of barefoot? I have orthotics to make it so it's not like I'm walking barefoot 😂
i feel like he's getting less enthusiastic with every video
Their prices have doubled since I first discovered them a few years ago. Hard pass.
Unfortunately that’s life right? But I think anyone would pay more for something that actually lasts longer correct? Especially a boot that is still cheaper than most brands and delivers superior quality? Is there even a brand still left that is cheaper and delivers better quality?
@ why are their barefoot boots more? They are the same upper as the standard boots. They use less material. I’ll tell you what happened…. Rose Anvil made them popular, and they jacked the prices up.
@ don’t all the brands benefit from being on all these YT channels? Isn’t that why they send their products to these people? If I want to get my product out to as many people I need to have many eyes on the product right?
On another note. Correct me I am wrong but didn’t Jim Green had to design a brand new last for this? Which would mean they had put in money into designing and making the new design/product possible? I think when you are designing and research a new product it cost money and time which needs to be recouped through the pricing? Which the same for any new product or a good example is when car manufacturers come out with a new model?
i worked in a running store/ tennis pro shop in the mid 80's I sold the exact same foam type of insoles daily. I like your cutting shoes open but you are seriously full of it about your ball breaker insoles. Spare us and just say they help a hard sole and leave it at that.
More barefoot stuff?! Please no. Make it stop 🤦♂️
These are a definite cut in half. Not worthy of wearing 🎪🤡🥾