Steel shanks Products Description                            Steel shanks are the most traditional. Though steel sounds like it’ll weigh you down, these are actually thin pieces of metal that are naturally flexible and have a lot of springiness to them. Picture them as small metal plates within your work footwear. They’re stiffer than other shanks, so they’re the be

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Steel toe safety Steel toe waterproof work boots are roughly 50% of all waterproof safety shoes.  Steel is easily the strongest, most versatile material, which can be molded into many toe-shapes and styles, but it tends to also be the heaviest of the components used to reinforce the toe. The Aluminum safety toe is clearly lighter than the steel toe, but is not as strong as steel.  It is more difficult to provide enough strength in certain shapes to meet safety-toe tests, so the styles are limited compar

Fiberglass toe cap for safety shoes Fiberglass toe cap– Advantages Designed to overcome some of the disadvantages of the traditional steel safety boot, composite materials (such as kevlar, carbon fibre, fibreglass and hard plastics) can firstly be more comfortable to wear: they are light – meaning they don’t drag your feet down like heavier boots can, and they don’t get excessively hot or cold. Non-metallic anti-penetration midsoles are also softer and more flexible than steel. This means