After all, an awfully smart guy make us work on Monday January 1st. I will let the holiday pass and will look after it again in January. I had been thinking about a president model in rugged black matte from Thursday boot as well and frankly that rekindled that flame too, so did the blacksmith of the same color at the redwing store this afternoon. Meanwhile I cross path with an old manager of mine in the restroom at work this week that was sporting a pair of Iron Ranger in Black Matte 8084 model if I am not mistaken and they were gorgeous, which lead to a slightly awkward conversation about shoes inside said restroom. So I am gonna wait for my refund and sleep on it a bit. But I would rather have them in a lug sole rather than wedge (which they do not offer). Now for the Thursday boot, I like the color I choose (Adobe Arizona) a lot, I believe you have some boots in this color if I am not mistaken. I checked out the Irish Setter and MocToe again, and I would rather have the lower profile Thursday Boot for sure. I get it this is a future of the style but kind of a stop for me at this point. I liked the chukka look, they had the 3137 on display and that thing was beat up yet looked great but dang the insole felt like concrete on the thumb test and the complete lack of lining inside is a turn off for me at this point. With less than 30 minutes to get toward it, gas up on the way to not be stranded on the side of the road, I just had some times to check the boots around, I was not gonna buy anything and for sure not gonna ask the sales guy to get anything out to try 15 minutes before closing, that would just be wrong. I tried on some thorogood this morning at Boot Barn while I was picking up a new brush and some brick 4 conditioner for the daughter's Xmas present and frankly I was not a fan.Īs I got back in late (stopped by AMC to watch a Xmass classic on the big screen (hello Die Hard )) I saw your post above, checked the time and decided to make a beeline to the local RedWing store which is 2 miles from my place but close at 5 and is closed on Sunday. I really like the toe box size compared to other Moc Toe. The sole is cleaned up, they are packed back in their box and all I need to do is print the return label at work on Tuesday. View attachment 1759648 View attachment 1759647 View attachment 1759646Īnyone have a pair? I’d be interested in hearing your experiences with these boots.Ĭlick to expand.This is a great question to which I do not have an answer yet. (Seller’s Remorse Photo of the Iron Ranger ) View attachment 1759651Īlthough the Size 10D in the IR was fine at that time when I purchased them some 15 years ago, as recent discussions in various other footwear threads have mentioned, the dimensions of our feet change over time.Īnd while my shoe preference of late has been suede chukka/desert boots with crepe soles with the likes of the Clark Desert Boot, the Astorflex Greenflex, the Luther by Sanders, as well as some of the offerings by Velasca, this leather chukka with the Atlas Tred outsole, will add some variety to the shoe collection. I previously owned a pair of the Red Wing Iron Rangers 8111, which I subsequently sold during the Great Shoe Purge of 2021, and they were a size 10D but the toe box was wider than this chukka. The common assessment of these boots is that they have a narrow toe box, so I went with a 10.5 EE. View attachment 1759641Īfter watching a bunch of YT vids and reading a bunch of reviews, I pulled the trigger on a pair of these work chukkas in the briar oil-slick leather. On the heels (no pun intended) of the discussion of Danner’s Pine Grove Chukka by, it rekindled my interest in the Red Wing Work Chukka, Model #3141 seen here, which is a similar style to the Danner boot.
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