Dr. MartensUnisex 1461 Soft Toe Oxford Work Shoe

4.5 stars- comfortable shoes that stopped my crab walk after i got home from work (taking off shoes and feet cant seem to support me anymore, weird pressure points etc. this has alleviated.) I do have to use some heel liners to get these shoes to fit snugly and they need to be tighter than tight but they work, alleviated a good amount of foot discomfort from working 8 hours a day. They are about a 8/10 on the slip resistance imo. The only downside is the thick bottom of the shoe sometimes gets caught on tiles/raised flooring and if i didnt have better balance i might have fallen. Pick your feet up when you walk.

Great work shoe. Good quality.

Just like the pictures! I love them!For me, these shoes are not as uncomfortable as other doc marten’s models.It runs a little big but still preferred that way…

Comfortable, I like the look. They seem fairly well manufactured.

True to size. Excellent non slip protection. Used the boots before, first time wearing the oxfords…was concerned about the infamous “Dr Martins break in period”…no such thing with these👍👍👍

I have worn Doc Martens as my daily shoe now for almost 20 years. After 5 years I had to replace my previous Docs. The sole was starting to split from the welt, but the upper was in reasonable condition. I purchased my first pair of these new shoes in Nov of '23 to have both soles splitting from the welt in about month. I returned the shoes and the second pair arrived in January of '24.With the new pair of shoes, I noticed that the toe cap area was starting to get a fuzzy texture. Almost a suede like texture. I had never seen this on a pair of Docs. I have seen scratches, but not the leather getting fuzzy. About two weeks ago, the left shoe, just aft of the toe cap where the shoe flexes, started to crack. Right now there is a fully developed crack all the way through the shoe and is about 5/8" long. The leather in the area is substantially thinner than other Docs that I have had. By eye, it seems that it is about 30-40% thinner than a pair that I have as some grunge shoes that are about 15 years old that have a crack in a similar place (but took more than 8 years to develop).To have these shoes last less than a year is really disappointing to say the least. I am looking at different shoes, and right now I am contemplating the Thursday Boot Company Statesman. It is the closest in style while having a better sole than the Doc Martens or the Solovair shoes that do not really allow for resoling. I never really worried about having to get new soles on shoes as the uppers usually wore out at about the same rate as the sole in the way that I use the shoe for a Doc Marten. I am open to suggestions, though.

I have undoubtedly struggled to find good, durable non slip shoes. Tried shoes4crews, slip resistant PF flyers, vans for the makers, and the slip-resistant doc martens 1460. All of the former broke on me within months (soles began to separate from uppers, cracks in the soles, and treads wore out ridiculously fast, especially for the vans). The only exception were the docs, but a boot is not always what you want when you’re running around a massive restaurant/ beer garden, bartending or working back of house as a sous chef (I rotate between all of these in my business)- so I decided to give the 1461 low tops a try. The break in period was excruciating and full of blisters and blood, there is no way around admitting that. But now that they are broken in they fit like a glove. These are my favorite work shoes by far, and they have not shown a sign of wear yet despite me working them HARD. Obviously there are some other durable non-slips out there… but they are often butt ugly. And I’m kind of vain, admittedly, so I won’t be buying those. I will definitely update if this changes, but basing off of how reliable the high top boots are, I have my entire faith in these.

I bought two pairs of these shoes in the last year and a half or so the first pair worked well for some reason the second pair hurt my feet. Maybe they need to be worn in a bit.