Back when I worked we had to have steel toe capped boots and the company chipped in on the price. I had tried different boots and some were ok. They opened a Red Wing store near me and I decided to try them. The fellow asked me what size I needed and told him 9 1/2 D. He asked if I had my foot measured and I told him no, he measured it on some type of electronic foot measurer. It came out to be 10 1/2 E. I told him that was too big, he explained that they had the same area size. He put one 91/2 D on one foot and a 10 1/2 E on the other and didn't say which one but said to walk around the store. Came back and said which one felt better, and I said which one and took it off and showed me it was a 10 1/2 E.
I had also mentioned to him about breaking new shoes in of which he told me if the shoe fits right there is no breaking in.
Which ever you decide just make sure you get the right size. Also everyone's has a foot that is larger than the other and the only way some people take care of that is to have shoes custom made.
Last edited by JDW; 11/22/15 10:53 PM.
