Am I sure? Are you joking? Of course Im sure, they are on my feet every single day. Oiled as needed. When scuffed, I attempt to feather out the damage. New laces in the event they are needed (almost never). Glue under the sole if needed (rare). Stiching repair as needed (25-50% need a couple stiches). My point is, I take care of my shoes more than most and go to the extreme of even fixing them myself, including restiching any blown out parts. I use the largest needle I can get with the thread out of a leather awl kit but you need to wax dip it. I also have used tip-up line but I cant get the wax in it and they will fail sooner. Its a tight braid so wax dont go it in well and the line dry rots.
So yes, I am 100% positive that the Red Wings from China are of the same quality as the old made in USA Red Wings. I have even compaired them side by side before I even knew that one of them was a made in China pair. The old made in USA pair did have a slightly different leather cut on the rear of the shoe where it joins the quarters together in back. This difference in cut serves no functional use in my experience over many shoes. When resewing the quarters together it works once or twice but after that, just snip off that little tab. Anyway, it was just a tiny difference between the USA shoes and the made in China shoes.
I cant comment much on the economics of your situation as we each have our specific and unique situations so if it pencils out for you, great. I can say though, that my use of WalMart socks is not like your experience. While I dont track my usage as you do, I can easily guess that I get way, way more than 30 days of use out of them. I get a new package of socks once or twice a year so I way exceed the 30 days you are getting.
Anyway, the point of this post is, yes Im sure there is no difference in the USA shoes and the China ones. I have wore them both to rags and fixed them as needed. I encourage everybody else to do the same, you not only know your shoes better, you end up fitting your feet better and you can work longer days much easier. My feet are much happier now that I have taken a proactive approch to keeping good shoes on and fixing what I have. It also helps in educating yourself in what shoes to buy. There is alot of info on the internet that you can read about making shoes and shoe repair. I didnt invent the wheel, I just did some research on the internet on what other people were doing and went from there.
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