IHWE-Build-5 - Iron Heart/Wesco 9" Brown Engineer Boot
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@Chad I have these in 10.5D yes. Perfect fit. I have some Wesco's in 10.5E because I find the extra room with some of the tougher, heavier leathers is useful, but the domain leather breaks in relatively easily.
I have a pair of Viberg but not in the 2030 last, it is a wider smokejumper type boot that fits very well in a 10D.
One source of your troubles could be that Viberg uses UK sizing and Wesco US sizing. So a Viberg 8D is actually more like a Wesco 9D. This could explain the tightness.
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Thanks @neph93 . Sounds like 8.5 is worth a try since these are discounted and 9s are sold out.
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I'm the first to admit I can be annoying at (most) times but I'm back to this thread to wonder about sizing. ::) The last pair in stock is the size I would go for in footwear manufactured by other prominent bootmakers in the Pacific North-West and some, like @Chris , wear the same size across different brands… While others have to go up in Wesco. Common sense would dictate that purchasing non-returnable items is not the way to learn your way around an unknown quantity but then again I have been spending nonsensible amounts of money purchasing leather jackets from Japan this autumn, with no prior experience with leather jackets of any kind, so being smart about these things is not a part of my core skillset. ::) But I digress. The 2 reasons I keep coming back to this build are that
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no more IH collab engineers shall be forthcoming, while I think I could use a pair of engineers (never had a pair before)
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this build is by far the best-looking
As these come with removable insoles, would it tell me anything of worth if I asked the good folks of Gosport to measure the insoles of the remaining pair, and go from there? As I haven't worn pull-on boots before I'm not savvy to all the aspects to factor in.
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Nice boots.
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As these come with removable insoles, would it tell me anything of worth if I asked the good folks of Gosport to measure the insoles of the remaining pair, and go from there? As I haven't worn pull-on boots before I'm not savvy to all the aspects to factor in.
Part of the explanation for the variety of solutions people have to fitting boots is of course variations in foot shape. But as Chris has said earlier, a lot of it is in the head.
This is especially true with pull-on boots as people often dislike heel slip and mistake it for poor fit.My wife uses the insole measurement trick and I think it is fine for ballpark accuracy but you can get that from general comparison and these threads. RW has become a sort of benchmark because they are somewhat ubiquitous amongst people who like our thing. My experience is that Wesco and RW sizing is similar and that my «standard» shoe size in EU/UK sizing translates into Wesco sizing too. I go a full size down compared to Adidas Originals.
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sorry to revive an old post... Are you guys ever gonna bring back something like this again ? more customised/fun specs other than stock MrLous?
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@kaacy1721 this a cool idea. Nothing in the works at the moment but we'll discuss the potential
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@Giles I'll be in the Wesco boots store in Oregon on the 24th, want me to place an order for the forum
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@AdamJ Love this !
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these are amazing.
absolutely. positively. amazing.
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Really like the idea, we are refreshing what we carry from Wesco at the moment, and a similar style could be a nice addition.
We have a custom Morrison, Warren, and My 'Snake Eaters' coming hopefully soon to freshen things up, so keep an eye out for those.
https://forum.ironheart.co.uk/topic/5329/samples-new-products-we-are-working-on/5261?page=264
