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ecksdog t1_j6kk43k wrote

I had two pairs. Sadly after about 8 years the soles just disintegrated one day and all of this black stuff that looked like toner from a copy machine came out. I happened to be a work and left big black footprints all over the office.

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Gary_Just_Gary t1_j6le3nb wrote

Sounds like hydrolysis. Usually that happens to shoes that are rarely worn. I had a pair of Salomon hiking boots fall apart like that in the middle of a hike after they sat in my closet for a year or two.

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ecksdog t1_j6ma2ee wrote

I wore them often. It was weird my brown pair were a few years older than my black pair and the black one fell apart a few years after. It’s like a timing thing. I really wish they were re-soleable. The leather was awesome

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