On Mon, 7 Oct 2013 21:04:17 -0400, Tekkie® wrote:

nestork posted for all of us...

And I know how to SNIP

You should also be aware that people that work in meat packing plants
that use knives to cut up meat will wear gloves made of fine chain mail
to prevent cutting their hands. It may be possible to buy that chain
mail material from the manufacturer and cutting into the size and shape
of an insole. You could then use double sided tape to stick that chain
male insole to the bottom of an ordinary insole, and slip that into your
regular shoes.

I would think the nails would pass through the
chain mail. Anyway I am not volunteering to test.

The original poster certainly got nailed...
Steel shank boots
Chain mail works for cuts from knives, but almost torally ineffective
against nails. Kevlar fiber might work HKS uses it in their "nail
proof" shoes.