<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Addict Boots Japan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Addict Boots Japan]]></description><link>https://forum.ironheart.co.uk//category/328</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 07:20:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.ironheart.co.uk//category/328.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:59:38 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[ADDICT BOOTS Japan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Will take some fresh photos of my Addict Engineers and upload, the teacore after a month and a half of wear is pretty full on, theyre looking wonderful.
In regards to their sizing, I wear an 11D in Iron Rangers, measure an 11.5D brannock on both feet and I have quite a low instep.
After talking to Addict and sending my measurements they advised I buy an 11D in their narrow last engineer which I did.  After breaking in, I then added their thin leather insole that comes with the boots and I would say the fit is almost perfect. There is still a little extra length in the boot and the vamp and instep area are comfortably snug but not tight on me. I'm very confident I could have gone down a full size to 10.5D and not used their insole after break-in and the fit would be perfect; the caveat being that I do like my boots to be snug. Heel slip post break-in is basically non-existant.
I plan on buying a second pair in their brown horsebutt in 10.5D but I will be visiting Japan in january so I'm hoping to try them on in-store and grab a pair there.
Edit: Added photos. I also got my cobbler to add additional stitching to the straps. Now that I have been wearing these hard, I don't actually think it is necessary but being my first pair of engineer boots and knowing I was not going to be gentle with them I decided to be overly cautious and get extra reinforcement added.
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