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Replacement heel tips (top pieces) in suitable material are readily available econominally online in a variety of sizes and are quite easy to fit with a minimum of tools. The size of the fixing pin can vary, as of course can the size/shape of the tip itself; the latter is not difficult to trim/shape to suit. I suggest that you give such DIY repairs a try, regardless of the availability of any local repairer.

I am in your boat. It definitely helps being on the physically smaller side.

Looks great! Well done!

I have never worn or owned a pair of heels with metal heel tips. When ever the heel tips on my shoes need replacing, I either did it myself using a set of tips that came with the shoes when I bought them or took them to the local shoe repair shop. Same for my wife’s shoes. As for what the tips were made of, I really don’t know for sure. Hard rubber or some sort of rubber/plastic compound, I would guess. Don’t know what I am going to do now since the only local shoe repair shop has closed. The closest one that I have found is 50 miles away from me. My wife and both daughters loved kittens heels. My wife tried to get me interested in them,too. But I managed to put her off without without expressing my opinion on how hideous I thought they were. Speaking of kitten heels, I opened a commercial browser a couple of days ago and saw a advertisement for women’s shoes which featured a pair of Penny Loafers with square toes and kitten heels. Now I love my Penny Loafers. I have two or three pair that are my favorites. Especially the black leather pair with 4” block heels. I just laughed out loud when I saw the pair in the picture. I can’t imagine anyone buying them.

Love the pumps and skinny pants! Bravo

If I'm struck down today my last pair will have been some dark grey suede OTK boots with 3" block heels. Lovely and warm on a cold damp day

Yes, a bold move to be sure. In my world stepping off a boat onto a muddy towpath in stilettos is not something I fancy trying.

You're I whole heartily approve.

Another week, another church service. I was feeling rather more ambitious this week, and wore my @Jkrenzer approved shoes. I do believe that my Steve Madden Daisie pumps were the ones that got me started off with my smallish collection of traditional pumps. I do not often wear pumps, partially because I do not have that many venues really to wear them. Also, my budget does not include funds to buy real leather pumps, so my time in them must necessarily be limited. Having said that, I spent about three hours in these yesterday between church and grocery shopping. As noted elsewhere on this forum, these are a little bit difficult on the polished tile floor of my local supermarket. A heel tip replacement to hard rubber would improve things markedly. However, after it was time to change clothes and shoes, I was not ready to take them off. They are actually quite comfortable for 4 5/8" stilettos. I am on the verge of being able to walk in them. I can fool most people. One of the things about playing in the band at church is that, in time of need, I can sneak off to the bathroom during the first part of the sermon. I would estimate I do this about 20% of the time, depending upon how much coffee I have consumed on any given Sunday morning. The only person who can see is whoever is serving as liturgist that morning. Yesterday morning, I quietly opened the sacristy door to make my temporary escape, and the liturgist stopped me and whispered, "You're going to walk down those stairs in those shoes?" I whispered back, "I know! I'm taking my life in my hands, aren't I?" The stairs back there are very steep. Then she mentioned it again after the service. Well, you know, 12 years of more or less constant practice never hurt a thing.

I have never tried metal tips. Frankly, I'm afraid to. Oh, they'd be fine on concrete and such, but the second you skated into anything with a polished floor, watch out! I personally prefer hard rubber, Vibram or something along those lines. They meet the two requirements of being both long lasting and slip resistant. True, you don't get quite the clicky sound, but that's not all bad. But @Bubba136, you're the one with the 60-some years experience. What do you use?

It depends upon your definition of "wear." You mean, like, out? In that case, it would be my Steve Madden Daisie pumps, catalogued elsewhere in this forum. What I am using as house shoes this week are my Style & Co. wedge thongs, which might not be recorded anywhere on this forum. After all they are not really "high" heels.

How would the material that the heel cap is made from affect the wear? I would guess that a heel cap made of metal would outlast any heel cap made of a less sturdy material regardless of how a person walked.

Amazing boots and outfit for sure

I could easly fill this thread with 365 posts a year. I was at a conference yesterday with over 300 people. Second conference with this group, but I am known by almost all by my foot wear (and nails). Several women told me they wore heels this time because of me last time. It nice to have that sort of influence. I had planned on wearing my knee high JS suede stillettos, but I had trouble walking in my Jessica Simpson 4 inch block knee high on Friday because the carpet padding was thick (plush hotel). So, I wore my 3.5 inch Impo Owney knee high (really only high calf boots). I had several conversations with both women and men about my choice of footwear.

It was my knee high boots I wore this morning.

Well I’m wearing a pair of ankle boots at the moment with 3.5” block heels. So if I’m struck by lightning or some such today, those will be the ones.

just thinking, what was the last pair of heels anyone wore? as I had those on yesterday https://www.amazon.co.uk/Womens-Platform-Peeptoe-Strappy-Fuchsia/dp/B07CL972S8/ref=sr_1_17?crid=J20W94SH7NFA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GBbrm9XHXmEnUuTvAQy5uh_IxdtXk69oSlGxwMLKaK8CbEKi3Fha-W0ZyWKQv2XnSi-34tIe5rD203ay986xFn-hbWq9NQ5bSx-ER3K_b4vCCT01lvNycZUG4UGJeh3veIDidNF2jpDeMUmZXXrFfxThtpaaLn-vkpwKJtZkTIbGCEsq7_j85prmOTZBO108lz4W8v5-uVAAnWihVSV0z61csq5lTLXVa9KKSKJEwwF_SyMdRGWPNWi2hSG0sHPxPQoai5FcynsfRk7TjtlkMK5lBs-O-Cwd6vY_cqwwROU.9I40MU9E98jap1VuKajl6tD9-9CH5du-ZmOWvh3Skwg&dib_tag=se&keywords=pink%2Bhigh%2Bheels&qid=1713705317&sprefix=pink%2Bhigh%2Caps%2C169&sr=8-17&th=1

I suppose we'd have to do some sort of a test or experiment to find out for sure, and I'm not sure who'd be willing to do it--buy and wear kitten heels, that is. On a more serious note, I am not sure whether the tips would in fact wear out significantly faster than a more normal height stiletto heel. So much of that would depend on exactly how you walk. I have changed the way I walk in heels over the last 12 years quite a bit, to the extent that my heel tips on average now last anywhere from 150 - 200% longer than they used to (see what I did there?). This appears to be true for any style of shoe, from stilettos to chunky heels. I now put far less force on the heel at first contact than I used to. This is a conscious effort, but increased ankle flexibility might cause me to do this a bit more naturally than I used to. Theoretically, putting one's heel down very gently should be much easier in kitten heels than higher heels, then very quickly, the whole shoe will be touching the ground, and although more weight will be on the kitten heel as opposed to the normal heel, unless you are doing some sort of odd wiggle as you step, the shoe shouldn't move, and therefore shouldn't wear hardly at all. On the other hand, such factors as heel flex and shank flex could blow that theory out of the water, causing quite a bit of wear when both toe and heel are touching the ground. If somebody wishes to conduct such an experiment, more power to him, but don't take video of it--I do not need to see any more kitten heels, ever.

Does not walking 'heel to toe' put an initially large weight on the small tips of high stilettos, as they are the only item in ground contact? Conversely, walking in low heels, where the foot is placed almost flat when walking, would surely distribute one's weight more evenly? I can see that, if standing still, more of one's weight goes forward as heels get higher, but wear when stationery is minimal so not really relevant.

The value of my house has increased by 300% over the last 10 years. If I had bought Apple stock at $10/share, I think it would have now be worth 10000%. And I think @kneehighs hopes his bitcoin investments will be worth more than 100% of what he paid for them.

I agree 110%. Who is offended: 1) Not those who feel they have to prove they feel,treat, try harder or their remedy is more affective thanyone elses. (As in advertising) 2) Those that recognize others failing to understand that there is no such thing as more than 100% of anything. In the final analysis, it doesn’t matter because we all know what is meant and that there is no such thing as more than 100% of anything. So, as they say “down south” if you’re offended: “Go scratch your mad place!” 🙂

I agree 100%!

I think that is a very valid proposition; you are much more likely to be overlooked (literally!) or ignored because, with or without height-boosting heels, you do not stand out, either in the company of others or against objects such as a doorway. I am tall (but by means a giant) and am quite conscious of being more prominent than many men. I have always been reluctant to draw enhanced attention to myself by what I am wearing - however normal that might actually be in terms of style, colour etc - and it took a fair measure of courage for me to venture out in even modest men's cuban heels some years ago.

I'm not sure I can agree that saying (for example) 'Give 110%' is wrong, albeit frequently misused. If someone is working or producing something at a certain level or pace that is considered to be the acceptable standard (so '100%'), then asking him to do a little more (say, to 'give 110%') is neither an impossible concept nor illogical, even if it is unreasonable or unrealistic. No different from the 'motor' example, really. Unless one can be sure that a particular measurement can never be bettered or exceeded (e.g. the speed of light, or absolute zero), it must be possible (in theory anyway) to vary it, up or down, by some stated percentage.

Oh, I don't think anybody is in the least offended by your post, I'm just saying that according to the terms of this website, we are not allowed to discuss the subject plainly and openly. And especially not at great length. I am not opposed to such discussion, but not here. The real question is whether such a presentation is cringeworthy. I realize that it's a very subjective thing, but it's something that I consider pretty much every day. My problem is that I consider myself a representative of an unofficial movement. It is my desire to show that men can indeed look good in fashions that are outside the "traditional," without pushing the envelope so hard that people immediately think I look totally bizarre. In reference to your recent observation, I think a large part of the reason why I get away with what I get away with is because I am not physically large. I can think of a few situations where I could get away with wearing the Barbie shoes, or indeed heels in general, without looking too extreme where some of my larger male friends and colleagues could not. That is probably a bias on my part, but I am quite open to changing my opinion, as I have done many times over the course of my life.