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Brown ribbed sock with reinforced sole and toe.
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Built for the ruck. Tested on it.

We're developing a US-made boot sock with the soldiers who'll wear it.

Become a Field Tester

How It gets built

Research: finds what fails

Field Testers break prototypes

Field Testers break prototypes

Our Phase I study looks at how sock materials affect the foot under load.

Field Testers break prototypes

Field Testers break prototypes

Field Testers break prototypes

Soldiers and cadets wear-test early versions through real training and report what fails.

Only what survives ships.

Field Testers break prototypes

Only what survives ships.

The production sock is built from what held up, and we publish the results.

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What the sock has to do

Hold up under load. Keep its cushion and shape through repeated long rucks.


Manage moisture. Move sweat away from the skin and dry fast, using a merino blend chosen by test results, not marketing.


Fully domestic. US-grown fiber, US-knit, built to meet Berry Amendment sourcing.


Built on the microbiome data. Our Phase I study measures how sock material shifts foot bacteria under load. The first sock's material will be chosen from those results.


These are targets, not claims. We'll publish results against each one.

Field Tester program

Wear them. Break them. Tell us.

We're building a roster of Field Testers: Soldiers who'll wear prototype Forge socks through real training and report back. Testers get free pairs and a say in the final design. Applications are open now, and the first test pairs go out when prototypes are ready.

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