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V12 are a hard wearing classic style of steel toe cap:
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Maybe not quite what you’re after, but red brick safety boots are one of the few options that are a rare combo of: mid ankle, trainer-ish, but with Kevlar toe and midsole. They’re the right balance of durability vs lightness for me. Can’t be chewed hiking about with 2kg of boot on.
https://www.checkfrank.co.uk/redbrick-smaragd-s3-working-shoes/195519
Popular in the Netherlands but rarely see them here.
My Dickies steel toe-cap boots have finally bitten the dust after ten years.
Brown, trad looking, steel toe, good arch support. What are the gents around town wearing these days?