Neo1
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I think you could wear patriots and shorts, no problem. I actually have the opposite question, which is whether the the rancourt pinch penny has a similarly round toe to the patriot, or is it a little more pointy.
This is an intersting comparison. I never tried the Rancourt's pinch penny but like I'm sure you've heard me say before, I have endless experience with the 114 last from AE plus I own the Quoddy sport penny. The penny is what i would describe as about as "average" fitting as possible - true to size in length & width, completely average heelcup, standard vamp. The Patriot is definitely a "fitted" last - it's super tapered in the heelcup and the toebox is abnormally full. At least imo, the Patriot is one of those rare platforms that lends itself well to both sort of dressy-casual as well as casual-casual while the penny would definitely fall into the "all-casual."