Ask any building pro about his or her most important piece of gear and often they’ll mention their work boots. The rugged, durable footwear that’s more practical than stylish often has sentimental value to the men and women who spend their days on job sites. Workers report hanging keeping their boots for decades, and even pass them down to family members as memorabilia.
Manufacturer Red Wing is recognizing contractors’ attachment to their work boots with a new campaign that highlights these stories. The company is collecting stories behind customers’ boots to be featured online and on a “Wall of Honor” at its flagship store in Red Wing, Minn. The wall will display printed customer stories alongside the actual boots they wore.
Click through these pages for a few of the final contenders of honorees and the boots that are so important to them.
