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

Wesco® - 10" Natural Leather Pull-On "Mister Lou" Engineer Boot

WESCO - West Coast Shoe Company
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    pechelman
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    adding in another personal observation
    i've found the D width Mr. Lou's to fit just like other D width shoes i've owned EXCEPT that they are much lower volume over the instep and toes. Maybe this gives the impression of it fitting narrower/smaller compared to other shoes/boots. Comparing the Wesco D to other PNW boots' C width, there's absolutely no question to me that the D is really a D width for my foot.

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      John Galt
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      When buying my first pair of Mr. Lou’s, I consulted Standard & Strange and there sizing guide on their site for the Mr. Lou’s states “The MP1339 last that these are built on runs narrow, so the E width wears like a D.” Granted, everyones foot is shaped a little different and this is a general guideline, but what convinced me at the time is that S&S offers the Mr. Lou in only E widths.

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        pechelman
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        Also, fyi, Chris at Wesco recently (a few months ago) published a great youtube video on sizing their boots. Worth a watch for anyone wanting a pair of wanting a different pair within the Wesco lineup!

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          popvulture
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          The E fits like a D theory has proven true for me as well. My 12E Lous fit just like my other D width boots.

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            pechelman
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            Providing a little actual data since I was doubting myself.

            I grabbed the foot beds out of a random assortment of shoes from vans, Nike, new balance, saucony, and a random pair of Amazon aftermarket insoles. Most are size 10D but the Wescos are 9D. Being smaller in length one would expect the same width rating to be physically narrower. Except in two instances with the aftermarket size 11 footbed (no width statement) and the 10.5D new balance running shoes which fit very wide imo, the wesco insole was exactly the same width or wider than everything else I own. Ymmv. Here's a representative comparison between the wesco and vans 10D

            PXL_20230809_022537486.jpg

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              bluemantra
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              Joined: 19 Feb 2023

              Does anyone have any patina photos of this boot?

              WTB IHJ-140-IG size L

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                Merv
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                Joined: 10 Dec 2019

                @John-Galt If the Wesco “E” fits like a normal D width then, why not just call it a D width? Why the confusion about their LAST widths? I also watch the Wesco video which didn’t really clear up any misinformation about how their boots fit.

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                  Merv
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                  @pechelman The only accurate way to compare is to use a brannock device. Mass produced sneaker sizing is all over the map because they’re produced, from season to season in different factories all over the world. Forget about any quality control or standard sizing.

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                    pechelman
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                    @Merv i literally took the insoles out of the shoes and compared them. This is way more a direct comparison between fit, and in this case the width, than going off brannock and how each brand might vary their lasts from that one measurement method.

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                      Merv
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                      @pechelman My point being, that mass produced sneakers like Nike make their products in different factories. For example, your Nike’s could be made in Pakistan and mine could be made in Mexico. There’s no standardized way of manufacturing betwixt factories and they’re likely to fit differently depending upon where they came from.

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                        pechelman
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                        I think we're getting off track of the intent of this thread. You are free to disagree with me and how I was trying to make my original point about D width sizing in that it isnt the physical WIDTH that's drastically different in Wescos, but moreso the overall VOLUME that makes them fit "narrower". I did recognize your point in my original post and I compared to MANY brands of insoles not shown. Was it exhaustive, no? But it was good enough for me.

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