02-02-2024, 12:23 PM
(02-02-2024, 08:58 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: Merrells are good. Mrs. G wears them, but they aren't wide enough for me. It's rare that I find any kind of boot that's really comfy, so the Tourmaster wide sizes are a great score for me or anyone with a 4E tread. Funny, I never knew there were different widths for shoes until I was being fitted out during basic training, and the boot guy measured my feet and asked me "If my mother was a duck or somethin".
I have wide feet, Gone.
Thus, I cannot wear [el cheapo] cowboy boots.
For half my riding career I rode cowboy boots, but, they were genuine Texas and Nevada made boots and they were not cheap (rawhide, not snake skin). They lasted, were ultra comfortable (while being narrow!), but my wide feet didn't seem to mind. Walked NYC 14 hours non-stop. This was not possible with the [el cheapo] boots.
Also, and unlike the genuine cowboy boots, the [el cheapo] boots seemed to always transfer dye to my socks.
I will always remember those southwestern U.S. made boots. They were deceivingly comfortable.
Anyway, flat feet - stranger things.