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2. Boat shoe - Wikipedia

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   Boat shoes (also known as deck shoes or top-siders) are typically canvas or leather with non-marking rubber soles designed for use on a boat. A siping pattern is cut into the soles to provide grip on a wet deck; the leather construction, along with the application of oil, is designed to repel water; and the stitching is highly durable.

3. Sperry (brand) - Wikipedia

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   Sperry or Sperry Top-Sider is an American brand of boat shoe designed in 1935 by Paul A. Sperry. Sperrys, or Top-Siders, were the first boat shoes introduced into the boating and footwear markets. Until January 2024, the Sperry brand was owned by Wolverine World Wide and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

4. Xtratuf - Wikipedia

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   The "Made in USA" on the boots was significant: Norcross was the last remaining rubber footwear manufacturer in North America. [ 1 ] At the end of 2011, Honeywell—the corporate conglomerate who purchased the Xtratuf brand in 2008—closed its Rock Island plant and moved production to an existing Honeywell facility in China . [ 2 ]

5. Seaboot - Wikipedia

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   Clockwise from top: Sperry Top-Sider, Le Chameau, Jeantex, Aigle, Gill, Helly-Hansen and Newport short and tall rubber sea boots.. Seaboots, also known as sailing boots, are a type of waterproof boot designed for use on deck on board boats and ships in bad weather, to keep the legs dry, and to avoid slipping on the wet rolling deck.

6. Australian work boot - Wikipedia

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   Additionally, the lack of a shoe tongue makes waterproofing the boot easier. The original English design, for urban use, became known as the Chelsea Boot in the 1960s. In 1932 R. M. Williams adapted this design for stockmen's boots. [2] There are several Australian companies manufacturing boots in this classic style today. Some of the more ...

7. Engineer boot - Wikipedia

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   Wesco's boots were immediately popular with welders in Portland, Oregon-area shipyards, who needed looser fitting shoes that could be quickly removed if embers landed in the shafts. [2] Engineer boots were overtaken in the shoe market during World War II by the production of lace-up combat boots [ 4 ] and demand dramatically decreased.