WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY - WAYDT (PICS)
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@Inorganic Absolutely worth the wait, and worth the small (lifetime) custom fit fee. Congrats!
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@WhiskeySandwich My wife and I call that a "snow moon" but I'm not sure if it has a real name. Maybe we should create a thread for interesting things like this. I have an idea for one. I'll do a little digging and see if one exists yet, and I'll report back.
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@goosehd They recommend every five years. I updated mine once, and it was great knowing that my boots were going to fit me perfectly. I actually credit Wesco for helping me find Iron Heart. It was probably the summer of 2011, and I was tired of ill-fitting boots, and started searching for something better. I came upon Wesco, and ordered my first pair of Boss boots. That somehow led me to discovering other nice things, and that led me to the Iron Heart forum. And the rest is history. Imagine how happy I was years later when IH started doing collabs with Wesco. A match made in heaven.
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@seawolf Same here as Wesco was my gateway drug to all things better. Bought stock Boss Wesco’s that didn’t fit quite right, went custom, and down the rabbit hole I went. Went from Wesco to IH and still expanding…
This place has been a learning curve for all great things that weren’t on my horizon.
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@seawolf I agree with all of your points. When I went into the shop I was only expecting to check it out, see the factory and try on some boots. But it hit me that I should just pull the trigger on custom - hell, life is too short am I right? The fella working in the show room (a 5th generation from the Shoemaker family) said they're training up more staff which should reduce order times to 12 months - he also said that when they get leathers in and there are those that don't pass their quality threshold they say 'send 'em to Whites' - it was in jest of course, but it was a moment that made me realize how lucky we are in the PNW to have so many quality craftsman (I have Whites snow boots and love them
)@goosehd I appreciate that they keep your measurements on file and allow for free updates beyond that, do feet really change shape that much? I'm not sure, but now I know that I don't have to worry about it lol
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@Inorganic From my understanding, feet flatten and widen with age. You can gain both length and width in your shoe size and can attest mine have. Also with time people can develop bunions, fallen arches, hammer toes, etc. One of those that you would definitely like to have custom fitting shoes for those ailments.
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@Giles birth of a child and reshaped from kicking some ass perhaps?
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@dwaynelum Oh sweet! That’s good to know thank you
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@Inorganic your length and width can fluctuate with your weight as well. The heavier you are the more your foot flattens out and gets wider. So for example: I put on 20lbs over the course of 6months I may need to go up a half size, up a width or both.
