Quote Originally Posted by Specvee
I would never buy a pair of steel toe boots. They're great if you drop soemthing heavy on your toe because they will protect you. Now, if you drop something on your toe that is Extremely heavy it wil crush the steel onto your toe, and you will have to get it surgically removed. (i've seen it happen and it's not pretty!)

Myth Busters did an episode on this. They proved the steel can curl around and cut your toes off your foot if something really heavy is dropped on or your foot is rolled over by a large truck

Broken Toes > No Toes