Lum, in essence you are taling boiled wool socks with sandals, which you can see in winter action here. Depending on what winter means to you, you’ll be fine, or you’ll wish for more wind blocking (I get 30-50 mph winds in winter, and even a little getting through is cold at various temps.). I decided I have no desire to risk toes to not wearing shoes, and found the Xero dress shoes to be big enough (at +2 sizes) to go over my boiled wool socks. Combined with my gators, I am wind proof and highly breathable and fairly protected against wet soakthrough, with boiled wool for insulation. https://thegrid.ai/withabandon/may-showers-bring-june-flowers
As for heartiness, boiled wool is excellent, but I’ve worn through boiled wool shoes in less than a year, and learned to go with boiled wool socks combined with shoes or sandals to get the effect I want, but can wash, repair, or replace the socks as needed. Dachsteain boiled wool available here: https://www.sweaterchalet.com With abandon, Patrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
