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title: "Birkenstock Arizona (Havana Oiled Leather)"
date: 2021-09-17T15:12:16-04:00
categories: [shoes, birkenstock]
tags: [arizona, brown]
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![Birkenstock Arizona with Oiled Leather [Brown]](/images/birkenstockarizonastock.jpg)

It's funny that what now seems like a ubiquitous sandal didn't even exist 
before 1973. It's what I picture Jesus walking around in as he lectures the 
masses, which is frankly absurd. Two leather straps tape your foot down to a 
suede-lined cup for your foot made of cork, stuck onto an EVA outsole. They 
feel like torture for the first couple of weeks, but after they actually 
conform to the shape of your foot. The shoemakers in Germany must know what 
they're doing.

Even if you wear through the EVA outsole, any decent cobbler should be able 
to replace it with something materially similar, if not an official 
Birkenstock-branded outsole, thereby eliminating the need to purchase a new 
upper and midsole and the break-in period that they come with.
