IHWE-Build-5 - Iron Heart/Wesco 9" Brown Engineer Boot

[Crit_Obs]

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

• no more IH collab engineers shall be forthcoming, while I think I could use a pair of engineers (never had a pair before)

• 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.

[Eisenherz]

Nice boots.

[neph93]

@Crit_Obs:

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.

[kaacy1721]

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?

[Tago Mago]

@ShopatIronHeart

[AdamJ]

@kaacy1721 this a cool idea. Nothing in the works at the moment but we'll discuss the potential

[Giles]

Gets my vote

[dirtyframer]

@Giles I'll be in the Wesco boots store in Oregon on the 24th, want me to place an order for the forum

[Giles]

Better speak to @Jack

[kaacy1721]

@AdamJ Love this !