Grant Stone
Cap Toe Boot
Grant Stone
This was my first pair of Grant Stone boots and I really wasn’t sure of sizing. I’m at 12.5 on a Brannock, so I ordered a 12. They were a touch roomy from the start but I was nervous that a 11.5 would be too small. In hindsight, they’re too big and I wish they fit better. All my other grant stone footwear is 11.5 and that’s just obviously better on my feet. (Also in hindsight, I thought my feet were hard to fit because I had a pair of Quoddy boat shoes in 12 that were slightly too small. Turns out Quoddy’s sizing just seems to be off, based on a bunch of other Quoddy shoes I tried on.)
The Grant Stone online experience is great. It’d be nice if it were Amazon-level next day shipping, but it’s problem free.
I mainly work from home and wear slippers inside, so these books got most of their use walking the dogs. Stable, solid, but the sole isn’t really great in snow. Better than crepe rubber, but without lugs, it can’t really grab.
The leather is great. The boots were a little stiff at the beginning and there was a fight between my ankle bones and the leather to see who would break in first. But eventually my bones won. I brushed the boots and used a neutral polish on them every month or so, which took them from the lighter forest green to a deep green-black. The leather seems really tough too, the only marks that it got were from the spot near the heel where I used one boot to push off the other and the occasional dog claw to the toe.
Keep in mind that I order a half size too large, but the toe both width is too wide for me
I have not seen a pair of grant stone footwear that isn’t excellently designed and produced. No issues at all.
Good, but it lacks traction in snow
These are great. However I regret getting the size I did. And unfortunately, they’re too expensive to buy in another size.