JK Boots 300x Safety Toe Initial Review/Warranty Issue 

I figure I'll add tongue protectors if they need a little more space taken up for width.

@@thoughtlessjon Cool. I didn't notice you didn't have the kilties in.

@@Old_Sailor85 Unlike their more expensive boots, these ones don't come with kilties.

All that I know about boot making, I learned from YT, but I would think they could have a modified last to make the safety toe blend in more. It does seem to have become less noticeable after I wore them for a while.

@@thoughtlessjon Safety shoes are a minor part of their business. The boots are designed without them, adding safety toes is a compromise, at best.

@@Old_Sailor85 Agreed. Many of the other PNW brands don't even offer safety toes & definitely not at this price point.

@@thoughtlessjon ??? Nicks, Whites, Franks all offer safety toes, though sometimes you have to specifically mention it in their order notes depending on the default boot configuration. I think Nicks can't do steel toes with their Munson-inspired lasts. The Franks "Patriot ST" (steel-toe), specifically, is slightly under $400 and is basically a standard 10-inch logger-style boot, just with no customization options outside of being brown/black. The non-steel toe version can be smooth or roughout. From what I understand, as a sort of compromise to sell the Patriot model at that price point, they refuse to rebuild that specific type, as the rebuild would basically cost the same as a new boot. They do still offer resoles for it. Admittedly, the only PNW brand I have personal experience with is Whites without steel toes. All I can rely on is either video/photo evidence or anecdotes/general reputation for the other brands. But then, I don't have infinite boot money to personally test every boot from all the brands, so reputation does end up mattering.

@@scottofcanes you had me until the 10" thing. I like a 6 inch boot. I swear before I pulled the trigger on these, I looked at each site of all the PNW brands. Maybe I missed where I could ask for a safety toe in a 6 inch boot when ordering, but I didn't see any 6 inch boots listed with safety toes specifically.