Legal Eagles
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White's has said previously that they are mechanically limited with regard to sole thickness... their machines can only sew through so much leather...Actually we've looked at Buildaboot quite a bit and it's proven surprisingly difficult. To even approach the desired look we're talking about 100 lugs on a double midsole and probably 1/4" raised heel (raised "platform"). The idea is comparing to things that look like this:
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Because, you know, other stuff is "boring".
This was the absolute limit they could do when I asked...