IHWE-MRLOU-BLK - Wesco® - 10" Horsehide Pull-On "Mister Lou" Engineer Boot - Black
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I became a Bick 4 convert on the advice of the stitchdown discord.
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There is a special care from Saphir for horse hide and cordovan
Saphir Medaille d`Or Cordovan
From my experiences the renovateur is definitely a great product, specially for older leather that was neglected.
But the renovateur darkens pretty much, you should keep that in mind when using.
For CXL Horween I use the Saphir Medaille d´Or Oiled Leather, good for Red Wing boots too. -
Cool, cool gents thanks for the advice. I still have a bit of time before I make my decision on what product to use. Price is negligible seeing as the boots were 850. I don't have any cracking or anything crazy yet. I'll post before and after photos when I do but it'll be a little while.
Also with mink oil darkening I've noticed that yes, it does darken leather (at least on my RW 8111) but it always seemed to lighten back up after some time.
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Bick 4 won't change colour and conditions well.
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good choice
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Does anyone know if this boot will be restocked anytime soon?
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Saphir Renovatuer for conditioner is an excellent choice, in my opinion. It takes a little bit of the black off each time I condition them, now. So my tea core should start popping soon!
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@Ghost-Cut Nice! I’ve been using Lexol and Pecard’s. Gonna try the Saphir Renovatuer next.
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@Ghost-Cut
your boots are well looked after
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I use Saphir almost excusively–it's a really great product
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Any idea for a restock @AdamJ
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@Heavy_blue still a few months away I'm afraid
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Almost two weeks in on a new pair and starting to get concerned with the volume above the toes. I've got the insoles out and I wasn't expecting them to stretch much in the toe but sometimes it feels like it's tightened up as the sole has started to break in and relax. I've got about the right amount of heel slip with what feels like .25" now and it fits comfortable, snug but not tight, on the instep and maybe just slightly wide overall. Again, this is without the insole, so I figured I nailed it since I can put the insole in. But the toe box height has me worried, with the insole in of course it gets much worse. Any experiences from folks here on this part of the Lou's and this leather?
Overall they're comfortable for walking miles in but start to be fatiguing pressing down on the toes when I'm standing still or sitting.
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I happen to be having a very similar experience fit wise w a pair of Axebreakers. I ended up taking a wrench and tried to break in/free up the tighter area (for me, the big toe). It has loosened up some but would be curious if others have ran into this issue and how you made out in the long run.
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@pechelman I had issues with my pair but in a different area. My issue was the instep area underneath the lower buckle. It pressed into the top of my foot and it was especially noticeable when sitting down/resting. There was a few week long window when I was unsure the boots would work. I kept with 'em though and eventually the issue went away. I know this might not help you but what I can say is even when I thought the leather wouldn't mold anymore to my feet, somehow they did. I wear them more often than not now.
The Maryam horsehide is super strong and I found it eventually gives in. Hope yours does (I think it will) too. I still haven't put my insoles. Back into either of my CXL or Maryam Lous and have had each for over a year/just under a year.
