Basically I'm looking for something with this type of design
Something fashionable that I could wear on a day to day basis but still of high enough quality that it could have utility in an outdoor/protest/combat situation. I'm pretty sure Doc Martens are kind of shit in the latter regard, no?
Also any other tips for owning boots? How difficult are they to break in? Are they going to cause my ankles to bleed? These would be my first pair. I'm not trying to go above $170 if possible.
Hmm I might just have to hit one up but I’m not entirely sure I want to patronize local chuds. Then again I guess I will be patronizing chuds anyway if I buy them off amazon/elsewhere.
If you want military stuff you're almost certainly getting it from chuds. There's not much way around that, though you might find boots if you haunt thrift stores for a while.
Maybe Vietnam still has some of their “Yankee GI lost and found” stuff still laying around