Breaking in Doc Martens

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  • Cait_Sidhe
    Cait_Sidhe Posts: 3,150 Member
    LOL! I remember when I got my first pair of docs when I was 14 the store didn't have my size and I got ones that were 2 sizes too big and I had to wear several pairs of socks. Docs were made differently (better) back then and they were hell to break in. But once I did they became very comfy and lasted years.
  • solskinnzombie
    solskinnzombie Posts: 122 Member
    I put bandaids on the backs of my ankles and wore thick socks. they will be the most comfortable pair of shoes you own soon enough :)
  • jsapninz
    jsapninz Posts: 909 Member
    :noway: Do they even MAKE those things anymore?!


    Ahhh....the 90's. :smile:
  • cgrout78
    cgrout78 Posts: 1,628 Member
    Love my docs...my favies I've had for like 15 years now...I remember when I bought them my grandpa teasing me that I could join the army and save 150 bucks...LOL.
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
    What's up with all these people talking about the 90s?? In the 70s, Elton John wore a five foot high pair in Tommy . . .

    Hmph. Kids these days.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhg_QIyMxZw
  • L00py_T0ucan
    L00py_T0ucan Posts: 1,378 Member
    i think it took about a month, but i don't really remember.
    once i got a pair, i didn't wear any other shoes for that whole month.
    i was sooooo happeh!!

    :laugh: :wink: i do remember cracking up over the text on the sole:

    OIL
    FAT
    ACID
    PETROL
    ALKALI
    RESISTANT
  • doyledozo
    doyledozo Posts: 42 Member
    Docs only soften and cooperate under the proper amount of blood, sweat, and tears. Got my first pair of greasy gibsons in 1990. Match them up with a nice Ben Sherman or Fred Perry. Oi!
  • Sp1nGoddess
    Sp1nGoddess Posts: 1,134 Member
    Commit to the Docs
    Be the Docs
    Wear the Docs
    Every day.
  • 76tech
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
    There's a song that comes to mind. But I'll be good and not mention it, because I actually like Docs.

    They take as long as they take for break-in.
  • MsMarlaMae
    MsMarlaMae Posts: 144 Member
    Blister Bandaids! Take it from a girl who owns more boots than shoes. Blister Bandaids are the best invention EVER!
  • YummyTpn
    YummyTpn Posts: 334 Member
    I always just weathered it...Take breaks and give your tootsies a rest...But after a couple of weeks, they'll fit perfectly to your feet!
  • batalina
    batalina Posts: 209 Member
    the veggie ones are better.

    :flowerforyou:

    lol, yeah, my strategy was "be vegan and buy the synthetic ones" :D completely broken-in in about a week, and i wore them all day on one of my walk-all-over-my-college-campus days the day after i got them, without complaint. none of this "wear them for a little bit and beat them with a hammer" stuff.
  • skinnylove00
    skinnylove00 Posts: 662 Member
    Kids these days... I weep for the future.

    oh PLEAAAASE haha tell that to the people on campus staring at my shoes and the girl saying `ehmagaad, what is that girl wearing on her feet.` i am going to break these in the natural way, walking around on campus and making sure i wear them EVERYWHERE. my feet are bleeding but its worth it hahaha thanks for all this great advice and insight from DOC MARTEN VETERANS, i plan on having these babies forever!

    and the 90s were bomb, quit hatin!
  • skinnylove00
    skinnylove00 Posts: 662 Member
    Commit to the Docs
    Be the Docs
    Wear the Docs
    Every day.

    i very much like this and will take this to heart ;)
  • ishallnotwant
    ishallnotwant Posts: 1,210 Member
    The 90's called they want your shoes back. :wink:


    Sorry, I couldn't resist. :flowerforyou:

    The last pair I bought are the wingtips I'm wearing now. And I bought them in the 90s.

    And I didn't ***** about having to break them in. In the 90s we just dealt with it and carried on.

    Ain't that the truth! hahahaha We all just sucked it up and wore ours to the ground...don't think i've ever heard anyone complain about them hurting while we were breaking them in! and we walked EVERYWHERE! :laugh:
  • lakersfan4life
    lakersfan4life Posts: 322 Member
    Put on ur sh1t kickers and kick some sh1t :-)
  • ishallnotwant
    ishallnotwant Posts: 1,210 Member
    Mosh pit seems to work.

    Much more useful answer than beating them with a hammer! This is the old school way of breaking in your Docs! :laugh:
  • KittyHeff
    KittyHeff Posts: 56 Member
    Still have scars on my feet 20 years on from breaking in Docs!!!
  • pyororon
    pyororon Posts: 22
    To break in the shank of a new pair of pointes we put the part we want to soften against a door frame and keep opening and closing the door on them. If it's the back part of the heel that you need to soften then you could give that a try. The other thing is to keep the shoes with you when you're watching TV or something else not involving your hands and keep squashing the part that needs softening. It takes some strength, but you won't notice how long it takes because the TV or something will distract you. I live with dancers, and we're always walking around with our shoes doing this or that to them. I think DMs are probably a little more hardy than pointes, so maybe my suggestions won't work :s
  • skinnylove00
    skinnylove00 Posts: 662 Member
    Perhaps you could hire one of those guys outside Home Depot to walk around in them for a few days.

    HAHA just saw this...it could work but i doubt any of them are a size 7 ;)
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    The 90's called they want your shoes back. :wink:


    Sorry, I couldn't resist. :flowerforyou:

    The last pair I bought are the wingtips I'm wearing now. And I bought them in the 90s.

    And I didn't ***** about having to break them in. In the 90s we just dealt with it and carried on.

    Ain't that the truth! hahahaha We all just sucked it up and wore ours to the ground...don't think i've ever heard anyone complain about them hurting while we were breaking them in! and we walked EVERYWHERE! :laugh:

    Damn right
  • batalina
    batalina Posts: 209 Member
    anyone else getting banner ads for docs since looking at this thread? :laugh:
  • jill92787
    jill92787 Posts: 158 Member
    When I break in new combat boots I put moleskin inside the backs to help avoid getting as many blisters. Idk how this would work with docs, but new combat boots break in better when you get them wet and then wear them. Like walking in the rain and puddles...
  • Jain
    Jain Posts: 861 Member
    Hiking socks or 2 pairs of dress socks.

    Blister plasters, lot of them.

    And suck up the pain.:wink:
  • Elen_Sia
    Elen_Sia Posts: 638 Member
    OMG, this topic just brought me waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back to my first pair of Docs. I cried every evening in the first week of breaking them in! LOL.

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