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I have a pair of 1980's made in UK leather Doc Martens that I just recently realized are valuable. They've been made in China since 2002 and the quality isn't g

• gwbas1c 7y ago
  When I bought my Docs in 2015 I paid a few extra dollars for the ones made in the UK. At the time, Vegan was an option, but why skimp on the real thing?
• Lio 7y ago
  When DMs were originally made in the UK the work was contracted out. The company that originally made them for Doctor Martins now sells direct under the name Solavair [1] made in the same original factory. I have no connection to the company but I have a pair of their monkey boots and they’re great. Oh and I _think_ they might make DMs “made in the UK” specials but I’m not 100% on that. 1. https://www.nps-solovair.com/ https://www.nps-solovair.com/
  • snapetom 7y ago
    That's great information, thank you. And they have a vegan model!
• snapetom 7y ago
  Even after 2002, I feel like the quality was fine. However, there have been huge quality issues in the past couple of years. I seem to remember DM had at least one vegan boot around the early 2000's. The article says the "line" started in 2011, but I'm pretty sure I had a pair well before that. I think there were earlier attempts to sell a model of the vegans, and one model doesn't qualify it as a "line." At around 2011, I started to buy vegan docs exclusively as an everyday shoe. They were amazing. One lasted about 4 years. However, my last pair which I bought in late 2017(?), didn't last eight months with both soles splitting. This current pair is a bit better (10 months now?). The sole on one is starting to split, but at least the soles is pretty worn down.