Bootsndenim_France
New in Town
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- Versailles, France
One month ago, I received my pair of Mr Lou Engineer boots ordered on IronHeart Uk. 27 wears later and around 40km walked with them, time has come to make a quick review on these engineer boots and give my feeling about them.
As I read several reviews before my purchase, I followed several advises about sizing saying that I should take half a size bigger than my usual redwing size. That's what I did and took them in 9D (when I usually wear 8,5 redwings). My personal advise would be actually to take your usual size in redwing (same length) but increase the width (if D in RW, take E in Wesco). They are clearly narrower than red wings, I had to put woodforms and extend the waist to get the good space for my feet.
The first 15 wears were really not comfortable, and I felt like walking with wooden boots. At that point I decided to remove the wesco insole (useless in my opinion as they are super thin and do not provide any cushioning at all) and replaced them with redwing insole with a small cushioning layer. Big difference and they started to be ok (not comfy but ok). Now, after one month of daily wear, they are not broken in yet and still far from the comfort I have in Redwing 2990, however it's slowly getting better day after day and I am confident.
The horshide leather is super stiff and hard to break in (I knew it, not a surprise) but now starts to be ok.
They really look great, especially with the brass buckles and the leather is really beautiful, you can guess it will age very well and have a nice fade thanks to its teacore nature.
The grip is very good in various conditions, ride my motorbike several times with them under the rain, walk in muddy forest and even walked on frozen pedestrians without falling.
One of the good point on these boots is their narrow leg shaft that allows to wear them quite easily with slim jeans (like my Iron Heart IH-777s in 21oz or mig big John tough 23oz).
I will continue to break them in and will make another review in several weeks/months to update you about their evolution.
you can follow my bootsndenim adventures on my instagram account : bootsndenim
As I read several reviews before my purchase, I followed several advises about sizing saying that I should take half a size bigger than my usual redwing size. That's what I did and took them in 9D (when I usually wear 8,5 redwings). My personal advise would be actually to take your usual size in redwing (same length) but increase the width (if D in RW, take E in Wesco). They are clearly narrower than red wings, I had to put woodforms and extend the waist to get the good space for my feet.
The first 15 wears were really not comfortable, and I felt like walking with wooden boots. At that point I decided to remove the wesco insole (useless in my opinion as they are super thin and do not provide any cushioning at all) and replaced them with redwing insole with a small cushioning layer. Big difference and they started to be ok (not comfy but ok). Now, after one month of daily wear, they are not broken in yet and still far from the comfort I have in Redwing 2990, however it's slowly getting better day after day and I am confident.
The horshide leather is super stiff and hard to break in (I knew it, not a surprise) but now starts to be ok.
They really look great, especially with the brass buckles and the leather is really beautiful, you can guess it will age very well and have a nice fade thanks to its teacore nature.
The grip is very good in various conditions, ride my motorbike several times with them under the rain, walk in muddy forest and even walked on frozen pedestrians without falling.
One of the good point on these boots is their narrow leg shaft that allows to wear them quite easily with slim jeans (like my Iron Heart IH-777s in 21oz or mig big John tough 23oz).
I will continue to break them in and will make another review in several weeks/months to update you about their evolution.
you can follow my bootsndenim adventures on my instagram account : bootsndenim
