[Jeff Niceswanger]

Being as I was a Forklift mechanic for 33 years, I can tell you all that your correct . We did have our shoes relined. The material was almost like hard cardboard . Made ALOT of dust. In the 70's they were riveted, but in the later years we bought them off of Yale and Hyster and they were glued. They work much much better after a few good heat cycles ...