Most Red Wings as long as they are factory firsts, come with a very tight grain which in my opinion has a better look, whereas the Thorogood has a grainier look. They have leathers that nearly match the aforementioned Red Wing leathers aesthetically, including their Crazy Horse (compares to Copper Rough and Tough 1907) and my personal favorite, Black Walnut (compares to 8138 Briar Oil Slick), their signature model is the Tobacco leather, which rivals the Oro Russet 875.Īlthough these leathers look similar to Red Wing’s, these leathers have a more tumbled finish which results in a much softer and more supple feel. Thorogood leathers on the other hand, are a bit different from Red Wing’s. Rather, the inside of the boot is the underside of the outer leather, making the boot more breathable but less insulated. The boot is also unlined, meaning the inside of the boot does not have a smooth, thin piece of leather attached to underside of the outer leather. That means that they can offer really high quality leathers for their boots (while keeping costs down) whereas other brands need to source their leathers from outside tanneries. Foot Tannery down the road from their boot factory. Red Wing produces all of its leathers in their own tannery, S.B. The leather quality and type will not only determine how your boots look and feel, but also how long they will last. Probably the most obvious factor when choosing your moc toe is the leather. So let’s break down these boots by detail and help figure out which one is right for you! Red Wing still makes their boots in their Red Wing, Minnesota factory as they did in 1905, and Thorogood is an employee owned and has been producing boots in Wisconsin since 1892.īut if you’re going to buy one pair which should it be? Although at first glance these boots look really similar to each other, in my opinion they actually are quite different and serve very different functions. St.Both are awesome, goodyear welted boots that come from beloved brands, each with rich histories.In 2013 Red Wing Shoes recalled over 114,000 pairs of steel toe boots due to defective toe caps that could fail to protect wearers' feet. Red Wing Shoes also produces footwear that is static-dissipative in order to control the amount of electrical discharge from the body and electrical hazard in order to provide extra protection from accidental contact with electrically energized objects. In order to comply with ASTM F 2413-11 and M I/75 C/75 standards for impact and compression, Red Wing Shoes manufactures many of their styles with steel, non-metallic, and aluminum safety toes and offers puncture-resistant options that meet the ASTM F 2413-11 standard.
These other Red Wing brands include a majority of models manufactured in Vietnam and Cambodia. In addition to manufacturing footwear under their own name, Red Wing Shoes also manufactures shoes under the Irish Setter Boots, Vasque, Carhartt (discontinued in 2011), and Worx brands. As of 2014, there are six sources of manufacture: completely made in the USA, made in the USA with imported materials, assembled in the USA with imported components, made in China, made in Korea, and made in Vietnam. The Red Wing Shoe brand is primarily handmade in the USA with American materials at the company's plants in Red Wing, Minnesota Potosi, Missouri, and Danville, Kentucky. Manufacturing īoots being made at a Red Wing Shoes factory in the U.S. While the core of Red Wing's focus is on work boots, in 2008 Red Wing Shoes added a Heritage catalog and also has experimented with more fashion-oriented shoes. The company produces Oxfords, chukkas, hiking boots, and logger styles, as well as 6-inch and 8-8 1/2 inch work boots. Though Red Wing Shoes is known primarily for their leather boots intended for heavy work, in recent years the company has expanded its line-up to include athletic-styled, work shoes and footwear designed for specific job applications such as slip-resistant shoes designed for the service industry and boots for the mining industry that utilize a metatarsal guard. Red Wing Shoes continued its tradition of producing footwear for wartime use by manufacturing boots for American soldiers during World War II. Within 10 years of its inception, Red Wing Shoes was producing more than 200,000 pairs of boots per year and was the primary company manufacturing footwear for American soldiers fighting in World War I. Red Wing Shoes (Red Wing Shoe Company, LLC) is an American footwear company based in Red Wing, Minnesota that was founded by Charles H.
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