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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

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      Snowy
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      Awesome daizawaguy!

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        davito
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        😘 the cherry buffalo ^, what a nice boot  😘

        Cheers,
        David

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          davito
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          @seawolf:

          I sure do. These pics are a bit older, and I think I had just mowed the lawn with them, so they're a little green 🙂

          I'll take some new pics in a minute for you.

          no worry about the green, I love those dirrrrty 🙂 nice boots seawolf and I like how you broke them in to a nice shape

          Cheers,
          David

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          • seawolfS
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            Thanks! I really love the fit too. They are super comfortable, though after a long day of wearing them, I get a little rubbing in a couple areas. This leads me to believe that they're STILL not totally broken-in. I've had them for quite a while now!

            “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

            @zeebeeleather

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              @SpaceGnome:

              well, I am a 10.5 in Nike trainers.  I brannock at a 10.  My Whites are a 10 and I have a thumbs width of room up front when standing.  I would not want anything smaller.  I suggest doing the fitting method that White's and Bakers do, and sending the results to them.

              I contacted Kyle by email. I scanned my foot tracing and sent it via email, he suggested 9E, but didn't seem too sure.

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                if they're too small, you're fecked
                if they're too large, you can wear thick sock.

                🙂

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                • SpaceGnomeS
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                  @seanocono:

                  So I just found out that White's Boots is based in Spokane.  How did I go this long without knowing this?  My Mom lives in Spokane.  I visit the area like 5 times a year.  I have season tickets to the alma mater, 90 minutes south of Spokane.  White's is in Spokane. Viberg is in Victoria.  PNW FTW.

                  you went to WSU?  I went there as well.

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                  • tatmantallT
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                    @palma:

                    @SpaceGnome:

                    well, I am a 10.5 in Nike trainers.  I brannock at a 10.  My Whites are a 10 and I have a thumbs width of room up front when standing.  I would not want anything smaller.  I suggest doing the fitting method that White's and Bakers do, and sending the results to them.

                    I contacted Kyle by email. I scanned my foot tracing and sent it via email, he suggested 9E, but didn't seem too sure.

                    this method of emailing a digital file of the image scares me a might bit… seems like relying on a lot of variables to be perfectly in line to achieve the exact TTS rendering of your tracing... I had to do a tracing for Viberg and just sent it snail mail.... but I am plagued by murphy's law; therefore, I try to reduce my risks as much as possible. Hope it works out mate!

                    "I know to you it may sound strange, but I wish it would rain…"- The Temptations

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                    • supersalamiS
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                      @Snowy:

                      if they're too small, you're fecked
                      if they're too large, you can wear thick sock.

                      🙂

                      haha idk man! for white's I feel that they have to be just right! because of the arch ease. if it's too big, the arch will be pressing against the wrong part of the foot which can be rather uncomfortable.. or if they're too small… well it'll just be ancient chinese foot binding all over again

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                      • SpaceGnomeS
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                        @tatmantall:

                        @palma:

                        @SpaceGnome:

                        well, I am a 10.5 in Nike trainers.  I brannock at a 10.  My Whites are a 10 and I have a thumbs width of room up front when standing.  I would not want anything smaller.  I suggest doing the fitting method that White's and Bakers do, and sending the results to them.

                        I contacted Kyle by email. I scanned my foot tracing and sent it via email, he suggested 9E, but didn't seem too sure.

                        this method of emailing a digital file of the image scares me a might bit… seems like relying on a lot of variables to be perfectly in line to achieve the exact TTS rendering of your tracing... I had to do a tracing for Viberg and just sent it snail mail.... but I am plagued by murphy's law; therefore, I try to reduce my risks as much as possible. Hope it works out mate!

                        yea, its stupid to do anything else other than what Bakers and Whites says to do.  Trace and measure your foot and mail it to them.  Any thing else and you are risking a major f up.

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                        • ChrisC
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                          Not necessarily- I did a tracing of my foot, then scanned and emailed it to Viberg and that worked out fine.  I think the key was marking the length and width of my foot on the drawing, so that the scale could be verified on the other end.

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                          • nicecrackactionN
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                            when i sent in my measurements for my first custom pair, I added a few millimeters here and there, thinking too large would be better than too small.
                            White's obviously thought the same and my boots ended up too big. Not unwearable, but still annoying. I eventually sold them (to mega) and i got all following pairs half a size smaller and one full size narrower.

                            that is to say: don't try to be clever when submitting your measurements and tracing your feet.

                            "A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress."
                            (Lord Byron)

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                            • seanoconoS
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                              ^That is really good advice. Learn from other's mistakes.

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                                Ill second that. I wore thin socks and Whites came out with a full size larger than I have now. Thats two pairs wasted. Id suggest the only way is to try them on in a store. Forget foot prints. Half a size, ok…but a full size! ComE on Whites!

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                                • SpaceGnomeS
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                                  @Chris:

                                  Not necessarily- I did a tracing of my foot, then scanned and emailed it to Viberg and that worked out fine.  I think the key was marking the length and width of my foot on the drawing, so that the scale could be verified on the other end.

                                  noted, but when I was talking to Kyle, he said that they generally dont like scans because they can never be 100% that it will print to scale.  I just dont see any other reason to not follow the recommended methods, but thats just me.

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                                  • nicecrackactionN
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                                    time? snail mail will waste two weeks from my end of the world to Eugene OR.

                                    "A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress."
                                    (Lord Byron)

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                                    • SpaceGnomeS
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                                      Well, FedEx it than, LOL.  I understand, Im just saying what I was told because I wanted to scan my tracings also, but Kyle was pretty adamant that I mail them to avoid any formatting/size issues.  But I still think wasting 2 weeks is better than ill fitting boots 😉

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                                      • ChrisC
                                        Chris
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                                        I agree.  And if that's the way Kyle is comfortable doing it, then I say go with it.  What's another week or two when the wait time is already 3-4 months?  And with boots that should last for years, proper fit is way more important than instant gratification (which you're not really getting anyway).

                                        EDIT: my only point was that it's possible to do a proper fitting with scanned tracings and measurements, not that it's the only way or even the best way.  Every company/bootmaker does things their own way, based on what works for them.  Arguing with them is generally stupid, a waste of time, and only results in bad vibes all around.

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                                        • Jordan23J
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                                          How differs the weight from double sole to single sole and will the breaking in needs longer? Thx

                                          AE

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                                          • GilesG
                                            Giles
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                                            Can't tell you the difference in weight, but my double sole required effectively no breaking in…..Could walk miles in them from the get go....

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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