Blundstone Canada

These are two generations (myself, my 18 year old son, 8 year old daughter and my boyfriend) of Blundstone Boots that travelled through BC and Alberta on our summer camping/road trip this year.  We hiked trails, sloshed through marshes, chopped wood, peed in the bush and enjoyed the amazing Canadian landscape for 3 weeks.  These boots shined up to be good as new and taken out on the town the minute we hit a city.  Thanks Blundstone Canada.

Ashala Daniel

The day was perfect-a little overcast, but no rain. And I had a treat for my feet, and something other than an ugly shed to look at: My new BLUNDSTONE SUEDE boots! I had admired them from afar; our bread man sported a beat-up pair of leather Blundstoneboots with his shorts. After some serious coveting most of that summer, I had to ask what those worn but fabulous boots were called. I wrote the name down. I went to the web site. But I’m a suede kind of girl. So here my feet are in all their glory, now that they are covered in gorgeous suede. To hell with the shed!

Sincerely,

Gretchen Morgensen

Poulsbo, WA, U.S.A.

I’ve worn them for years for work and for play,
I even donned them on my magical day.
I wear them to work, they make my uniform,
I wear them for casual, that’s always my norm.
As a pilot in Blunnies, I fly the skies blue,
A loyal Blundstone wearer, I am through and through.
But notably, one of my most magical days,
Was a Blundstone boots  moment when Dad gave me away.
So we posed for a picture, then I kissed my groom,
Let me guarantee, he’ll be wearing Blundstone boots soon!

L. Kearns

Caesar’s armies
And Napoleon’s too,
Tread this path
And so can you.

Sandals, boots, shoes
And more;
But ‘way back then -
No Blundstone store!

But today there is,
No excuse not to go -
Don your pair
And put on a show!

Met this girl in her Blundstones,
Fell in love with, captured and married this girl in her Blundstones.
Couldn’t let these ones get away!!

Jonathan Weigh

Margo

Gabriola Island, B.C

I’ve been wearing Blundstone boots for years and have been in Afghanistan (Kabul and Kandahar) for almost two years and there has not been a day gone by while I’ve been here that I haven’t had my Blundstone boots on.  I get asked about them all the time from people all over the world and if they can fit in to mine for an impromptu fitting, the person is immediately sold and asks me where they can get a pair.  I tell them about my shop I deal with on Yonge Street in Toronto who have used me well over the years. Cheers from the Stan,

Mitch Jardine

Toronto

These boots are hot.
Smokin hot.
Best darn boots around, these Blundstone boots.
After 7 years - it was time to sacrifice them to the late night bonfire party gods.

Paul
Around Ontario

I can take them uptown.
I can wear them downtown.
I can walk about touwn and country.
These boots shall serve me well.

James Skelton
Saskatoon, SK

Two-and-a-half years ago I put my hand through a table saw at work. My girlfriend convinced me to buy a pair of lace free Blundstone boots because I wouldn’t be able to tie up my boots for a while. Since we were downtown, (Toronto, Canada), we also stopped by city hall to obtain a marriage license. I wanted to marry this woman right away; she took care of me when I got hurt, and introducing me to Blundstone boots was part of that. (We were married 30 days later). Larissa and I just had our first child, and I’m still wearing the boots that started it all!

Ian and Larissa Stout

I bought my blundstone originals over four years ago in Vancouver British Columbia. They are my sole (pun intended) form of transportation. IE: I haven’t had a car for 23 years. I walk everywhere. I’ve worn my Blundstone boots at work as a furniture maker, through the wet winters of Vancouver, and in summer as well. I’m now living on the North East coast of Newfoundland and still these boots are with me. Closing in on five years. Instead of a trip to Australia, I would welcome a new pair. thanks…
Gregory Guy. Carmanville, Newfoundland

Not sure who this is. But do believe these are some sexy legs in a pair of sexy Blundstone boots. C’mon pick me - I’ve always wanted to go to Australia
Rick
NYC

Jump up, jump down, jump around.
Blundstone boots. On and off the stage.Of life.
Serena
Vancouver BC

After almost 20 years of trying work boots and finding that they failed miserably, usually in more then one aspect, I found Blundstone boots. My world has changed radically. I’m now welcoming my second pair to my life as my first pair, shown here have worked extremely hard in there life. The boots get worn every single day, not just work days, without exception. THANK YOU!!!
Geoff McEvoy

My wife and I have been in Blundstone boots for over 15 years. We love them. Two years ago, my bike and I met a taxicab in what screaming eyewitnesses thought was sure to be a cycling fatality. I escaped with only soft tissue damage, and my Blundstone boots 500’s (a city cycling must) were a big part of that miracle. With the front of that cab finally stopping at around my hips, I realized that I was still alive (!), and that the tip of my left foot was trapped under the cab’s front tire, still safely inside its Blundstone boot! That left boot had flipped upside down, the upper enduring a drag across 2 metres of gravel-strewn pavement, and all with a cab on it!  Imagine what my toes would have looked like if it hadn’t held! My Blundstone boots weren’t really fit for the office anymore, but the insurance company wouldn’t pay for new ones unless I gave up the pair that had saved me! …I couldn’t do it. I haven’t worn these boots very much since then - bad memories - but our 17-year-old son does. He finds the 500’s just as comfortable as I did (and he thinks that the scarred left boot is truly badass). Today I pulled on the boots just to run out to the car for something. Man!, I miss them… Thanks Blundstone boots; I’m pretty sure your boots saved my left foot.
Joe Kosichek, Toronto

This playful photo (which has not been photoshopped)
was taken in April 2010 in Bolivia. We went on a 2 day
tour of the largest salt flats in the world, Solar de Uyuni.
My partner loves his Blundstone boots and requested we take a
few photos with his boots. I was game. The photo reminded me
that I received my first pair of Blundstone boots from my mom
years ago. She gifted them to me in the hopes that I would get
back in the saddle and horseback ride with her more….giddy up!
 Ayrlie

Trying to find the right footwear for my office has not been easy, but it is always in the more remote places in the world that you stumble upon some of earths most interesting things. It was not until I started flying northern parts of Canada that I found the perfect footwear for the office. Take it easy. Enjoy whats out there in comfort!
Byron Barrenechea

Hi, I’m Miles and I’m 6. This is my little brother Logan, he’s 2. I hiked all the way to the top of the Sulphur Skyline. Dad had to carry Logan nearly all the way because he doesn’t have any blunnies. They are my best boots eva, and I can run super fast in them. I love my Blundstones boots!!!
Miles Diduck, Jasper

nothing says chilling and relaxing like a pair of Blundstone boots.
easy, comfortable and tough as nails.
simply z best

bob
ontario

I recently bought a pair of your boots and they are amazing!  I have
attached a photo of me posing next to the Olympic torch for the
Vancouver 2010 games.

Matthew Zylstra Sawatzky

My husband and I moved from Ontario to Nova Scotia two years ago. We often travel around our new province and enjoy the sights. Our Blundstone boots are always with us on our travels. This photo was taken in Annapolis Royal…me,

my Blundstone boots, and a new friend on the boardwalk.

Sara Harley Upper Branch, Nova Scotia

About ten years ago,my husband and I were in British Columbia visiting our daughter who was at school there. For Christmas she wanted new Blundstone boots, having worn hers for her summer jobs in a printery and in art classes, so we found the store. The clerk said he’d never seen a pair of boots in such bad shape!! We ended up buying three pairs that day. I have now had my final walk in those boots. They have gone everywhere and done just about everything with me, from hiking to construction. The picture shows the bottoms after our walk in Oxon, England. We’re back in Ontario now and my new boots are in the hall, waiting for our next adventure! We love our Blundstone boots!!

Anne Carruthers

Just got a new pair…..Considering I stand on my feet all day……..comfort and protection in the lab is a must. Happy to have my new Blundstone boots!
Regards,
Wendy Germaniuk
Lab Tech.
Edmonton Refinery

My fiancee and I bought Blundstone boots after we saw his son wearing them. They looked very stylish and comfortable! My fiancee wears them all the time, Living in Pembroke, Ontario Blundstone boots are perfect for all seasons.

Tina Urbenz

Sammy my cat loves that I got Blundstone boots even more than I do right now. Just bought them today and will be taking them to South Africa when we go in January! I had to send you the picture!

Jeffrey Maldaver

I’m not a mountain climber, world traveler, or wrestler of all things wild.  I didn’t buy my Blundstone boots to save the world, just my feet.  My boots are #500 Originals in black, nothing fancy.  While they fight for floorspace among the clutter of shoes at our front door, there is something extraordinary and unique about these boots.  Now, when Monday morning comes, instead of bemoaning the start of another week, I gladly pull on my Blundstone boots, grateful for any excuse to spend a day wearing them.  Maybe you should have mentioned that in the advertising – Warning:  Wearing Blundstone boots to work may actually make you like Mondays.  Thanks for restoring my faith in Monday!

Joshua Biggley
Charlottetown, PEI

My chunks were a father’s day gift from my lovely wife last year. They are pretty much all I wear on camping trips, funerals I directed (summer and winter), various morgues in my work area and even winter slack lining in my aunt’s backyard. I was sceptical that I would be able to stay on the slack line with these boots on but my feet were getting cold and wet from the ground so I tried them and they worked. I just bought a pair of chisel toes to wear with my work suit plus I would be able to turn better on the line coz their soles are not as knobby as my chunks.

Wilfredo Arienda-Jose

I have been riding horses for most of my life in Blundstone boots. They are the most durable and reliable boot I have ever had. I went trekking in Nepal in 2009 and decided to put my Blundstone boots to the test. I hiked to Everest Base Camp in these boots and they didn’t let me down!

Amara Hunt

So I arrive in Paris to spend the summer 2005 at the Cordon Bleu. The uniform is great except for the really bad looking shoes they wanted me to buy. I stall and attend a couple classes “out of uniform” and I notice that one of the chefs was wearing Blundstone boots. I always wanted to buy a pair, but never bothered because I assumed that with my wide feet and high insteps, I’d never be able to pull on a laceless boot (had always been the case). I went up to the chef and asked her if the school allows Blundstone boots, to which she said “yes.” I hopped on my Vespa and went to the only store I knew in Paris that sold them, and to my surprise, they fit perfectly! Wide, high…I couldn’t believe it. So I completed my uniform with a great looking pair of boots, that I have worn EVERY OTHER DAY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS ALL OVER THE WORLD and finally, they are STARTING to wear out. Needless to say, I’ve bought a pair of black ones now, and will replace my “Cordon Bleu Brown Blundstone boots” when I need to….maybe I’ll finally throw them in the Tasman Sea if you send me to Tasmania!

Roger Sharp

At the age of 64, I just bought my first Blundstone boots! My eldest has had Blundstone boots for years. My wife and I are moving to Vancouver and a barista at my local coffee shop (Broadview Espresso) - a Vancouver native - recommended them for the Vancouver weather. His pair still look good after 15 years. So far I am enjoying my Blundstone boots - comfortable and cool! The day I bought my Blundstone boots, I picked up a remaindered Granta Magazine of New Writing Issue #81 which has a story set in the Outback called “The Clangers”, by Susan Elderkin. On the first page, the narrator hears her husband “….snagging his Blundstone boots off on the step….”.

Steve

A few gentle days in the cabin for the new Blundstone boots before taking them out into the realities of rural Yukon living.

Terry Anderson

My husband and I made a decision to shake up our lives two years ago, and moved 1700 kilometres from Ontario to Nova Scotia. Shortly after we moved, we spotted Blundstone boots in a window at a Lunenburg shop and thought about them frequently. Once I found some red Blundstone boots in Bridgewater, I knew I just had to have a pair!  We both purchased a pair of Blundstone boots shortly before Valentine’s Day this year, and haven’t taken them off since. We are retired and we don’t get away on exotic vacations. But we do spend a lot of time touring the beautiful province of Nova Scotia.This photo is entitled “Together”. It has two meanings for me…”together” with my husband (my best friend and life partner) and “together” with our Blundstone boots.

Sara Harley
Upper Branch, Nova Scotia

I live in Ste. Barbe, Quebec, Canada and it can get really muddy here in spring and fall and really dry in the summer and extremely cold in the winter….so my poor Blundstone Boots take a beating….hee hee!!   Even though I use nikwax on them regularly…hee hee! I have a  horse and ride regularly and work in an office….the first few years I wore my boots for both…hee hee!  Just washed off the mud and went to work.  After a while the barn smell was stronger…hee hee than the office could tolerate…so I bought some chisel toe Blundstone Boots for work…..but never have liked them as much as my originals.

Here are my all time favorite boots …that have to be replaced this year cause the sole finally gave out and I still wore them for another year cause only the first part of the sole wore out and there is a second one….but the mud filled up the soles…and became very bumpy at the end…. I stopped wearing them last November 2009…..had them for over 6 years… They went to all my horse expeditions/trail rides/competitive rides and on a 6 week trip to Colorado, U.S.A  as well as every day to work for two years !! I loved them and will love my new ones when I get them. They NEVER hurt my feet from the moment I bought them to the time I stopped wearing them ….but my socks got muddy…hee hee ! Great boots for work, play and work great with half chaps for riding long distances…!!  Never got my feet wet in all kinds of mud/water I had to walk through…except for near the end….as I mentioned muddy socks…hee hee!

Thanks for making them !!!  I would absolutely LOVE to come to Australia with my new pair on …..hee hee!!!!

Nancy Joly
Ste. Barbe, Quebec

When I got my motorcycle three years ago, I shopped around for motorcycle boots, and ended up wearing my trusty Blundstone Boots. They are comfortable on long tours, waterproof on wet days, and when the ride is done, I can wear them  on hikes or to dinner. I’ve recommended Blundstone Boots to many of my riding buddies and those who tried them, liked them.The picture here is the Badlands of South Dakota. Bikers paradise.

Prairie Sky Books

My Blundstone boots just got back from 3800 meters above sea level. And, although I couldn`t make it on this trip to the Pisaq ruins, 30 kms from Cusco, Peru, my boots - being made for traveling and all - were sent along with my best buddy. I was to go on this trip with friends but, unfortunately, had to bail last minute, so I asked that they be photographed in Peru just the same. Like this, at least a part of me could go. Do hope that the next time around I can actually be wearing them on a trip, possibly, Down Under?! That would be truly memorable.

Mary Marcella, Sarnia, ON

Hi there, I’m an official Canadian war artist who went to Afghanistan with the 1st Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in November, 2009. I’m the first poet in the 90 year tradition of Canadian war artists and I spent 18 months visiting the troops in the field watching them prepare for Afghanistan.
In November, I flew to Afghanistan to Kandahar Air Field, the base, then outside the wire to X in the middle of Taliban country. I wore my Blundstone Boots for thousands of hours while with the army and was choked to find out that Blundstone doesn’t make the lace ups any more!  I recently bought slip-ons.
I love my Blundstone Boots and am going to donate them to the war museum when I donate all of my notebooks sometime in the future.

My boots have gotten me lost (and most of the time found too) all over 3 continents and sometimes even in my hometown. They’re my go-to and saviors in the snow, the rain and on the dance floor. By some happy circumstance my left and right boots don’t match- when I bought them I swear they were the same colour but after a few months of wear it became pretty clear than they weren’t! So, I hope this means that somewhere out there (possibly near the Boot Shop in St. Catharines, Ontario) I have a boot sole-mate who probably has just as many stories! Oddly though, it wasn’t until I moved to Saskatoon that people started to notice my mismatched feet- but all of them seemed pretty impressed. This picture is a few years old now, and while my Blundstone boots are a little more beat up they are no less amazing than they were on day 1, and I still love getting to check them out when I put my feet up where ever on the planet I happen to be.

Big love from the Land of the Living Skies!
Hayley Rutherford
Saskatoon, SK

This is a picture of me and my Blundstone Boots coming back from a mine site 300k NE of Whitehorse, YK at 10000 feet in the air. The best boots, no BS that I have ever worn!!!!

Guye Ruprecht

My hip Aunt Mary turned me on to these boots last December, so I bought myself a pair for Christmas. I’ve been walking all over China with them ever since! In this picture, my Blundstone boots are all that stands between me and the amenities of a passenger train in Inner Mongolia. Can’t wait to try them out in the summer!!

Byron Miller

I love my Blundstone boots…I have had them for 12 years and they have been through a lot with me. They have taken me up some mountains in Banff, Alberta. They have taken me to work and just hung out with me. That is the good part of my story. I had noticed the soles were cracking, and so the next time I went in to the city, I took them with me to a shoe repair store-I was told they were not able to repair them, and I was choked-They are by far the most favorite boot I own and I didn’t want a new pair…I want my old boots back! If you could resole them for me it would be worth more than a trip!
Thanks!!  -  Wendy Fultz

As you well know, winter is upon us and just this morning, we endured -29 C temperatures with the glorious snow all around us.Luckily, as my husband finally conceded, he bought winter boots to combat the frigid New Brunswick temperatures. Thankfully, his Blundstone boots just came in time and has (some what graciously) posed for our chance to win a trip to Australia. What a perfect way to work in those dark, fitted boots with a trip down yonder and enjoying all that our friends to the South have to offer!

All the best,
Stephanie and Jason Dalziel

Hello,
I have worked as a registered nurse doing 12hr shift work in the downtown toronto hospitals since 1988 (which is when I moved to Canada from NYC, and purchased my FIRST pair of Blundstones soon after in the early 1990’s……) and the ONLY shoes I can wear that do not hurt are my broken in Blundstones. Every time I buy a new pair (I own 5 now, mostly chisel toes in black and brown, one green suede, and and one pair of RM Williams), the oldest pair is taken to my hospital locker and used as my nursing shoe until my toes literally break through, which happened only once. Yet I still couldn’t bring myself to throw them away (they are so comfortable and my feet never swell nor do my legs throb after my 12hr stint in the ICU!). I had them patched up on the inside, and managed to get another year and a half out of them, before the sole finally began to peel from the bottom. This was my very first pair and had been over a decade old. I don’t want to gross you out, but they had just spent too many hours getting wet and dirty in the OR…..

I am now on my second “old”pair, being used as a nursing shoe. Thank you for not making them in white:)

Helen S.

I bought my first pair of #500 black Blundstone boots when I was a 25 year old single girl living in Toronto in 1999. They took me through many walks along Yonge Street, a few boyfriends, and lots of adventures! This included my 30th birthday trip to the Grand Canyon with my twin sister, where I hiked down to the bottom and up again in my trusty and comfy Blundstone boots (see picture - they took a beating in the red muddy trails but easily saw me through this amazing experience). Since then, they’ve seen me on a trip to Thailand hiking through northern hillside trails, getting married and now I’m sitting here awaiting the birth of my second daughter….and I just bought my SECOND pair of Blundstone boots to see me through another amazing decade of life. After all, there’s nothing easier than pulling on some Blundstone boots when you’re trying to get out the door in slushy Toronto with two kids! Thanks Blundstone boots - here’s to more memories in the next 10 years!

Louise Malhotra

Just bought my boots about a month ago haven’t worn anything else since ……except my slipper inside !!! Just got back from a walk on the High Tide Trail in Eastport, Newfoundland which has everything from large rock to fine sand and I must say that these boots are truly “all terrain”

Tom Hallett

Well i started on a Boot Hunt, it took me  to 6 or 7 Stores here in Fredericton, NB. Finally a guy a work with said, “Hey have you ever tried Blundstone boots”? I said, “never herd of them. He said, ” I have them on right now, have had them for 10 Years and they still feel Great”. Well, to make a long storey short I went  and purchased my first pair. Wow! I am impressed, these Boots are unbelievable. I have been telling everyone at work and really they are the Best Boot I have ever had on my feet in my 36 Years. What would it mean to mean to get to go Australia? Considering I have never been out of Canada, words would never ever describe what it would feel and mean to me.  Here is a Picture of my very first Blundstones and I really think I will go and buy another Color . Thanks.

Chad Crouse
Fredericton, NB

My Blundstones were my birthday present to myself when I turned 40…..eight years later they’re still going strong. They’ve seen me through Winnipeg winters, a Toronto ice storm and a European adventure….including a bootful of the Mediterranean in Barcelona! My next pair will be chisel-toes so I can always wear them to work and it would be great to be able to buy them down under!

Kelly Schettler
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Here are my Blundstone boots in Narita, Japan. While waiting for a bus I noticed this young girl who was having a hard time walking in her chosen footwear.  I, on the other hand, was wearing my Blundstone boots, so I was easily able to catch up to her to ask for a photo of us with our contrasting feet, and still had time to run back to get the bus!

Lisa Steffan
St. Catharines, Ontario

il mio primo paio di blundstone..

andrea

Some things are made better than other things. Obvious, I know, but then why do we still choose to buy and make things that are poor quality, won’t perform as well as others, and won’t last?

These old boots…Blundstone CSA Greenpatch. Steel toed slip-on wonder boots. They don’t look like much now and are finally in need of replacement. 6 years old. A few years of cement and mud while building foundations. Walks with Lisa and the dog on the beach pretty much every day for the past couple of years in rain and snow. Early morning surf checks. Digging in the garden. Quality. They aren’t cheap, but they are good.

I bought my Blundstone Boots last winter on the recommendation of a friend. She said they were the world’s best boots and I’ve come to believe her. They saw me through my trek to college everyday in Alberta’s harsh northern winter weather. Then I took them to B.C with me to work for spring and summer. One day my coworkers and I were contracted to clean the perimeter of a landfill. I was put down in the slimiest section because my boots held up better than anyone else’s on the gross terrain. It was a dirty job, but my Blundstone Boots could do it!

These are my brand new Blundstone Boots!! I can’t wait to scuff them up. I wore my last pair until my toe poked through and will probably do the same with these !

HAPPY HIKING !!

Doug Mcculloch

4 years of faithful kitchen service from a happy chef. bought a new pair last week, just as comfortable. Thanks

Andrew Gauthier

I’m Gloria Bernard and I’m just getting started at 80! My prized pair of Blundstone Boots (a gift from my thoughtful daughter) have proven to be as hardy as me. I garden in them, do the yard work in them, and even go to church, on occasion, in them! I do hope that one day I’ll even be able to say that I’ve worn them on a treck to Uluru (Ayers Rock), a lovely place that I’ve always hoped to visit. Thank you, Blundstone for the hardiest boots around.

Gloria Bernard

Sirs: I was returning from a month of field research on the species diversity of beetles and other insects in the forests of the Lesser Antillean island of St. Vincent when I met Jim Ranscombe in the airport on Barbados. I did not know he was the manager of the Queen St. West, Toronto, Blundstone boot store. He noticed my Blundstone boots and asked about them. I was well pleased with them and talked up a good sales pitch to recommend them to him. He then told me who he was and how he was pleased at my compliments. I then introduced myself as a biology professor at Carleton University, Ottawa, and explained that I did a lot of field work in diverse places, all with my Blundstone  Boots. And I received an invitation to say a few good words about the boots to a wider audience. Here they are:

I have used my pair for some 8 years in field work in North America, and the West Indies, and Africa. In caves, tropical forests, and northern tundra habitats. They have been splendid in this diverse mix of habitats. The only down side is that the heels have finally worn down and some replacements will be needed before my next field season. I attach a photo from a few years back of working in caves in Quebec.

Stewart Peck

I love my Blundstone boots, I wear them every day to school because  they’re comfortable and they’re are my favorite shoes.  I wore them to Jasper on the highest mountain with by brother Fox who also wears his Blundstone boots everywhere. I wear them horse back riding and they don’t wear out. I think they’re great. They’re easy to put on and they last forever and if they start to get dusty or looking old, I just polish them up and they look good as new. I even wore my Blundstone Boots on picture day at school, my dress shoes kill me so. You can wear them every season, they’re warm, cool, comfortable and last a long time.

What are they? They’re my Blundstone Boots!

Natasha Slawnych

“The Wall family decided to get their family photo taken, and then I looked at their feet. Enough said. They love their blundstone boots.”

Maya Corrie

In the city I have my `chisel toes’…..up at the cabin I love my steel toes.

David Kesslar

I picked up my pair of Blundstone Boots from Oh My Sole in Halifax in 2003.  Since then, I’ve worn them everywhere I go.  I’ve worn them while I crossed the Charles Bridge in Prague, while drinking a few pints in the Hofbrauhaus in Munich, and while climbing the Eiffel Tower where I met a friendly Aussie couple who were also wearing Blundstone Boots.

My last overseas trip was in June, 2009.  In the attached picture, I’m wearing my Blundstone Boots, while standing with my sweetheart Margaret, at the Gullfoss Waterfalls in Iceland.  Note the lack of warning signage and safety barriers!  It’s a good thing that my Blundstone Boots have great grippy treads; it made my walk along the wet rocks around the falls a lot more secure! You’ll also notice in this pic that Margaret was wearing her Doc Martins;  she finally gave them up for a pair of Blundstone 550’s this weekend!

Cheers,

George Bauer
Halifax, Nova Scotia

This is my dog Jill feeling really bad about chewing the tab off of my Blunnies, which makes it harder to pull them on now. I love them so much though, that I wear them anyway (and I still love Jill too!). I’ve been wearing Blunnies since I could walk and this is my third pair. Over the years, I’ve worn them with my coveralls when I do chores on the farm and with my favourite skirts and dresses. There’s nothing like Blunnies!! I’m going to wear them forever

Famke Liefbroer
Tangent, Alberta, Canada

I live in Saskatchewan. Flat, windy, cold. And that’s summer. Or as  it’s called here, July. After a hard day outdoors, my Blundstone Boots deserve to warm up by the fire. I hate the cold and love these boots.

Darren Ford

These are Ela’s second pair of Blunnies - her first were pink suede. She loves her Rigger boots because they are “stylish” and go with skirts, jeans and leggings - even Lamé  and she can wear them to do practically anything - including rock climbing!

Shannon Kang

From the top and Back side of an elephant. these boots can do anything and go ANYWHERE.

I love them

Samantha Schuster

My first pair arrived in Iqaluit NWT (now Nunavut) by mail as a congratulations (to myself) for being accepted in Ontario’s relatively new midwifery education program in 1995.

I am now on my 4th pair and these boots have covered a lot of ground. They have been to hundreds of births as well as travelled far and wide. I have worn them thru dry arctic winters at -40 degree as well as wet Ontario ones. They served me incredibly well trekking the 21 day hike around the circular Annapurna mountain range, which included, of course, the highest walkable mountain pass in the world - Throng La.

Last year my husband and I took our kids back to Nepal for their first trip to see their Nepali grandparents.. . It took seven hours to get to the family village with 2 kids under 7 and my blundstone Boots did it again.

Now I want to go to their home country and bring back little ones for the kids……. Blundstone dreamin

Samantha Schuster

” I never get on a bike without my Chunks. Got to race super bikes at the Las Vegas Speedway in January ‘09. The boys I raced with gave me a hard time for wearing Blundstone Boots and not race boots, but they are all you really need”
Kevin Chow
Kamloops BC

On my bucket list has always been that I make it to the Aran Islands in the west of Ireland in Galway Bay. Well, this past summer of ‘09, my best friend and I finally made it there. There are two ways to get to the Islands: one is to take a ferry; the other is to charter a small plane. We chose the latter. On the way out to the plane, the pilot called out my name and announced that I’d be sitting next to him up front! Very cool! So … this is a pic of the ol’ dogs in the absolute best and hardiest boots in the world. These Blunnies have been with me through many a trip across the universe and I know that they’ll be with me on many more. They’re my absolute favourite footwear and I never refrain from pitching their merits to all my buddies.

If it wasn’t for my beloved blunnies, I don’t know how I would have made it across Tibet. They were especially handy at Mt. Everest Base Camp where they kept my toes toasty warm and were perfect for the rocky terrain. Next stop for my boots….The Aussie Outback! Ularu, here I come!

Sean Williams

I am the only one in our family who does not have their own pair of Blundstone Boots so on the rare occasion that a pair is not being worn I grab them. Blundstone Boots in our family are worn when riding horses, dirt bikes, four wheelers, bicycles, on the construction site and for hiking. We would never be without our Blundstone Boots!

L. Kean

This was my trip to Costa Rica in February of this past year. As much as I love to wear my Blundstone Boots sometimes you need to strip down.

Rebecca Emlaw

My 3rd pair of Blunnies proudly posing by Kaieteur Falls in Guyana. I never leave home without my boots. They’ve done me proud.

Sandra Mifsud

I mean really late. Like 400 years late! I bought my first pair of Blundstone Boots in 2008 to attend the wedding of Thorstein Olafsson and Sigrid Bjørnsdatter in Hvalsey, Greenland. Missed the wedding, and lost track of Thorstein and Sigrid.  In fact we lost track of everyone living in Greenland. That wedding was the last we heard of the old Viking colony in Greenland. Too bad. I would have impressed them – a rube from Vinland showing up in a class pair of boots like these. And I even took a picture so I could show them. Maybe they could add it to the wedding album. Who knew you guys would be looking for pictures of your boots in action? Here’s my right foot looking out over the ruins of the church and Hvalsey Fjord on a cool August afternoon.

We heard the couple moved back to her in-laws in Iceland.  So this year my Blundstone Boots took me over a lava flow to visit a Viking house at Husholmi, near Reykjavik, where we feasted on an Icelandic treat: rotted shark. It`s a little like eating a chewy version of Tidy Bowl. Thankfully we had a good dose of Brennevin to wash it down. But I hear the in-laws were actually up in northern Iceland, so I’m still trying to connect. Anyone in Tasmania hooked up with Thor and Siggy on their Facebook?

Rob Ferguson

Halifax

Every Blundstone Boot’s owner has a story. A long time ago I found a country where the people wore shorts! spoke funny! and did not wear socks. I seemed to fit in not sure why they called it Stralia but it was not spelt that way. They taught me about Blundstone Boots GOOD thing cause the next thing they taught me was Walkabout. That I learnt well. Thirty years and six countries later the only thing that has changed is I now have three pairs of Blundies. A fancy dancy pair for work, A really important pair used for anything that involves Power tools or trips to the hardware store, and a pair on it’s way to becoming the important pair. What better way is there to start the journey hiking in BC back country

Dave Boardman

I bought these #500 boots from a shop on W. 4th ave in Kitsilano, in January 2001 the day before my first trip overseas, and they have been with me on every trip since! They have taken me to some very interesting places… Like opening for the Rolling Stones, or that crosswalk in front of Abbey Road Studios, or to see what’s left of the Berlin Wall, Amsterdam, Sweden and Norway to every province in Canada, ( a few times ) and coast to coast in the lower 48. And of course Australia! They’re the only boots I brought with me when I moved to Toronto 2 years ago. Always comfy, lightweight, and looking good.

Can’t wait to see where they take me next.

Gregory Macdonald

I’ve had my Blunstones for about 5 years now and they go everywhere with me including work! They’ve walked through the harshest of conditions in Canada including the frozen arctic. For the past few years I’ve been an air ambulance pilot in Manitoba and the Nunavut. In this line of work they are the perfect multi purpose boot, from inside the cockpit to outside on the burning hot asphalt, or even an ice covered maneuvering area. People always ask questions about these boots, just wondering how they hold up to the extremes and I keep telling them, they’re all you need! Just throw on a couple pairs of socks!! Here’s a picture of me in Arviat, NU at -40C during a medevac, (formally known as Eskimo Point).

Nick from Manitoba

This spring, work began on my sister and brother in law’s new house. The house is being constructed with natural building techniques, including straw and clay walls. I was eager to help out, but I was informed that I needed to wear safety boots on the construction site. Glad to have an excuse to buy a pair of Blundstone boots, I purchased a pair at my neighbourhood shoe store.  The boots were the best. They kept my feet dry and blister free the entire week.

Jean Sander

My name is Quest and I just turned 6 years old.

My mom is writing this for me as I have just just started to print but she is faster. Here is a picture of me with my boots. There is one hole in the toe and they are getting a bit too tight, but I still like wearing them everyday. My older brother Paris, wore my boots when I was a baby to get them ready for me and he did a good job. I like my boots very much.

Thank you for making my boots.

Quest

One morning realizing my boots had disappeared, I went looking for them. Thinking the worst, that our dog Penny had taken them and eaten them, I found them in this state. Apparently, Penny couldn’t tell the difference between my Blunnys and her own puppies, and put them all together. A testament to the comfort of my boots. As comfortable as wearing a puppy on your foot.

Thomas Evertsen

Here are my Blundstone Boots a few miles north of the Pitons in St. Lucia
Most excellent boots for travelling they are.  Easy on and off - for those fun security lines at the airport and oh so simple for slipping them off when your in your oh so spacious plane seat.
Pebble in your boots - no worries just slip them off and voila.
Sand in your boots - dido.
 Hiking up the pitons was a breeze in them.

Love my Blundstone Boots

Mac from Ontario

I love my Blundstones because they’ve walked me down the cobble stones of Old Quebec, hopped across trains with me in Europe, hiked across the rolling hills of Scotland, trotted across a muddy race track in Liverpool.

Okay, I lied. Really, it would have been more impressive if they had done all that. But they are still waiting for their turn abroad.

They’ve been to Shawville, Quebec; trekked through the woods of Otterlake and walked all over Ottawa. They’ve gone with me up to Sudbury, onto my family’s island, and gotten lost with me on a neighboring shore; and at night have slept soundly at the foot of my cot in our log cabin.
Through all of that they have kept me warm and dry in my home country; and I would love the chance to visit their home in Tasmania.
XoXo
Zoe Doucette

How Funny, I just saw this contest sitting here at the airport in Vancouver on route to Sydney. Hopefully that doesn’t eliminate me from going to Tassie!!!! Because I would cancel this surf trip to Noosa, to go to Tassie in a heartbeat!!!! Well…here goes…..I bought these little babies in Cooma over 10 years ago (that’s for sure) in that little hardward store on the corner there. Anyway, aside from the fact they’ve been too many places for me to remember it was on this one particular occasion a buddy of mine from Prague (I’m Canadian from Whistler…well Pemberton actually - hopefully this won’t affect my chances either)….and I left our little house in Granada Spain and left for Morrocco. We wound up on camels and rode into the night and I remember being in amongst the dunes playing harmonica and the acoustics were unreal. In the morning we woke up to the most fantastic colours and I started running down these dunes making these big turns (skier) and magically he captured this shot of me. When I got back to Canada, Toronto artist (singer song-writer) Craig Smith said “THAT’S IT”!!! Of course I replied, “What’s it”? He said that’s the cover of my new album brother! And it he actually did it! Well, in case my photo and story is not your favourite, I may as well use this opportunity to give Craig Smith a plug (www.craig-smith.com). His album titled Not Sure, Not Sure was compared to both the acoustic and electric sides of Neil Young on CBC radio, not to mention Jeff Tweedy. Oh man……I have to seriously run….just heard my name called to the flight……sorry for the rush, hope this makes sense…..no time to proof read!!! Safe flight!!! Christian

Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. A shot of my original Blundstones returning to whence they came after years of faithful and adventurous service.

Best,
Andrew

My first day with my new Blundstones! I walked all day! I walked the beach, the road..some wooded trails ..wow ..never have I had boots that was that kind of comfort from the get-go!! What a difference a good pair of Shoes make! Love them! What a wonderful day! cindy

I bought these little darlings 6 years ago and unlike my other worldly possessions, these boots have travelled with me every step of the way.  I have lived in these Blundstones on both coasts of Canada, from the rocky shores of eastern Newfoundland (where this picture was taken this year) to the mountains and sidewalks of British Columbia. As my life goal is to visit every continent of the world and these boots have been with me so far, it would be very exciting if they could be worn (and be the reason for!) my first steps in Australia!

Jenn Ghaney
St. John’s, Newfoundland

Photograph was taken beside a Muskoxen in Cambridge Bay in the Arctic!

Travelled from Inuvik East to Sachs, Holman, Paulatuk, Kugluktuk, Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and then ended the trip in Cambridge Bay.

Temperatures with wind hit minus 50 Celsius.

The boots were solid throughout!

Cheers
Martin

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