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It looks like the heritage shell they use. Mine looks close to the same. I will only order the Horween from them from now on.
 

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It looks like the heritage shell they use. Mine looks close to the same. I will only order the Horween from them from now on.

I’m very disappointed with these boots. The shell is very rough and there are scratches everywhere. I wasn’t expecting the best shell but these Are even poorer quality than I expected. Will not buy anymore shell from Meermin.
 

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After wearing my shell boots a few times I took my brush to clean them and medium buffing removed some of the pigment from the shell
 

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After wearing my shell boots a few times I took my brush to clean them and medium buffing removed some of the pigment from the shell
I just brushed them lightly with a horse hair brush straight out of the box and can already see some discoloring similar to yours. Unbelievably poor quality.
 

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My new burgundy wholecut from the black Friday sales, after a treatment of Renovateur, saphir creme and mirror wax polish. Quality is decent, a few blemishes on the uppers but all in all pretty good value for money.
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These are mine black heritage cordovan chlesea boots
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And after a bit of Saphir’s cordovan creme
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These are mine black heritage cordovan chlesea boots
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And after a bit of Saphir’s cordovan creme
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Next time i will only buy Horween shell

Next time i will only buy Horween shell

Think we all got sold reject cordovan stock :mad:
 

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Think we all got sold reject cordovan stock :mad:
Typical meermin lol, don't even buy horween shell from them, the clicking is pretty bad, they don't click around the flap of the shell, aka the really thin section, if it gets on the vamp it will crease abnormal. My personal experience.
 

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These are mine black heritage cordovan chlesea boots
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And after a bit of Saphir’s cordovan creme
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Next time i will only buy Horween shell

This is terrible! I would be very interested to see if the heritage cordovan shoes that Meermin sell at their physical stores are of the same quality, or if it's only the online sales where they try to flog these reject shoes.
 

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What you're seeing here is (1) budget clicking and (2) less-refined shell finishing.

Ask yourself where Meermin needs to cut to get you such a cheap shell shoe? The finishing and making is a factory process that Meermin has likely made very efficient (cheap) over time, so to offer shell, they probably buy shell in bulk from their producer and click it more liberally than a more expensive maker might (1) and then the shell itself is not Horween, so of course, you cannot expect Horween finishing (2).

For perspective, $350 probably wouldn't even cover the price of the raw shells if you were going with Horween.
 

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What you're seeing here is (1) budget clicking and (2) less-refined shell finishing.

Ask yourself where Meermin needs to cut to get you such a cheap shell shoe? The finishing and making is a factory process that Meermin has likely made very efficient (cheap) over time, so to offer shell, they probably buy shell in bulk from their producer and click it more liberally than a more expensive maker might (1) and then the shell itself is not Horween, so of course, you cannot expect Horween finishing (2).

For perspective, $350 probably wouldn't even cover the price of the raw shells if you were going with Horween.

I think it's worse than "less refined finishing" to be honest. As I mentioned in my previous post, I highly doubt you will be finding these shoes on the shelves in the physical stores as they are clearly defective/rejects.

If they can't make acceptable Shell shoes at the prices they are selling, then they probably shouldn't be offering them.
 

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I'm thinking of buying these (rust jumper boot with HOK last) but I'm unsure about sizing. I messaged Meermin about recommended sizing and they got back to me with this chart for their HOK last

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My measurements are
length: 270mm
width: 97mm
girth: 236mm

Would UK8 be the best sizing for me? I'm a complete noob when it comes to boots so not sure if the boot's 248mm girth would be too large for my foot and cause pinching or something. Alternatively, would a different last be more appropriate for my foot? Any help would be appreciated!
 

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