Help Identify Vintage Boots

[chadkeath]

Hi and thank you for your help. I just picked these up at a estate sale and thought they were cool. I have no idea what type of boots they are. They are leather. Have like a unique steel toe and and craftsman ship. Any thoughts.

 

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[Retired Sarge]

Look like vintage hiking/mountaineering boots.

Added: Impragniert is German for Impregnated. Most likely referring to being water proofed.

 

[Retired Sarge]

Looks like there is a logo on the heel. If it is can you make any of it out? Or is it just scarring from use?

 

[Red-Coat]

Yes, "impragniert" is German for "waterproof". With a steel toe, I would think they're more likely to be work boots for those engaged in industrial work... all the way up to saw-Mills, Mines, Steel-Works or whatever. Although I didn't actually work in a factory, I still have a pair issued to me around 40 years ago for use when I was venturing into factories. Mine don't have hobnails and were branded "Toe-tectors". Someone could drop a pallet on your foot or drive a fork-lift truck over it without crippling you.

Edit: just looked at your pics more closely. Do you mean that the toe itself has a steel-reinforced cap under the leather (that's what mine have), or are you referring to what looks like a "fender" around the edge of the sole at the toe end?

 

[Molewacker]

Thought they might be for crampons but found this on vintage ski boots. The foreword also mentions hobnails.

https://www.vintagewinter.com/collections/vintage-leather-ski-boots



Hope this helps

 

[chadkeath]

Thank you all for the help so far. And was the steel around the outer edges of the front of shoe have a purpose. As it is Steele toed inside as well. And there is writing on some, but cannot make it out. I forgot to mention these came from a estate sale and the owner was in the Korean War.

 

[Timbermaster]

I believe Molewhacker is correct! They are vintage telemark style ski boots.

 

[CreakyDigger]

Those are really cool. The 39 is the European size, but you might already know that. I hope they fit!