storman113
Familiar Face
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- 88
- Location
- Central Orygun
Time came for me to get some boots for my motorcycle riding. I don’t like the standard bike boots and picked up some cheapee lace up as a stop gap till I could find some good ones that fit. Reading all the boot post I looked into all of the standard brands. Unfortunately I have a very narrow foot with a high arch. I could not find any boot to fit comfortable even for up to $300! So figured time for a custom boot. Living in Oregon and not that far from Spokane I took a bike ride up there to the White store.
Wow!!! Its worth the drive. Took two hours with trying on multiple boots. The fitter even got the cutting templates and doing a mix and match of B and C widths came up with the right combo. So expect to receive my new boots in the mail in bout 3 weeks. Ended up ordering the White Packer(higher arch), 10 inch, with the Rancher heel with the specified templates. Every standard shoe I have purchased has been a 101/2. They sized me in a 11.
For those with standard D, E and EE widths, they have about 200 boots returned for repair and not picked up on a sales rack. If anywhere close would be worth the trip. They also have a Vintage line in standard sizes that are really good looking, but only in size D and up. Can order a catalog on line.
Asked the fitter about the difference between the White and Hathorn HiLine. White leathers are cut from the hide first then the HiLines. More hand stitching on the Whites equal more tech time and thus higher cost(about $100 a pair of boots). If you can fit standard sizing the HiLine a better deal. However the Whites also can come in more exotic hides!
Will post some pic's when I gottem on!
Wow!!! Its worth the drive. Took two hours with trying on multiple boots. The fitter even got the cutting templates and doing a mix and match of B and C widths came up with the right combo. So expect to receive my new boots in the mail in bout 3 weeks. Ended up ordering the White Packer(higher arch), 10 inch, with the Rancher heel with the specified templates. Every standard shoe I have purchased has been a 101/2. They sized me in a 11.
For those with standard D, E and EE widths, they have about 200 boots returned for repair and not picked up on a sales rack. If anywhere close would be worth the trip. They also have a Vintage line in standard sizes that are really good looking, but only in size D and up. Can order a catalog on line.
Asked the fitter about the difference between the White and Hathorn HiLine. White leathers are cut from the hide first then the HiLines. More hand stitching on the Whites equal more tech time and thus higher cost(about $100 a pair of boots). If you can fit standard sizing the HiLine a better deal. However the Whites also can come in more exotic hides!
Will post some pic's when I gottem on!
