Rubber tips for Stilettos

[Shyheels]

Further to my pursuing my resolution to learn to walk gracefully in a pair of stiletto boots, and in the interest of not scuffing floors, is it possible to put rubber tips on the stiletto heels? That may be a silly question, one that betrays my neophyte status, but I don't know the answer. And if so, is it the sort of thing you could've done at your local shoe repair shop?

[FastFreddy2]

Stiletto shoes and boots come with plastic tips usually. Metal ones would be fairly unusual unless you'd bought a genuine retro article. I used metal tips on some shoes a good while back, because I was walking miles in them each week. Very noisy!

The plastic tips are hard, and it's possible to buy specialist version that are 'super' hard, but even those won't last like metal tips.

If you are looking for a softer tip that won't mark, then the options shown here might help.

 

You might have a look at Evilbay #152111189663

 

 

Or >> here <<

Once you know they exist, and what their likely names are, finding a type you would prefer should be easy. Evilbay looks to be a good place to search.

 

 

 

[Shyheels]

Thanks! That looks ideal!

My wife is quite fine with my wanting to try out stilettos - but she is concerned about the wooden floors. Fair enough. Personally I don't think that the plastic tips would do any damage, but I want to cover myself here. She's being a good sport and so it behoves me to do likewise.

But just for knowledge, do plastic tips damage floors? I can see where meal might....

[Shyheels]

Brilliant, Freddy - found a set on Amazon!  Ordered!

Now for the stiletto boots....

Only a week into the New Year and my resolution is gaining traction!

Edited January 7, 2018 by Shyheels

[FastFreddy2]

8 hours ago, Shyheels said:

But just for knowledge, do plastic tips damage floors? I can see where meal might....

Rather depends on the floors, condition of the heel tips, and your weight (on the heel tips).

Puffer has knowledge of laminate flooring that heel tips won't damage. I've seen heel tip marks in mahogany floor, so the tips you plan to acquire are a wise move.

Heel tips when the wear, tend to wear unevenly. I file mine to endure the worn edges are kept smooth. It's quite easy for a worn tip with a sharp edge, to score the inside of the shoe on the opposite foot. I don't know if I explain it well, but a rough edge on the tip will damage the other shoe eventually, unless you are so bow-legged there's 6 inches of separation between your feet when you are walking. "Ideally", the walk will look best if each foot follows a single line. I'm not so good at doing it, but it makes the movement in a heel less ungainly.

If I remember, you are fairly tall. It suggests you aren't likely to be 7 or 8 stone. Pressure on a heel tip for a full sized (6ft) man must run into tonnes per square inch. A "stiletto" heel can be as small as a 5mm circle (which I have) up to something like a 12mm horse-shoe shape. I can't imagine a 5mm tip on a 6ft man, not piercing any flooring, including decking found on patio's. I doubt 12mm would, but I'd expect a 12mm metal tip to mark anything except concrete.

Edited January 7, 2018 by FastFreddy2

[Shyheels]

Definitely not 7-8 stone! Almost exactly 12st, although I hope and expect to be 11st 7lb n the not to distant future. Our kitchen floor is a fairly hard laminate - not really wood flooring. I would expect my stilettos to have plastic tips - the ones I have been browsing certainly have plastic tips - and with the rubber protectors I think (hope) I should be fine.

To be honest when I am in the kitchen wearing them I will mainly be working at the kitchen table, seated in front of a laptop, with intermittent treks across the kitchen to brew coffee or to make lunch - not a lot of walking, at least not on the kitchen floor anyway.  I’ll do my practicing on the outside walkway.

I like the idea of my wearing stilettos to work, of having such a flamboyant dress code in my office...

Edited January 7, 2018 by Shyheels

[FastFreddy2]

1 hour ago, Shyheels said:

I like the idea of my wearing stilettos to work, of having such a flamboyant dress code in my office...

You are a good weight for your size!

And becoming quite 'the dandy' dresser too.   Were Mrs Puffer to visit, she would be furious. 

[Shyheels]

Indeed, I expect Mrs Puffer would not approve of me or my dress sense! 

My wife, fortunately, is quite laissez faire. She does not wear heels herself and is a bit bemused by my desire to do so, and to give stilettos a try, but she is certainly all right with my doing it. Sees nothing wrong with it, perverse or immoral. And she knows too that I would never do anything which would embarrass her. Or scuff the floors. And so we’re fine.

And while I say she is a bit bemused by my desire to wear stilettos, she understands it too and is sympathetic as far as that goes. I am really quite lucky...

[FastFreddy2]

4 hours ago, Shyheels said:

And while I say she is a bit bemused by my desire to wear stilettos, she understands it too and is sympathetic as far as that goes. I am really quite lucky...

I think that is true for both of us.

"We chose very wisely."  

[Shyheels]

5 minutes ago, FastFreddy2 said:

I think that is true for both of us.

"We chose very wisely."  

Indeed we did. And are all the better for it!