Barefoot Slip-on Mule

All Barefoot, Minimalist, and Anatomic shoes, including these, are all based off of the U.S. Military boots Dr. Munson developed that make us mimic how we naturally step when barefoot. In 1912, Dr. Munson, a relative of mine, claimed they corrected almost 100% of all foot problems in the military. Hundreds of millions of boots were formed on that Munson last, just like our Barefoot Slip On Shoes are. Ours is just you actually walking barefoot on top of our thick, solid leather sole.

A Wide Toe Box is a bunion killer because it gives the foot room to naturally spread out, up to half an inch, when we put all of our weight on each individual foot. My second toe used to be longer than my big toe because the shoes I always wore had narrow toe boxes, but it corrected and shortened back to normal by wearing my wide toe box Munson boots.

ABSOLUTELY NO Arch Support because arch support holds the arch in one place and doesn’t let the arches get exercise by extending and contracting all day like they were designed to do. Arch support inserts make you think you have healthy arches, but keep or make the arches weak from non-use. 

Flexible Toe so the toe muscles stay strong with exercise. If the toes aren’t allowed to flex, then they get weak.

Low or No Toe Spring so the toe of the shoe bends up enough to keep from stubbing your toe on things, but keeps your toes from being in a constant state of over-extension, which stretches the muscles, tendons, and ligaments in the foot and weakens them.

My 15 years of foot pain, achilles tendon, knee, and hip pain was finally gone because my arch and foot muscles were strengthened and my toes were straightened by wearing a pair of Munson boots every day for 4 months. But I couldn’t wear these boots with shorts, so I needed something that would keep my feet strong and aligned, but something convenient I could just slip on. 

If you have soft, lazy, and weak feet from always wearing cushy shoes, you’ll need to ease into wearing any barefoot or minimalist shoes. They take a little getting used to. I walked 3 days straight around Guadalajara the first three days I owned these and my feet started hurting. I put my normal Munson boots back on and then wore the barefoot shoes again the next day. I did that for several days and everything is good now.

Say No To Dumb Looking

All of the barefoot shoes I could find either looked really dumb and “Special” and I didn’t want to look “Special” too. I didn’t want my friends asking me, “How long did the doctor say you have to wear those?”

I couldn’t wear the same flip flops with arch support that made my arches lazy or the slip on or regular shoes that forced my big toes to bend in and stretch, which also weakened my arches. Shoes like those were the reason my feet got weak and damaged in the first place. 

Our shoes are 100% natural. The sole is leather, the upper is leather, and the lining is leather. And since leather is anti-bacterial, they will always smell like leather.

And if they didn’t look dumb, they just looked generic and boring, slapped when you walked in them, or were made out of some cheap, low-durability, non-breathable, stinky synthetic fabric. I certainly didn’t want my highly absorbent feet sitting in a warm and moist chemical sauna all day. BTW, bacteria grow on synthetics, and that’s what stinks. 

Say No To Sweaty Foot Huggers

I designed these not to sweat. Our high-quality leather breathes and the Slip On Shoes were formed on the Munson last, just like our boots. You’ll actually feel the leather coming in at the side of the arch for a bit of support.

I leave my hands free easy on -  easy off slip on leather barefoot shoes by the door to slip on and go. The back edge of the sole helps to kick them off without bending down. So far, I’ve used them a lot for cold floors, hot pavement, mud, shoveling, yard work, the store, church, Texas Rangers baseball games and traveling around Africa and Italy. If I didn’t love them I wouldn’t wear them almost every single day.