Grant Stone - Official Affiliate Thread

[FatTuesday]

The field boot just obliterated the back of my foot. Suggesting blister pads/bandages/blister tape/double socks for anybody also breaking in the field boot. Cool boot tho. View attachment 1836884 View attachment 1836885

Hang in there. Sometimes, it takes a while for a good pair of boots to properly break-in your feet.

 

[Mr.Chest]

The field boot just obliterated the back of my foot. Suggesting blister pads/bandages/blister tape/double socks for anybody also breaking in the field boot. Cool boot tho. View attachment 1836884 View attachment 1836885

How long did you wear them for and did you walk a lot? I’ve had this happen with a pair of stiff vibergs I wore for too long before they were broken in

 

[audog]

Nice boots and colour but every time I see leather laces I think "man they look fugly". They are just so long and bulky that they look weird to me.

I tend to agree, these are getting black Alden cloth laces

 

[audog]

The field boot just obliterated the back of my foot. Suggesting blister pads/bandages/blister tape/double socks for anybody also breaking in the field boot. Cool boot tho. View attachment 1836884 View attachment 1836885

That should not happen! So sorry to see that the boots injured you.

 

[Erikdayo]

Would depend what the socks were too. Hopefully some mid to heavyweight wool.

 

[manowar]

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Hello. Wanted to share some pics of the Edward boot in Dark Oak. These were ordered in March, my first quality GYW purchase. I purchased another pair in Burgundy for the fall.

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The field boot just obliterated the back of my foot. Suggesting blister pads/bandages/blister tape/double socks for anybody also breaking in the field boot. Cool boot tho. View attachment 1836884 View attachment 1836885

The smaller size you took in the boot exacerbates the heel rub issue. This happens on my whole-size-down-from-brannock pair of Brass Boots which otherwise fits very well.


@Moostyle
Leather laces aren't meant to be pretty. They're badass.

 

[Drzdave58]

The field boot just obliterated the back of my foot. Suggesting blister pads/bandages/blister tape/double socks for anybody also breaking in the field boot. Cool boot tho. View attachment 1836884 View attachment 1836885

My RW 1907 did that to me too. Now that they are broken in I no longer get a blister and they are comfortable.

 

[audog]

My RW 1907 did that to me too. Now that they are broken in I no longer get a blister and they are comfortable.

Boots should NOT require a painful break in period, if they fit right to begin with....that being said, My Iron Rangers, correct size, beat the crap out of me for a month or so....

 

[audog]

A pair of Dune CXL diesel boots from a few years ago, that are much darker than when new, but all boots wind up some shade of brown eventually.....

 

[lfzhao5]

My grant stone also beat the crab out of me, took a very long time to "break in"

I still think it's a last vs my foot issue. I have wide foot in the front and arches but narrow heel, so when I feel E width as good everywhere, it sucks against the heel.

 

[audog]

My grant stone also beat the crab out of me, took a very long time to "break in"

I still think it's a last vs my foot issue. I have wide foot in the front and arches but narrow heel, so when I feel E width as good everywhere, it sucks against the heel.

Funny, of all the boots I've ever had the only two brands who have been great out of the box have been Grant Stone and Alden....

 

[Neo1]

The field boot just obliterated the back of my foot. Suggesting blister pads/bandages/blister tape/double socks for anybody also breaking in the field boot. Cool boot tho.

My current GS rotation includes 1 chelsea (cxl), 2 travelers (cxl), 3 bluchers (cxl), 1 ottawa (grain), 1 captoe (cxl), 1 diesel (cxl). All 6.5D - down from 7.5C brannock.

All three bluchers destroyed my instep and heels but literally were good by the 3rd wear.

Chelsea & captoe had zero break-in whatsoever.

Travelers were brutal brutal at the instep but broke in fast. No heel issues.

The diesel was insane on my heel - my right heel would be red & swollen by the end of the day. Break in was very lengthy and to this day I will still feel some discomfort on my right heel.

The ottawa was out of this world - it ripped both of my heels to shreds and made my right instep bruise. If you've never experienced what that feels like, I pray you never do. After what seemed endless, ironically these feel better than the diesel now.

Going forward, I won't look at anything in grain anymore and am hesitant to go for anything not in cxl.

 

[Neo1]

My RW 1907 did that to me too. Now that they are broken in I no longer get a blister and they are comfortable.

My RW Beckman was the worst break in I've ever experienced, period. Nothing from any other brand has even come close. This is what allows me to persevere over some of the more severe break in periods.

 

[Drzdave58]

My RW Beckman was the worst break in I've ever experienced, period. Nothing from any other brand has even come close. This is what allows me to persevere over some of the more severe break in periods.

My new RW 8859 moc toes are breaking in nicely with no issues. My GS, Trickers and Viberg broke in painlessly, but I have to say my Alden Indy boots were the most comfortable right out of the box.

 

[brandonboot]

How long did you wear them for and did you walk a lot? I’ve had this happen with a pair of stiff vibergs I wore for too long before they were broken in

For clarification on a lot of questions it was both feet but I only showed the worse affected foot. That was my first wear and I wore them for 1 mile walk. I cut the walk way shorter then I usually do because of the pain.