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    Bulatik85
    Joined: 29 Jan 2018

    @jake77:

    Beautiful botos @jay-cy! How does the heel design affect your experience of the fit of the Clinch boots? And I wonder who – if anyone - has non-engineer boots of these 2 brands and can compare the fit and experience of walking in them.

    maybe you could also tell your experience with your Lofgrens boots, I am waiting for my Horsehide M43 boots to be made, would be interesting to hear your experience. maybe photos…

    .Net )

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      Bfd70
      Raw and Unwashed
      Joined: 22 Mar 2018

      Good info @jay-cy. The heel cup is probably my favorite part of the Lofgren engineers.

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        Bfd70
        Raw and Unwashed
        Joined: 22 Mar 2018

        Oh yeah, and the color on those Clinch is a 10! Really gorgeous.

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          jay-cy
          Joined: 2 Jan 2017

          yes, the color together with the hand-stitched outsole construction (the only other bootmaker doing this is Brian from Role Club afain) made me choose these…

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            summ3rhays
            Joined: 28 Nov 2012

            Just pulled the trigger on the Burgandy chukkas. The leather and color looks amazing. I hope the size works out. I went the same as Alden and Wesco and 1/2 down from Viberg. Fingers crossed.

            Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

            IG: summ3rhays & Indigobleed

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              Wlemon
              Haraki san Expert
              Joined: 1 Sept 2018

              Great pick up. Love to see a picture of them in the wild.

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                summ3rhays
                Joined: 28 Nov 2012

                Man are these badass.  The burgundy color is unreal and the leather is top notch. Can’t wait to break these in properly.

                I went for my Wesco and Alden size and 1/2 up from Viberg and RW.

                IG: summ3rhays & Indigobleed

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                  Jdub
                  Raw and Unwashed
                  Joined: 23 Sept 2015

                  @summ3rhays. So killer. Straight up perfect chukka. Between these and the Alden chukka color 8 in shell, antique welt/commando sole…idk.  🙂 Knowing Lofgrens these appear far more utilitarian. Perfect work companion. Pretty tough between the black and brown too. Hope they fit great. The last looks great. Interesting you went up .5 on your RW. I lucked out with the M43 in my RW (IR) size 10.5 and they are likely the most comfortable boot/last I've tried.

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                    summ3rhays
                    Joined: 28 Nov 2012

                    @Jdub They fit pretty well.  There is a touch of heel slip, but I expect it to go away once they break in.  I went up to 11.5 because the 11 at Standard and Strange was sold out, and I'm glad I did.  My foot would be cramped in the toe box and these feel unrelenting in that part of the boot.  I don't think it's structured, but it's solid.

                    IG: summ3rhays & Indigobleed

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                      Jdub
                      Raw and Unwashed
                      Joined: 23 Sept 2015

                      @summ3rhays. Very nice. Yeah such a crap shoot particularity with a chukka eh. The toe box can be deceiving as they appear/known to be rather forgiving and then combine the vamp which can be voluminous leading to less than ideal support and heal slip. You only have that little sweet spot in the vamp that has to be perfect.

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                        Bfd70
                        Raw and Unwashed
                        Joined: 22 Mar 2018

                        This just happened…

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                          Giles
                          IHUK Crew
                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                          Whoops…

                          "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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                            Jdub
                            Raw and Unwashed
                            Joined: 23 Sept 2015

                            Actually soaked these and the Badalassi in warm water. Was bored and annoyed with the excess (imo) toe box and instep leather. They indeed shrunk up and look better IMHO. Toe box is perfect. Finally determined with a sole of such a height combined with the minimal toe box space in the engineer, even half soles weren't for me and these work great without an insole…once they're broken in and the toe bed conforms to the foot. Couldn't even fit my foot in the toe box with an insole now. Just perfectly laid on the foot thereafter. Look pretty good with the XHSib.

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                              kemp.barry.a
                              Banned
                              Joined: 16 Apr 2019

                              @Finn666:

                              thanks for the answer Tom!

                              you guys really making it hard as feck to find my way into the world of engineer boots though and what pair to get as "the first" 😠 (angry in a positive way that is!) 😉

                              White's, Viberg, Wesco, Lofgren, Mister Freedom…god damn it ain't easy! ^^

                              @tatmantall:

                              Agreed, I like the wescos for the black fire leather and think they might be a bit more rugged than the lofgrens so my thinking was that they will serve a great looking purpose in the winter and bad weather as well as allowing be to keep one boot a solid black for a more "dress" look I suppose. I can't wait to get my lofgrens looking like VEB's.

                              well which one are you talking about? 😃

                              Awesome

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                                Bfd70
                                Raw and Unwashed
                                Joined: 22 Mar 2018

                                @Jdub:

                                Actually soaked these and the Badalassi in warm water. Was bored and annoyed with the excess (imo) toe box and instep leather. They indeed shrunk up and look better IMHO. Toe box is perfect. Finally determined with a sole of such a height combined with the minimal toe box space in the engineer, even half soles weren't for me and these work great without an insole…once they're broken in and the toe bed conforms to the foot. Couldn't even fit my foot in the toe box with an insole now. Just perfectly laid on the foot thereafter. Look pretty good with the XHSib.

                                I’m confused. You say excessive toe box leather but also limited toebox space. Seems contradictory.?

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                                  Jdub
                                  Raw and Unwashed
                                  Joined: 23 Sept 2015

                                  @Bfd70 Sorry not to fawn. These boots are worn for like yard work, playing Siegfried and Roy with my tree rats , manly shit. It's a weird boot/last as other's have indicated. Hard to get on yet the instep is sloppy leading to the inevitable insole(s) fix then with the horween the toe box/instep stretched out with the volume increase imho. Didn't experience this so much with the Badalassi. Still love em though. The S&S horsehide version is dope AF. Would I buy them for full price knowing how these two fit? Not a chance. True story. Hope this helps others.

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                                    kemp.barry.a
                                    Banned
                                    Joined: 16 Apr 2019

                                    @Bfd70:

                                    This just happened…

                                    [emoji41]

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                                    last edited by 9 Feb 2020, 11:02 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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                                      Bulatik85
                                      Joined: 29 Jan 2018

                                      just received a new pair of boots. -> John Lofgren M43 service boots  😎

                                      this is an anniversary limited model from veg tanned horsehide.
                                      very nice quality and fit.

                                      some photos:
                                      branded box.

                                      spare set of laces and dust bags(rear case for work boots).

                                      round last:

                                      boots shape:

                                      inside:

                                      vibram sole:

                                      nice leather with interesting color and touch, hard to see on my photos, but really nice.

                                      boots are comfortable right from the box, probably partially because of unstructured toe box… I like them already.

                                      .Net )

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                                        kemp.barry.a
                                        Banned
                                        Joined: 16 Apr 2019

                                        @Bulatik85:

                                        just received a new pair of boots. -> John Lofgren M43 service boots  😎

                                        this is an anniversary limited model from veg tanned horsehide.
                                        very nice quality and fit.

                                        some photos:
                                        branded box.

                                        spare set of laces and dust bags(rear case for work boots).

                                        round last:

                                        boots shape:

                                        inside:

                                        vibram sole:

                                        nice leather with interesting color and touch, hard to see on my photos, but really nice.

                                        boots are comfortable right from the box, probably partially because of unstructured toe box… I like them already.

                                        [emoji177]

                                        Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk

                                        last edited by 18 Feb 2020, 08:31 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                          SLAB
                                          Raw and Unwashed
                                          Joined: 5 Aug 2010

                                          stunning boots  😎

                                          last edited by 18 Feb 2020, 09:21 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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