Interesting thread here, surprising to see how much of an individual thing boot choice is ......in some ways more diverse than gun preference among posters here......
I'll admit that I too have tried (repeatedly) to catch the right "vibe" that makes the Russell's such a cult item among its supporters... But they just don't get there for me.....
I have shooting friends that dote on them......
I recall my last effort was at the insistence of one of these die hard champions of the Company, he insisted it was because I did not have them "made to measure" following personal measurement by Ralph or other company employee.
Giving in and trying this "sure fix" I sat and was carefully measured at one of the Safari Shows some years back.....
Went thru the waiting period in the off season and at last received the boots.... The result.... no difference, in fact perhaps less comfortable than my attempts to buy off the shelf....
I called and discussed my plight with Ralph , and found his sense of humor lacking at my statement to the effect of....
" I bet that other S.O.B. was really mad" he rather hesitantly asked to whom I was referring, to which I replied,
" The guy that got the boots I ordered, 'cause surely I haven"t got them......"
I stumbled across my last pair of them in a closet this Fall, McIntosh Bird Hunter or such....If anyone knows of someone who can use them I'll gladly send them along gratis.... @ 12 1/2 to 13 C- D width
