634S UHR 21/23oz
IHSH 394 Khaki

This may be my favorite short sleeve IH shirt. There needs to be a white and an indigo version…

Finally, getting the first wear on the “watermelon” or is it “salmon and dill”?

72°F sounded great until the 89% humidity kicked in. Thanks for tricking me into wearing long sleeves, Georgia.

@FlavourFade

My two(twenty five) cents…

I sold my Caspers a few years ago, and at the time I was still recovering from a catastrophic quad injury, so my feet had definitely atrophied and were smaller than normal. I’ll agree with this though, I think the Casper is typically a full size down for a lot of people. But with side-zips and pull-on boots like engineers, ropers, etc., so much comes down to foot volume, instep, and the overall shape of your feet. I think I’d probably do just fine a half size down in the Casper now that my feet are back to normal.

As mentioned above, the Addict side-zips feel more like a Western boot with a sprung toe. Not exactly lightweight, but definitely not as substantial or heavy feeling as a Casper.

The ST last is a longer last, so for some people true to size may feel too long. I think the determining factor for sizing these is really going to come down to foot volume and instep. Are you the person who has to crank down the straps on every pair of engineer boots or even add holes? No matter what you do, even with an additional or thicker insert and thick boot socks, you still have heel slip? Then you probably need to start sizing down. If you typically follow the normal sizing advice of a half size down and up a width, or true to size in a D width on something like a Mr. Lou, then I think you’ll probably be fine going true to size in these.

I think where it starts to get tricky is with people who have wider feet. Does that mean you size up, or do you just go true to size and bear through it? I really don’t know. Although I do know somebody who has a tremendous amount of experience with these boots and the people who wear them, so I’m sure I could reach out if somebody has one of those outlier feet that doesn’t fit the typical sizing advice.

@dirtyframer

What kind of big cat are those?

Very cool

Finally CPO weather

IHSH-410-BLK
634S-21oz BLK
Unsung

@Bobcat-Sig

For what it’s worth…

For years before I ever started wearing IH denim, I always thought the 666 was super slim. I think a lot of that had to do with the product pics that I noticed typically featured thinner people.

I’ll try to keep this short, but I’ve had people more than once think I was wearing 634s when I was actually wearing 666’s. I think on certain body types, like myself at 6 feet tall, 220 pounds with a somewhat athletic build, they can look and fit completely different than you might expect. They certainly aren’t too slim for a bigger guy and fit over engineer boots just fine, which is pretty much all I wear. I have one pair of the 25oz XHS indigo in a size 36, but all my other 666s are a 38W.

@goosehd

I came here to “rant” about having to decide which heavyweight shirt or CPO I finally get to wear now that it’s cool and drizzly today. But now my rant seems even more insignificant and silly than it already did.

Hope your flight went well…

Just wrapped up the second week, and first full workweek, of the Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome Work Dome. This Shackleton Greener Pastures leather is incredibly comfortable. I’ve never had a Nick’s engineer boot break in this quickly.

@Jack

Those look great!

Although your post really highlights just how different people’s feet are and how differently they size footwear. Three examples of Addict boots, two side-zips and one engineer, and three completely different sizing experiences.

I think this is where Iron Heart will really shine by having your staff try them on and share what sizes work for them, much like you do with your clothing. Although boots are a completely different animal when it comes to fit.

And as everybody knows, I’m more than happy to give my opinion on sizing (or anything else, even unsolicited). Lol. I’ve always said, find your boot buddy! Someone with similar feet whose sizing experiences you can actually relate to.

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