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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

    WESCO-MRLOU-BLK - Wesco® - 10" Horsehide Pull-On "Mister Lou" Engineer Boot - Black

    WESCO - West Coast Shoe Company
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    • NikN
      Nik
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      Bick 4 won't change colour and conditions well.

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      • OaktaviaO
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        @Nkwkfld:

        Bick 4 won't change colour and conditions well.

        Good to know thanks homie

        IG: electricindigowizard

        "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

        WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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        • OaktaviaO
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          Okie dokes after some deliberation I ordered Saphir Medaille d'Or Renovator. Should be here this weekend.

          I used a little bit of dish soap and water to wipe my boots down the other day. Used my RW horsehair brush the next morning and they are already muddy again  😃

          IG: electricindigowizard

          "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

          WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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          • Daniel SanD
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            good choice 👍 saphir products are awesome!

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              Does anyone know if this boot will be restocked anytime soon?

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              • Ghost-CutG
                Ghost-Cut
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                Saphir Renovatuer for conditioner is an excellent choice, in my opinion. It takes a little bit of the black off each time I condition them, now. So my tea core should start popping soon!

                The eye of Yin's severity rewards understanding

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                  @Ghost-Cut Nice!  I’ve been using Lexol and Pecard’s. Gonna try the Saphir Renovatuer next.

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                  • Daniel SanD
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                    @Ghost-Cut
                    your boots are well looked after 👍
                    Saphir is a great choice for sure !

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                    • Salted RacerS
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                      I use Saphir almost excusively–it's a really great product

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                      • ?
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                        Any idea for a restock @AdamJ

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                        • AdamJA
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                          @Heavy_blue still a few months away I'm afraid

                          The devil is in the detail..

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                          • OaktaviaO
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                            Resting on a a shelf mushroom

                            IG: electricindigowizard

                            "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                            WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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                            • pechelmanP
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                              Almost two weeks in on a new pair and starting to get concerned with the volume above the toes. I've got the insoles out and I wasn't expecting them to stretch much in the toe but sometimes it feels like it's tightened up as the sole has started to break in and relax. I've got about the right amount of heel slip with what feels like .25" now and it fits comfortable, snug but not tight, on the instep and maybe just slightly wide overall. Again, this is without the insole, so I figured I nailed it since I can put the insole in. But the toe box height has me worried, with the insole in of course it gets much worse. Any experiences from folks here on this part of the Lou's and this leather?

                              Overall they're comfortable for walking miles in but start to be fatiguing pressing down on the toes when I'm standing still or sitting.

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                              • flannel slutF
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                                I happen to be having a very similar experience fit wise w a pair of Axebreakers. I ended up taking a wrench and tried to break in/free up the tighter area (for me, the big toe). It has loosened up some but would be curious if others have ran into this issue and how you made out in the long run.

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                                • OaktaviaO
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                                  @pechelman I had issues with my pair but in a different area. My issue was the instep area underneath the lower buckle. It pressed into the top of my foot and it was especially noticeable when sitting down/resting. There was a few week long window when I was unsure the boots would work. I kept with 'em though and eventually the issue went away. I know this might not help you but what I can say is even when I thought the leather wouldn't mold anymore to my feet, somehow they did. I wear them more often than not now.

                                  The Maryam horsehide is super strong and I found it eventually gives in. Hope yours does (I think it will) too. I still haven't put my insoles. Back into either of my CXL or Maryam Lous and have had each for over a year/just under a year.

                                  IG: electricindigowizard

                                  "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                  WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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                                  • pechelmanP
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                                    Thanks guys. Will stick with it for a bit longer. Maybe stuff a few sockets in the boot when I'm not wearing them.

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                                    • DmartD
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                                      I had the same issues as @Oaktavia in one pair and only in one foot but eventually it went away after time.

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                                      • AtariHunterA
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                                        What size did you guys choose compared to Iron Rangers? I would love to grab a pair as soon as they‘re back in stock but I‘m a bit afraid to end up with the wrong size…

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                                        • pechelmanP
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                                          for me they fit similarly for the same size. The wesco definitely has less toe volume in its height.
                                          the rw ir's dont work for my feet, a little too wide and a heel/Achilles area that hits in all the wrong places, but if it did work, my closest good fit in that would be a 9D and got a 9D in the mister lou after trying a 9.5D which had my heel much too loose coming out of the heel pocket entirely / 1 finger of space behind and swimming in the width.

                                          fwiw, I'm a 9C in nicks 55 last.

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                                          • AtariHunterA
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                                            @pechelman

                                            Thanks a lot for the infos! That matches with what I've read so far.

                                            My Iron Rangers are a size 7.5 D. Since I have rather wide feet and my Iron Rangers were very tight during the first two weeks (they now fit like a glove), I think that size 7.5 E should be the right choice for the Mr. Lou’s, because the cut is supposed to be rather narrow. What do you guys think?

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