J.W.

The Boondockers are not as wide as the Roughouts, that is correct. I like the toe shape of the roughouts, altthough the Boondockers look very nice, too. Maybe I'll get them the next time. You know what they say: always give your shoes a day's rest...

Very strange. I can see them and will look into it. Might take some minutes.

Let's see how these are going to age: ordered from Paris on Monday evening, arrived in Germany this afternoon:

Here we go: Unboxing

Fresh out of the box:

The upper leather is really soft:

Rear view:

Bottom view:

On my feet:

Biro mark on the tongue: How did that get there?

Roughouts rough stitching:

Look inside:

My first impressions:

These boots are real beauties. The upper leather is soft, but the sole is pretty stiff. Looking forward to breaking them in.

I think I'll get an insole for more comfort. The stitching on the right boot could be a bit more accurate (it looks careless), but these are supposed to be rough boots, so that's something I can live with. The biro mark is somewhat annoying with 180 Euro boots. The last couple of days, I considered not waterproofing the boots because they look really cool with the sueded upper. But as the seams are stitched through and there is no inner lining, I'll be dubbing them after all, to prevent any water from getting into the boot. The sole is different from what I expected from the various pictures I have seen. But it seems to be made by Vibram, so that shouldn't be too bad.

What I've been wondering: Apparently, the original roughout boots had reenforcing rivets. Chamboid's and mine don't, the roughouts you can find at wwii impressions are shown with rivets and without. Does Corcoran (which is the alleged manufacturer) make inconsistent product lines?

I wouldn't be surprised if Juan is a bit pi**ed off if another vendors sells "his" shoes - and is able to deliver them right away, without something like a pre-order waiting list.

Doursoux only offers full sizes, so I hope the 43 won't be too snug.

Hi,

I'm about to buy some Corcoran M43 roughout service shoes, which are identical to the ones wwii impressions sells if my information is correct. I want to wear them on trips around European towns, the countryside, the seaside, anywhere basically.

Some questions remain:

1.) Any advice on the sizing? I'm a EU size 43, sometimes a 44.

2.) I know they should be waterproofed, but has anyone here tried beating the sh** out of them without dubbin' them? What's the better way to go?

Thanks for your input!