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[Therendition]

The only exception is the Indy boot on the Trubalance last.

As well as the Alden for J.Crew plain-toe boots & Alden for J.Crew suede boots
. They are also on the Trubalance last.

Yeah, I realized that shortly after I'd posted.

 

[g.michael]



Jesus f****** Christ! That's the most annoying website I've seen! I literally could not find what I was looking for and got tired of their idiotic gimmicks and simply logged off. Guess I won't be spending any money at Stronghold.

Why don't you watch your profanities--your profanation of my Lord and Savior is a complete insult. I'm dead serious here.

 

[localman]

Why don't you watch your profanities--your profanation of my Lord and Savior is a complete insult. I'm dead serious here.

Try forgiving him.

 

[NAMOR]



Just got my LHSs resoled at B.Nelson courtesy of Nick V:

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

these look great. what outsole did you get? looks like a rubber

 

[jerrybrowne]



these look great. what outsole did you get? looks like a rubber

Red danite.

 

[NAMOR]



Red danite.

awww. that was my suspicion. is this sole actually made by "dainite"

 

[P. Bateman]



looking very good

except for the peculiar lacing.

 

[P. Bateman]



Why don't you watch your profanities--your profanation of my Lord and Savior is a complete insult. I'm dead serious here.

 

[PhiPsi32]

except for the peculiar lacing.

That's Bowtie lacing.

 

[mcarthur]



Just got my LHSs resoled at B.Nelson courtesy of Nick V:

nephew,
they came out great. did you also do a double sole?

 

[blue collar]



Just got my LHSs resoled at B.Nelson courtesy of Nick V:

Wow Tom those look fantastic. How is the workmanship? I know nothing will be quite as 'tight' as the origional Alden built, but are you happy with the result?

are those inlined? The creasing is so defined...

 

[ninja07]

congrats advan031 on your captoes. those who are thinking about it, hesitate no more. easily the most versatile Alden boot out there and my favourite pair needless to say. from a few days back....

 

[onestar]



Quote:
Long time/first time...

Beautiful. I am eagerly waiting for my pair when Leffot's pre-order comes in. I'm curious about the sizing, though--do you have any Alden's to compare them to? Leffot says they size like the Barrie (so I ordered them the same size as my longwings) but other sources say they are true-to-size. What's your experience?

I have the same pair on order. I take a 9.5D in the Barrie but have gone TTS (10D) in my Grant Cigar CapToe boots. These fit me well, as the Grant last is a bit slimmer than the Barrie. That said, I read that others go with the same size as their Barrie's. I would recommend going TTS.

 

[docstradamus]

Fit question: I was measured as a 9.5D on the Brannock and these are a 9D. They feel really good right now, fit-wise. I can feel the slightest bit of pressure at the widest part of my foot, but nothing uncomfortable. My question is, with this leather, will stretching occur to the extent that the the uppers will eventually be close to touching each other at the laces? This, I would perceive as undesirable.

I'm a little afraid right now that they fit and I'm gonna have to keep them...

Thanks for any thoughts.

Anyone care to assuage my fears?

 

[slide13]

^are you serious? There is a good inch gap, there is no way they would stretch to the point where the two sides would touch.