ADDICT BOOTS Japan

[Alex]

Bumping this again as we had some funny stuff going on with the post location.

@Jack will share some pics of the boots we have on order in due course

[goosehd]

…that funny stuff was me trying to help and me making a mess of it all. Sorry guys, and now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Can’t wait to see what you guys are coming up with next!

[northsouthdenimguy]

@AskAxel

I forgot to post, it’s crazy how fast they “teacore”

[Choko]

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[Jack]

@Choko Sorry mate but the biggest they go up to is a US 12

[pechelman]

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.

[northsouthdenimguy]

@pechelman

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.

[AskAxel]

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.

[Jack]

Here are just a few examples of the boots we have coming...

[caithangkhanh]

@AskAxel I was on the fence, but I think you just pushed me over the edge on some engineer boots. These are beautiful!