Ask the Expert - Advice from a Real Shoe Dog!

August 12, 2010 -- By the time that you are reading this blog, I will hopefully be relaxing away for our annual weekly vacation at the beach in Stone Harbor, New Jersey.

I plan to be focusing on a different type of toe, foot, and body protection during this week using my share of lotion on my skin that has not seen much exposure to the sun in quite some time.

August 7, 2010 -- Here we are well into summer and the baseball races are heating up.  It takes me back to my childhood routing for the Pittsburgh Pirates.  My father interested me in them at a young age.

We did not live in the Pittsburgh area, so it was a real thrill for me when I was able to go to my first major league game during a visit to Pittsburgh when I was probably about ten years old.

July 26, 2010 -- We offer a wide variety of protective toe hiker styles in our Lehigh Outfitters selection. One of our key partners is Timberland PRO.  While there are certain Timberland PRO styles we offer on a regular basis, there may be periodic times where we access some of their other products that we choose to try as a test.

June 28, 2010 -- Those of you that have read our Ask an Expert blog have likely caught on that I am a huge fan of our Georgia FLXPoint products because of their extreme flexibility and underfoot comfort.

June 10, 2010 -- We have encountered different comments over time regarding the ability of boots to resist the harsh work environments of working in concrete.

Concrete can be very harsh on boots in different ways.  One question we would have is does leather footwear tend to hold up acceptably in your particular environment.  If it does, we have some good composite protective toe all leather styles that could be well worth your consideration.

June 2, 2010 -- We receive many inquiries regarding what footwear we have that helps deal with the stress and strain of walking and/or standing on concrete floors for long periods of time.

We actually have a number of different styles that we might suggest under those circumstances, but these suggestions can also be significantly influenced by what other features are needed by a particular customer.

May 25, 2010 --Being a person who has spent most of my working life involved in the development and functionality aspects of footwear, our marketing people have taken on the challenge of trying to make me into a marketer.  They throw different terminologies my way that I don't understand (such as a White Paper – Isn’t most all paper white unless it is a special colored version?).

Believe it or not, the article that I am to put together here is to be a White Paper and it is to be my first shot at trying one.  We will see how I do from here.

May 11, 2010 -- Lehigh Outfitters has been providing protective toe safety shoes since the early 1920’s initially under the name of Lehigh Rubber and Leather Company.

Until approximately 20 years ago the only option for protective toe footwear was with steel toe caps. Steel toe footwear has served the industry well over this time and continues to do so today.

However, one key addition in the past 20+ years has been footwear with non-metallic composite toe caps.

February 18, 2010 -- Like many of you, we have been dealing with our share of snow and cold weather lately.  Keeping that in mind, we wanted to highlight some of our footwear products with special features to help you deal with cold conditions.

January 26, 2010 -- I think that one of the more frequently asked questions we receive is what can you recommend for working (be it walking &/or standing) on concrete for long time periods.

We feel that we have an excellent series of products in our Georgia Boot FLX Point series.  The FLX Points are made with an extra thick Comfort Core polyurethane cushion insole that directly contacts your feet giving and springing rather than compressing down.  These boots also have....more

October 8, 2009 -- A number of years of my time in the footwear industry have been spent in the Product Development area.  While my eye for style has never been strong, I have been fortunate to work around other talented development people who I was able to learn from as well as utilize some of their skills, while I concentrated more on the detail aspects.