Thanks for keeping this thread going, if anyone didn't notice. Anvil on YT did a review on Nick's , cut them in half, they are impressive.
I continue to wear my AE Higgins Mill in CXL.
Nice.
Is the cammo portion cloth or leather?
How have the Honey Vibram soles held up over the last year? I hear the rubber is softer than the regular black Vibram.
I have a pair of White's boots for work with the mini-Vibram sole. But I spend quite a bit of time on gravel (think 3 minus - big, coarse stuff) and the mini-Vibram, while tough, is thin enough that my feet are pretty sore and tired at the end of the day. I'm thinking of springing for a pair of Nick's with the Honey Vibram as I also do quite a bit on indoor linoleum as well.
They seem to be holding up fairly well, but I doubt they will last much more than another six months before wearing through at the balls of my feet. Keep in mind that all of my previous boots would be toast by now. The boots themselves still feel fairly new, like they’ve just been broken in.
My next pair with the red X soles are still at least a month out in production. I thought they would be here by now, but due to the Covid, etc. I think production slowed down a bit. Plus I need a custom fit upper, which probably has to take a back seat to stock production.
I am in the process of breaking in my Nicks Ranger boots and have a question as to how tight/snug the fit should be. Right now these boots feel as tight as ski boots or ice skates and I really have to work to get them on and off. Once my feet are inside the fit is great with no particularly "hot" or loose spots - but they are just incredibly tight, even before lacing. I have worn them around the house for 10 days from morning to evening and took my first walk today - 3 miles in total. No blisters or problems, but they are still incredibly snug but I no longer walk like Hermann Munster.
I had the boots fit for "comfort insole" and have the sneaking suspicion that they might not have accounted for that during the lasting process.
OldSaw, how tight were your boots when you first got them - I know it is hard to quantify. Were they like ski boots? Were you in fear that your foot might fall asleep?
I am in the process of breaking in my Nicks Ranger boots and have a question as to how tight/snug the fit should be. Right now these boots feel as tight as ski boots or ice skates and I really have to work to get them on and off. Once my feet are inside the fit is great with no particularly "hot" or loose spots - but they are just incredibly tight, even before lacing. I have worn them around the house for 10 days from morning to evening and took my first walk today - 3 miles in total. No blisters or problems, but they are still incredibly snug but I no longer walk like Hermann Munster.
I had the boots fit for "comfort insole" and have the sneaking suspicion that they might not have accounted for that during the lasting process.
OldSaw, how tight were your boots when you first got them - I know it is hard to quantify. Were they like ski boots? Were you in fear that your foot might fall asleep?
My problem is that I'm overseas, so I can't just send the boots back - I need to deal with the problem locally. I am still keeping those comfort inserts inside the boot and using thick socks to break the boots in and really hope that they will indeed stretch as part of the ongoing break-in process. Right now I need to use the pull-loops on the back and my body weight to get into them, and lots of wriggling and both hands to get them off. But I'm optimistic and the arch support is great. Compared to these boots my Red Wing Iron Rangers feel like flimsy slippers
Are you still happy with yours? Would you get them again? What would you do differently?
Update report please!!!Wow - I had to wait 2 months or so, but mainly because the fit-sheet they sent took a month to arrive. But I did send them an e-mail asking what the status was and a week later they went into production and a week after that they arrived... As the saying goes, "the squeaky wheel gets the oil"
I had my Ranger boots on all day. According to my little fitbit-thingie I've walked 17,000 steps (over 7 miles) and I was worried that it would be difficult, but despite them still being tighter than ski-boots I'm doing fine and I'm now optimistic that they'll break in well.
I am torn between Officer and perhaps Robert boots in black for more formal occasions for my next pair. And once I've got those I think I'll not have to purchase new boots again.