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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

    John Lofgren (Speedway)

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    • mclaincauseyM
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      Weekend will cool off with the monsoon too!

      My heel slip mostly went away with time. You can also poke more holes in the counter strap to ratchet up the tightness if you need to.

      Go Avs!

      Think it, be it.

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      • MizmazzleM
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        Im wearing pretty thin socks. Not dress sick thin, but the thinner Darn Toughs. I’m wondering how my stretch that Natural CXL will have. They feel damn good now, maybe ever so slightly loose. Of the leather stretches a bunch they might get looser. Guess I’m wondering if anyone with this leather/ boot can attest to the stretch they have gotten over time…

        Go Avs!!!

        In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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        • DmartD
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          I didn’t realize much stretch with the CXL, at least not at the vamp. A little at the instep, so putting them on got a little easier over time.

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          • MizmazzleM
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            Thanks @Dmart
            They feel nice right now. Just don’t want to miss my return window if I need to resize. Little pain now for a better for later type of mentality, ya know?

            In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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            • DmartD
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              If they feel good I wouldn’t see a reason the return them. It’s not denim that stretches an inch or so. Nothing worse to me than uncomfortable boots.

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              • M
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                @Mizmazzle Yeah man those are the causeways! Mine didn’t have much slip to begin with but the more I wear them the better they seem to fit. Great comparison photos by the way!!

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                • MizmazzleM
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                  Alright then!! The people have spoken and advice has been heard. I’m keeping these beauties and going to break the seal into the outside world!!! Let the evo machine roll on!!

                  In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                  • M
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                    @Mizmazzle Have you seen the review by almostvintagestyle? His pair look awesome! This is what you have to look forward to!!

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                    • MizmazzleM
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                      @Memphisakers I’ve read every article/ review I could find as well as any YouTube videos and forum threads haha. I thought it was interesting in the article you shared how he doesn’t like CXL leather, especially the natural. Guess we all have our preferences and tastes. It was my first CXL so I’ve been way stoked on it.

                      In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                        @Mizmazzle That surprised me too!! I may like the natural cxl even more than the shinki on the causeways. I think it is a really comfortable leather for engineers too! And patina monsters… those pictures in his review don’t even look like the same leather. I had to go back and double check before I posted those pictures  😃

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                        • MizmazzleM
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                          Yeah it looks like a straight brown cxl at that point In his evo. @Memphisakers do you have the Lofgren engineers in Natural CXL too? We’re so many posts in at this point I can’t keep it all straight anymore. Haha. I’ve got one year to get some nice patina on these babies before next summers wedding. Just no super rough stuff. Color but no scratches says the future misses. Well, hell then!!!

                          In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                            Yep I have the cxl ones also! LOVE them!!

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                            • MizmazzleM
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                              @mclaincausey you been able to get the engineers out lately in this Denver July heat? Few evening walks to the park for me….i should really move to Montana haha

                              In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                              • MizmazzleM
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                                What are anyones thoughts on using boot trees?

                                In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                                • mikebarhootM
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                                  Yes. Always. In boots and dress shoes.

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                                  • MizmazzleM
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                                    Thanks @mikebarhoot….do you go shoe trees or boot trees in the engineers?

                                    In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                                    • DmartD
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                                      I only have shoe trees.

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                                      • MizmazzleM
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                                        Thanks @Dmart

                                        I’m wondering since shoe/ boot trees are meant to help a boot keep its shape, do they prohibit the leather from getting those cool rolls (horse butt leather) or the patina that we are all working for with the rich multi tones in the leather that come with creasing and folding etc. ?

                                        In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          Depends what you want.  If you want them to look old and worn as soon as poss, don't bother.  If you want to let them properly dry and stay looking newer for longer, then use tree's….

                                          "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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                                          • mclaincauseyM
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                                            I use cedar show trees in mine @Mizmazzle

                                            I have not been wearing boots at all in this heat. Been wearing sandals mostly, which is not hugely typical for me; I don't generally regard boots as seasonal.

                                            Think it, be it.

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