Help with my new Edward Greens

[jjgold]

I MEANT TO SAY Tongue Pads! Sorry!

 

[von Rothbart]

Originally Posted by scnupe7

I've been told that when shoes are new, the soles don't bend and/or flex very much when you walk, therefore, the heel slips. Once the shoes somewhat broken in, the soles bend more and the shoes slip less.

That's my experience too. I think the slipperage will solve itself, no need to sell your shoes.

 

[pkincy]

I always wear EGs for hours starting with one up to 7 over 7 days on the carpet in my home. Only then can I decide if they fit.

The beginning of a great fitting EG shoe for me definitely is in the sardine can and excrutiatingly painful feel for the first 3-5 days of wear. Only in the sixth and seventh day do they have that molded second skin feel.

I do not do this with any other brand of shoe, but the EGs are best when the leather can mold to your foot.

I suspect that your size is the 9.5E UK, but you couldn't realize that with the initial fitting since it was an unstretched shoe you were trying on. Did the fitter at EG move you to a 10E or was that your decision after remembering the tight fit of the 9.5E?

Perry

 

[sho'nuff]

Originally Posted by pkincy

The beginning of a great fitting EG shoe for me definitely is in the sardine can and excrutiatingly painful feel for the first 3-5 days of wear. Only in the sixth and seventh day do they have that molded second skin feel.


Perry
Perry, are you sure this is correct way to do it?

 

[toniok]

you should try a 9.5 F which will fit in the heel and give your toes enough room. Personally, I wouldn't work with tongue pads in a new shoe that is so expensive as the EGs are. It is important that the shoes fit as tight as possible in the heel area.

Try to get the right size otherwise it's just a waste...you can still sell the shoes here for nearly the same price.

 

[jjgold]

Perry there is just NO WAY I can do a 9.5E. It was uncomfortable to the point of pain. I believe the salesman put me into a 10E. What is a 9.5 F?

 

[fritzl]

Tongue Pads are ridiculous. Probably they'll help with an instep "problem", but not with the heel.

Go for an arch support. That's good for your feet, too.

Here are examples + pelotte.

 

[jjgold]

The beginning of a great fitting EG shoe for me definitely is in the sardine can and excrutiatingly painful feel for the first 3-5 days of wear. Only in the sixth and seventh day do they have that molded second skin feel

No way...I just can't do it!

 

[toniok]

a 9.5 F is a little wider in the toe area than a 9.5 E

 

[bengal-stripe]

The "˜F' fitting will be wider all over (heel as well).

 

[well-kept]

Originally Posted by pkincy

excrutiatingly painful feel for the first 3-5 days of wear. Perry

This explains why the world is full of beautiful shoes that have been worn for five minutes, never to be tried on again. I mean, why spend several days of your life in excruciating pain when you already have a closetful of comfortable shoes?

It perhaps also explains why I own but never wear several pair of beautiful EGs which are technically the right size. The ones I do wear and love are technically a half or even whole larger than I normally wear yet they felt good on first wearing and feel perfect after several hundred wearings.

 

[Shoe-nut]

I think I am missing something in the translation here. If one has bought a correctly fitted shoe from a high quality maker such as EG, why would it be so painful to wear for the first week or so?

I don't understand this are we being spoiled from all these sports and casual shoes being made today? Or is is that most of us don't spend that much time on our feet during the day. I don't remember having to endure that much agony from a new pair shoes when I was younger and believe me I was not treated to a pair of EGs when new shoes came my way.

A properly fitted shoe should be comfortable out of the box within reason. In my experience a few have come my way that were absolutely comfortable from day one.

 

[Ambulance Chaser]

EGs out of the box should be snug, but not excrutiatingly painful. They are meant to be broken in several hours at a time, so they should be difficult to wear for an entire day upon first wearing.

 

[josepidal]

I agree that EGs need a few wearings to break in. I wore new cap toes once for a walk for a few blocks and bruised a toe in the process. The shoe was very comfortable the following week, though. The leather was just a bit tough at the start.

 

[zjpj83]

FWIW, i hate pads. Yes, it pushes your foot back, but it also makes the area of the shoe around your arch tighter, and for me that makes it very uncomfortable. Plus I don't like the idea of wearing expensive shoes that don't fit me that have a pad in them.