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We create the only Hemp crew sock available in the UK. Rood Socks last longer, smell better and tread lighter than any of the competition, so we can guarantee they'll soon be all you want to wear.
A little bit of backstory...
Socc (old English) or Soccus (Latin) loosely translates as ‘leather slipper’, a reference to when socks first appeared made from animal skin.
Now forty million pairs of socks are produced each year, mostly from cotton insock city, Datang, China.
The feet are the hardest working, and heaviest sweating part of the body, so a good sock needs to protect your foot whilst letting it breathe. It should also requires as little darning as possible (be strong and un-holey).
After finding and designing our perfect crew sock Rood had to put it through some tests...
A few tests...
There are 2, 000 steps in a mile and we wanted to guarantee the socks for 1 thousand miles. the test will take two million steps. Two weeks of constant walking. We are doing it in shifts. Currently guaranteed for 445 miles (steps in boots).
*Cotton and Bamboo tests are yet to be completed.
After 300 slides on a hardwood floor. Rood socks show no sign of wearing through.
Cotton-elastic-crew sock ripped at the ball of the foot after300 slides. Bamboo split in the heel at180 slides.
Tom, who has average smelling feet, can wear the socks for three days without washing.
We played tug of war with a sock. This was a pointless test.
