If it’s a shoe/boot on the website EG via their London shop will make you a pair in your size for no additional charge.Much thanks @jischwar. Always very helpful. I absolutely agree with your logic and kind of figured as much on the aging of the leather, given the quality of EG. As luck would have it, I just went to pull the trigger only to find that they are out of stock in my 8.5E size. Looks like Leffot has a very simily boot but with the rubber R1 sole, which I could absolutely live with but alas, as luck would have it, they are out of my size as well. I could not find any other retailers with that particular combination.
I'll reach out to EG to see when they may have another run. I can certainly wait to get what I want.
Edit - good grief. Yeah, I could absolutely end up with non-shells that age like that. Those pic's seal the deal!