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No sure on those boots personally, but...cheat?
Go buy an aerosol can of 'shoe stretcher' and douse the inside, to moisten it up and put a little give.
Or, rub in a bunch of cobbler's cream (or if you're brave, Carr's Leather Oil), and give it time to soak in or else you'll be getting goo on your socks.
Or, go full old school and just fill them with water.
Grab sports tape, the kinesiology stuff or whatever it's called, I find it works magic to put a square of that on my heel, maybe double up if it's really painful. Often I use that over a toe that gets blistered, to take the rubbing pain away.
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Normally the lining of Stows is fairly soft tan coloured leather of some description. I've seen special order Stows that have coloured linings, purple and so on, and they don't seem as soft although I've never worn a pair.
It almost sounds as if they are a bit big? The uppers don't normally need much breaking in whereas the soles, especially the leather one, can remain stiff for a good while.
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Tricker's Stow boots!
I've got a new pair and I'm going through the breaking in period. Its been over a week now that I'm wearing them for around half the day, but it seems to be a very slow process to get the leather to soften at all. And its now started to manifest into some heel rub, as there's no give at all in the top part of the boots to lace them tight. If laced tight, I can't even contemplate stairs, as the tongue/top will cut into my ankle.
Also, does anybody know if the leather lining gets softer or if there's anything I should do to it? I've got a pair of Crockett & Jones Islay's and the liner on those is matt, where as the Tricker's Stow's lining is really shiny and almost plastic looking. Whereas the Crockett's appear to have moulded to my feet, inside the Trickers at the moment it just looks like its creasing and bunching up the leather.
Its a little frustrating, as the Crockett's leather went glove soft in a really short amount of time and are amazing to wear. But, I dread putting on the Stow's every day!