IHWE-Build-5 - Iron Heart/Wesco 9" Brown Engineer Boot

[neph93]

If you haven’t used them much then nothing will change. Looking at the front of the boot, they seem new. The boot hasn’t formed to your foot yet. Ergo they aren’t broken in.

[Bulatik85]

@neph93:

If you haven’t used them much then nothing will change. Looking at the front of the boot, they seem new. The boot hasn’t formed to your foot yet. Ergo they aren’t broken in.

good, that what I was thinking about 
I am an office worker, so walking a long distance is a rare situation for me and I have a few more boots in the rotation. + this is the first Engineer boots I ever had and with the double sole…  ::)

so now it is a good weather for such boots, looks like I need to use them a bit more. I see some progress already but looks like they are not yet fully ready.

I guess they should look something like this?

[neph93]

Exactly. I bought a pair in June and have worn mine maybe 30 times. They look like this now:

While not fully broken in they are getting there. This leather combined with the double midsoles takes time.

[Bulatik85]

thank you for the clarification. I have used mine maybe the same amount of times, but I very often have just 5 minutes of walk during the workday(of cause I walk in the building, but I am changing footwear to office pair of shoes), so this is not a real use… need to continue...

[Giles]

Not the same boot, but this is broken in…

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=7741.msg451069#msg451069

[Bulatik85]

@Giles:

Not the same boot, but this is broken in…

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=7741.msg451069#msg451069

Thank you, now I see how it should look like 

[Chap]

Delivered this morning… very impressed

[Dishelveled]

Holy kerboom!
Gorgeous boot, man!

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[scarfmace]

I have a general question about boots, maby shouldn't be posting under this tread but its still active and I'm actualy looking to buy 9" wesco engineers so

Here goes: How well will they continue to fit?
I've owned boots before (not from a brand like wesco) and I've learned that over time, they tend to stretch to the point of them getting to roomy for my foot, making them unwearable. Last time I had this happen I decided to only go for lace-ups  but I still love the boot look and now that I can up my budget, maby the wesco's can keep the same fit for years on end?

[neph93]

Leather stretches like denim. As with denim you should look for a fit that is snug when new, but comfortable after the break in. As with denim the stretch potential is finite so when the boots are broken in you’re done.

Unlike denim there are things you can do along the way to affect the situtation.

• take out the insole when new if the boot is too fitted. Put it back in when the boot has stretched.

• buy a boot with heavy leather. My oil-tanned Wesco’s (7oz) have stretched barely at all, my pair of these (6oz) a little and my burlaps (5oz) quite a lot.

• choose your socks carefully or put in extra insoles when they stretch

[Chap]

Showing some signs of wear already…

[Appfaff]

Those are looking great @Chap

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[Chap]

@Appfaff:

Those are looking great @Chap

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Cheers @Appfaff really like how they get more and more comfortable with every wear. One of my best purchases…

[Chap]

Some indigo stains and signs of evo… shit I love those boots 

[neph93]

@Chap:

Some indigo stains and signs of evo… shit I love those boots 

That reminds me….

Excuse the poor quality of the lighting but I snapped pics of my custom boss shitkickers along side my IHWE-5 to show the MP toe shape. Both pairs are in need of a mid winter clean. Here they are...

[Chap]

8. ️️️

[Chad]

Hi @neph93 , I believe you said you are a 10.5D in these. Do you know your size in the Viberg 2030?

I'm an 8D in the in 2030 and ordered the Standard & Strange Axe Breakers in an 8E but they turned out to be too tight in the toe box. I wanted to see how others size compared to the 2030. I'm not sure if going 8.5E in the Build-5s is the way to go or not.

[neph93]

@Chad I have these in 10.5D yes. Perfect fit. I have some Wesco's in 10.5E because I find the extra room with some of the tougher, heavier leathers is useful, but the domain leather breaks in relatively easily.

I have a pair of Viberg but not in the 2030 last, it is a wider smokejumper type boot that fits very well in a 10D.

One source of your troubles could be that Viberg uses UK sizing and Wesco US sizing. So a Viberg 8D is actually more like a Wesco 9D. This could explain the tightness.

[Chad]

Thanks @neph93 . Sounds like 8.5 is worth a try since these are discounted and 9s are sold out.

[Crit_Obs]

I'm the first to admit I can be annoying at (most) times but I'm back to this thread to wonder about sizing. ::) The last pair in stock is the size I would go for in footwear manufactured by other prominent bootmakers in the Pacific North-West and some, like @Chris , wear the same size across different brands… While others have to go up in Wesco. Common sense would dictate that purchasing non-returnable items is not the way to learn your way around an unknown quantity but then again I have been spending nonsensible amounts of money purchasing leather jackets from Japan this autumn, with no prior experience with leather jackets of any kind, so being smart about these things is not a part of my core skillset. ::) But I digress. The 2 reasons I keep coming back to this build are that

• no more IH collab engineers shall be forthcoming, while I think I could use a pair of engineers (never had a pair before)

• this build is by far the best-looking

As these come with removable insoles, would it tell me anything of worth if I asked the good folks of Gosport to measure the insoles of the remaining pair, and go from there? As I haven't worn pull-on boots before I'm not savvy to all the aspects to factor in.