[tmgaus51]

Hi All, just wore these for the first time yesterday and noticed heavy creasing (with some accompanying blistering) just under the big toenail of my left foot around where the toe cap would be. Strangely, my left foot is bigger so I would have thought creasing would occur on the right if anywhere.

I have other AEs in the same last and size (with no fit/creasing issues) so I'm wondering if this looks normal. On the right shoe it seems the leather is too stiff near the top to crease there.

Any thoughts? Thanks a lot.

Dave

 

[momsdoc]

Wholecut Chukkas? Impressive feat of leather work. I can see how that crease is going to irritate your toe. I don’t think you’re going to be able to tolerate these boots.

 

[tmgaus51]

Ha, meant to write plain toe--my mistake. Thanks for the response!

 

[mreams99]

Any leather shoe is going to have creases and wrinkles. A plain-toe design like this (not a whole-cut, by the way) doesn’t have anything to break that up or hide it. It’s the nature of the design. Embrace it.

 

[SG_67]

The creasing in and of itself is not unusual. The nature of whole cuts is that the creasing is all the more dramatic given the blank canvas it presents.

The problem is the pain you’re experiencing. I’m not sure if this is something that will go away in time when the leather breaks in or something that will persist.

One wearing is hardly enough to be sure. Unfortunately, I’m not sure you can return them at this point.

 

[Guest]

That's a whole lot of creasing from a single wearing.

 

[tmgaus51]

Right, and I wonder, given the variability of these, if a different pair in the same size might break in a more favorable way. Thanks for the replies.

 

[CLTesquire]

You can sometimes influence where a crease forms on a new pair of shoes using a pencil and some force. Don’t know if this crease is already set though. That’s a pretty deep crease and I bet that it Is quite painful hitting your toe.

 

[Cassadine]

That's from a single wearing? Man alive.

 

[momsdoc]

Do those boots fit properly or are they too wide? It doesn’t seem as if you have enough volume to fill the boots, resulting in the.excessive creasing.

The boots look like they’ve been worn hard dozens and dozens of times without the benefit of shoe trees. Besides causing blistering of your toe (which I suspect will just get worse with wear), they look terrible. I cannot imagine how you will ever enjoy wearing them, no less tolerate wearing them.

I suggest you contact AE and plead, beg, cajole them into letting you exchange or return them. Failing that, sell them now before they become totally worthless (which might be too late already). $25 or $50 is better than nothing, as you cannot continue to wear them and keep ripping your foot apart.

That may seem harsh or extreme, but you are never going to get enjoyment out of them, just pain and suffering. Limit your losses and pain now. Losing $475 is better than losing your foot health and dignity.

 

[smmrfld]

Return 'em. This isn't going to turn out well.

 

[triklops55]

Seriously, do those fit properly? Do all your shoes have two sets of creases? Mine one have one crease just above the toes. It seems like the boots are too large for your feet. Extra space between the top of your foot and the shoe will also result in those deep creases.

 

[eagle2250]

If all that wear and tear is the result of a single wearing, you either bought a pair of leather lemons or you bought an oversized pair of Chukka's for some undersized feet. Momsdoc's post #10 gives perhaps the most straightforward, truly useful advice offered in this thread. Perhaps in the future the OP should limit new shoe wear to indoors and on carpeted surfaces until the acceptability of the shoe's fit has been determined. Good luck in your efforts to resolve this with AE.

 

[tmgaus51]

Seriously, do those fit properly? Do all your shoes have two sets of creases? Mine one have one crease just above the toes. It seems like the boots are too large for your feet. Extra space between the top of your foot and the shoe will also result in those deep creases.

Here's a pic of another pair in the same last and size and in the same position. There is some creasing by the toe but not nearly as pronounced as on the Chukkas. I do have a bit of room above my big toe, but this is how AE sized me in order to fit my long, narrow, flat feet.

 

[Adelantado]

The welting on the left one has too much excess material at the toe. I would have returned them for that reason alone...

 

[tmgaus51]

Thanks Adelantado. You're saying this based on how they look on my feet or in general? I just want to figure out how I could have avoided this without actually wearing them for a few days.

I called AE and I'm sending in the shoes. They will examine them for defects. Not a return but the best I could do after wearing them.

 

[overseer07]

One wear? To what, a marathon?

My initial thought is the same as most; it looks like there's too much material, so appears to be too big. But if it's hitting your toe hard enough to blister, there's something else going on. Hopefully AE does take care of those for you.

 

[London380sl]

Those pics are a bit deceiving as the poster has his feet propped up a vertical surface which makes the creases look worse than they are . Try it and see.

But I agree those boots are likely too wide or too tall and are a poor choice for the OP. Hopefully its a manufacturing defect of some sort and he gets a refund.

 

[Adelantado]

Thanks Adelantado. You're saying this based on how they look on my feet or in general? I just want to figure out how I could have avoided this without actually wearing them for a few days.

The excess welting material would NOT have caused the creasing. It is an additional issue besides the creasing. The welt was not trimmed properly and it is unsightly the way it sticks out...

 

[CLTesquire]

The welt doesn’t look any larger on those shoes than any other AE’s that I’ve seen.