ADDICT BOOTS Japan
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These are so good! I saw them last year at Stitchdown Boot Camp in Chicago. I went with a side zip in the same leather. I’m hoping they land sometime around August as I placed the order last November.
Looking forward to seeing how yours wear and patina
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@northsouthdenimguy Awesome! Post some photos when they arrive!
I also didn't know JL lined their Shinki. I saw Attractions have some of their 444's in a beautiful brown horsebutt.. I'm hoping there are still some available by the time I have enough funds for a second pair.Just Another Denim Fanatic
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Hi Everyone,
We are excited to announce that starting Spring/Summer next year, we will be adding ADDICT to our third-party brand roster.
Handcrafted in Japan and founded by Satoshi Ishijima, these boots are designed for both riding and everyday wear. They are developed using specialized curved wooden lasts, such as the narrow-profile CL Last or ST Last, providing a sleek, low-instep, and dress-shoe-like silhouette while utilizing rugged, premium leathers. We will be stocking a mix of their styles, including Engineer boots, side-zip Westerns, and Chelsea boots.
I know some of you are already familiar with the brand. Please feel free to share your experiences and photos of any pairs you own here, stay tuned for further news!
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really curious on how their lasts fit compared to the bulk of other engineer or boots out there. Does anyone have enough experience with them to say how they would compare to a 9D Wesco mr. lou (or really any of the other boots from whites, nicks, lofgren, flathead, mccoys, clinch, rrl)? Specifically in the toe box height & length and then the volume of the instep.
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I’m not sure about their engineers, but I will say the ST last, like on my side zips, is considered “true to size.”
And if my memory serves me correctly, I believe some of their other lasts are even slimmer and lower volume.
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Will take some fresh photos of my Addict Engineers and upload, the teacore after a month and a half of wear is pretty full on, theyre looking wonderful.
In regards to their sizing, I wear an 11D in Iron Rangers, measure an 11.5D brannock on both feet and I have quite a low instep.After talking to Addict and sending my measurements they advised I buy an 11D in their narrow last engineer which I did. After breaking in, I then added their thin leather insole that comes with the boots and I would say the fit is almost perfect. There is still a little extra length in the boot and the vamp and instep area are comfortably snug but not tight on me. I'm very confident I could have gone down a full size to 10.5D and not used their insole after break-in and the fit would be perfect; the caveat being that I do like my boots to be snug. Heel slip post break-in is basically non-existant.
I plan on buying a second pair in their brown horsebutt in 10.5D but I will be visiting Japan in january so I'm hoping to try them on in-store and grab a pair there.
Edit: Added photos. I also got my cobbler to add additional stitching to the straps. Now that I have been wearing these hard, I don't actually think it is necessary but being my first pair of engineer boots and knowing I was not going to be gentle with them I decided to be overly cautious and get extra reinforcement added.
Just Another Denim Fanatic
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@AskAxel I was on the fence, but I think you just pushed me over the edge on some engineer boots. These are beautiful!
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For what it’s worth when it comes to sizing, in my experience, and from several other people I know who wear these, not only the side zips but the engineers as well, I’d definitely do some crowdsourcing before automatically sizing down like you typically would do with most quality footwear.
I know everybody’s feet are different, but I’m an 11.5D Brannock and I wear their side zip boots(ST last) true to size without the insert. Of course Brannock doesn’t really give you a three dimensional measurement of your foot. My heel to ball and heel to toe are both right at 11.5.
I’d just be really careful about automatically going half a size down. I tried an 11 at Boot Camp in Chicago last year before ordering my Stitchdown collab pair. I could barely get my foot into them and there was absolutely no way I was zipping them up, so I ordered true to size.
Even true to size I still can’t use the insert right now. Maybe once they’re fully broken in I’ll be able to, but if you have a higher instep or just a meatier, higher volume foot for lack of a better term, these could be tough.
At the very least you may need to go true to size and plan on wearing them without the insert.
But take all of this with a grain of salt. If you’re one of those people who can go a full size down in a Viberg 2030 and still feel like you have room, then yeah, maybe half down in Addict works for you. Feet are weird and everybody seems to tolerate fit differently.
I will say, Addict boots are absolutely amazing. The lasts they use give you this really dialed-in, almost made-to-measure feel when you get the sizing right. They just seem to wrap your foot in a way a lot of other boots don’t.
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@northsouthdenimguy - really helpful thanks. So those with high arches need to size up?
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I’m an 11.5D Brannock, so I don’t really have a wide foot. I do have a decent arch and instep though, and probably a little more volume through the midfoot than your average D width. My feet are pretty muscular too from a lot of calf raises, backwards walking, etc.
I just tried the boots on again(11.5) since I hadn’t worn them in a few weeks. True to size with a medium weight full cushion Darn Tough boot sock they’re pretty damn snug, to the point I wouldn’t want my feet swelling much. Switched to a thinner cushion Darn Tough and they fit just right.
So at least for me it seems less about width and more about overall foot volume and instep.
Edit: without included insert
