IHWE-JMHH-BRN - Iron Heart Int'l x Wesco® - 8" Maryam Horsehide Jobmaster® Boot
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@Ross FINALLY.... Maybe a classic boss engineer with vibram 100 ? .......
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@Ross boots came and they’re incredible. Perfect fit. One question I have and not sure if anyone might know, but even out of the box there are creases on both toe areas. It seems like even on the stock photos they are there also. Any idea what that’s from? It doesn’t really matter to me but was just curious if anyone knew or had any thoughts
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my thought is likely because a toe cap of some sort underneath? -
@hgering27 Yeh you're basically spot on, just from where the toe is reinforced
You can see where this is in the cross section I post over in this thread
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does anyone have any examples of how this leather ages? it seems that it will likely patina fairly quickly at least from abrasions and such, but does it get darker with time/wear? I am just new to this leather
@Ross do you know if it’s some sort of aniline dye on the leather that gives it that glossy effect? Seems like with scuffs it’ll come off to show the vegetable tanned leather underneath?
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@hgering27 no examples from us yet.
Given it's a veg tanned leather, and I know the finish is relatively soft, it's more than likely going to patina rapidly - although exact results will always vary on each individual's use/abuse and care regime
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Any recent pics of people wearing these?? Really tempted by them
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Took them out for a day in the snow with my son today. Really been enjoying wearing these considering I almost exclusively wear engineers. The toe area took a beating and a lot of the brown kind of wore down revealing the leather a bit more. Curious to see how they’ll age and patina
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Put in the order this morning will be my first pair of Wesco's! Stoked to own a pair
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Hi
I would lean towards a 9.5 here, I wear a 10 in RW Iron Rangers, and I wear a 10 in these boots, but I go for the E last because I find the Last slightly more narrow than Red Wing.
Wesco boots will usually be 1 to 1.5 sizes down from your Brannock measurement. Comparing to other boot brands, Wesco boots are usually equal to Red Wing, Whites or Viberg.
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@Jack massive help! Much appreciated!
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not sure if anyone may have any input, but when it comes time to condition these, if I decided to use a Saphir product, I am trying to tell which color they offer most closely matches these. I am leaning towards the mahogany, but the medium brown is also a contender... any thoughts?
so I am going to experiement with the Saphir creme surfine in brown, it looks like a pretty good color match. I will post updates once I try it out
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Just received mine and they are beauties!! I just tried them on, and have a question about the expected break in, right now it feels pretty hard on the heel, not terribly so, I went for 9D, the 9D MP95 last fit great when I tried them on and didnt get the same heel pressure, it feels like my heel is just getting pressed against the counter, as someone who is not super experienced with boots is this expected to soften up as they leather softens and footbed compresses? I wouldnt say they are unbearable by any means, just dont want to put wear on them if it sounds like I need a different size.
edit: maybe its not the heel counter but the heel cup, thicker socks solved the problem on right heel, still there although less so on left heel
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@Ikeaparty I find work style boots always need a bit of cushion from the socks, if a thicker sock has mitigated the issue then thats the way to go. Is it uncomfortable from too much movement or too little?
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@NickD makes sense! I would say too little, I had the same issue with a pair of Lofgren Chapman's and it's gotten better with more wear although not perfect yet but only worn around 7 fully days worth of wear all together.
Other than the left heel these feel really good though and the right one with the medium cushion merino sock vs a lighter dralon before feels way better
