annoyedSeveral companies make almost the right thing. Red Wing and Dickies have stuff that will almost work, plus or minus the shine (the texture of the surface isn't quite smooth enough to make me comfortable with them, although I suspect they will work). I even found some at a local store, but, this being Fairmont, the size selection was limited to everything but my size.
My feet are a bit hard to fit. I have very tall arches, and short and wide soles - 7-1/2 to 8, in E-EE width. I can find something to wear, usually, but if I'm looking for a specific shoe, it gets harder. I suspect I'm going to have to go visit the Red Wing store in Mankato to find what I'm looking for. If I were going to visit Paul's parents in Merrill, Wisconsin, I'd go hit the factory store of a manufacturer there, but that's a 6-hour drive that I don't have any other plans to make before Christmas, and I need them sooner than that.
Addendum: Looks like the Red Wing 4408 is what I'm looking for...
