If I wear a pair of thick wool socks, is walking around in the snow with steel-toed boots going to be a problem? I'm wondering if the steel will make my toes too cold.
Yes, steel-toe boots are cold, thick wool socks or not. Suggest using Cofra orange colored pull-on knee boots. Non-steel toe cap resistant to 200 joule (one and a half tons of crush protection), penetration resistance, cold insulation to minus 20, ankle protection, heat resistant outer sole 300 degrees for one minute, energy absorption of seat region, slip resistance, the biggest traction cletes I've ever seen and they look like big boots seen the acid trip pretending to be film titled: Yellow Submarine. Available: www fra.it
should be ok and not cold if you go by what is written in the posting you quoted however if you are thinking of buying them just for the snow i would consider something else much cheaper. however if you already have them then not a problem, i suggest you give it a test run.
Dr. Martens makes a number of pairs of steel toed work boots. I have never owned a pair of their steel toes, but I have owned several pairs of their shoes and boots, the oldest of which is fifteen years old and still going strong. They take a couple of weeks to break in, but once they do, they are practically molded to your foot. They are more expensive, but they last a LONG time. Good Luck!
