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Oak Street Bootmakers was founded by George Vlagos, who fell in love with shoemaking while apprenticing at his father’s shoe repair shop. These days, George strives to preserve the heritage of the craft through a combination of thoughtful design and careful attention to detail Read More
PoringHow long have you worn them for? I have all sorts of issues with high insteps and wide feet, but unlined chromexcel tends to stretch for my width the majority of the time. It usually takes me a week or so of infrequent wear to feel comfortable, and comfort gets even better with time.
Also, how's the instep fit? I'd not go up so drastically on the length, especially on a loafer/moc, unless I was already really tight in the instep area. Otherwise you're going to risk having too much heel slippage.
It's also worth noting that wide variants of this style are available. So I'd not settle if the fit really is uncomfortable.
Wish they didn't have the seam across the heel. My old made in the US LL Ben ones don't have it. They need replacing, but I'd like to find ones w/o that seam.
Thanks for the thoughtful reply, but I mentioned “overseas” because the cost of labor in the US is so high, in part because shoemaking here is now a close to being a cottage industry. The once thriving handsewn moccasin industry in Maine is almost gone. So yeah, some people do think there’s value in helping preserve the industry that developed these styles to begin with.
Regarding the leather, Chromexcel is widely regarded as the gold standard of bovine leather for rugged footwear. It costs twice what many competing leathers cost.
Reasonable people can debate the relative impact on quality of these things, but the impact on the cost is irrefutable.
mikewilkieNice leather, more expensive than other types, but not inherently stronger or tougher than others.
Like a lot of things "widely regarded as the gold standard" it turns out to be 2 parts true, 5 parts hype, and 3 parts Kool-Aid.
Justint777Hi Justinit777! This drop is just for the natural, which as you can see or if you're familiar with Natural CXL, it tends to darken quite nicely overtime and become a rich cognac brown color.
It's like massdrop hates people with small feet. They never have sizes below a 7. Oakstreet is fantastic, but you have to size down quite a bit to get a good fit with this brand. Sigh.
slev1822Sorry for the inconvenience, and we take your feedback. You will start seeing more sizing options in the near future for all apparel events (whenever possible).