What to do about the boots??

[Imahorsey]

It looks like keeptrooping no longer makes the doc martens Jered replicas for the DT, and I'm not sure if crowprops is level 2 approvable.

Aside from getting lucky and finding a Jered or Talib in your size, what else can we do for death trooper boots? There's a few on Amazon that are pretty close and could be modified, but again not sure if that would be level 2 approvable.

There's Doc Martens Thurston and Crewson that are also pretty similar?

Any ideas what we can do?

[Foxhole21]

Wondering this myself. I'm not sure if it's out of stock or if they're not making it anymore, can't find anything when I search online.

[DoggyDoc[CMD-DCA]]

I have the crowprops boots and am level 2 approved

[Imahorsey]

On 8/8/2025 at 2:22 PM, Foxhole21 said:

Wondering this myself. I'm not sure if it's out of stock or if they're not making it anymore, can't find anything when I search online.

Keeptrooping has the boots back on their site!

[Imahorsey]

15 hours ago, DoggyDoc said:

I have the crowprops boots and am level 2 approved

That's good to know that they don't have to match 1:1 with the Doc Martens for level 2. I saw some detachment leaders a while back saying that since they used the Doc Martens style in the movie that it's what they have to require. 

Edited Sunday at 03:28 AM by Imahorsey

[Chaos[CMD-DCA]]

5 hours ago, Imahorsey said:

"I saw some detachment leaders a while back saying that since they used the Doc Martens style in the movie that it's what they have to require."

CJ,

I think you may have misinterpreted  what was being said. The CRL has always stated:

Boots

• Boots are made from matte black leather or leather-like material with a capped toe and seams as seen in the photo.
• The sole shall have no heel.
• The boots extend under the shins.
• All fastenings/laces are hidden behind a rectangular panel made of smooth rubber or a shiny black material with approximately 1/4" (6mm) wide horizontal ribs.
• The side edges of the panel shall be turned back on themselves to form a smooth rib-less border.
• The rectangular panel extends from under the shin.

For basic approval the boots have to look "similar" to the Dr Martens but only have to meet the above criteria. 

For Level 2, they have to either be Jareds or "replicas."

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
Original Dr Martens “Jered” shoes or replicas with a leather pull tab midway on the heel.
The rectangular panels shall not be wider than the width of the top of the shoe and will lay as flat as possible against the shoe with the front edge not extending past the upper and sole seam.

Currently there are two makers who provide L2 approvable "replicas", Crow Props and Keep Trooping.

Right now both have the boots available on their sites:

https://keeptrooping.com/product/killer/

https://crowprops.bigcartel.com/product/deathtrooper-boots

[Imahorsey]

58 minutes ago, Chaos said:

CJ,

I think you may have misinterpreted  what was being said. The CRL has always stated:

Boots

• Boots are made from matte black leather or leather-like material with a capped toe and seams as seen in the photo.
• The sole shall have no heel.
• The boots extend under the shins.
• All fastenings/laces are hidden behind a rectangular panel made of smooth rubber or a shiny black material with approximately 1/4" (6mm) wide horizontal ribs.
• The side edges of the panel shall be turned back on themselves to form a smooth rib-less border.
• The rectangular panel extends from under the shin.

For basic approval the boots have to look "similar" to the Dr Martens but only have to meet the above criteria. 

For Level 2, they have to either be Jareds or "replicas."

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
Original Dr Martens “Jered” shoes or replicas with a leather pull tab midway on the heel.
The rectangular panels shall not be wider than the width of the top of the shoe and will lay as flat as possible against the shoe with the front edge not extending past the upper and sole seam.

Currently there are two makers who provide L2 approvable "replicas", Crow Props and Keep Trooping.

Right now both have the boots available on their sites:

https://keeptrooping.com/product/killer/

https://crowprops.bigcartel.com/product/deathtrooper-boots

Ahh that makes more sense then, I probably read that as "if it's a replica of the Doc Martens but doesn't match the look of the Jered's, then it would not be L2 approvable" and went looking for something that would work under that assumption. I appreciate the clarification on this one though since they're hard shoes to come by!