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    I’m Doubting Alden’s Future

    I’m not talking about cosmetics, mine were unwearable on hard surfaces in some cases, but most cases it was only after wearing them for a full day, they get more and more uncomfortable. The heel was putting pressure like pinching a nerve.
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    I’m Doubting Alden’s Future

    I found them, learned all I could about them, started buying them. Their business relies on return customers, yes? There is a cost to building the way they do, and a younger generation will not be buying Alden when they see the price/quality. I love Alden, but I cannot recommend them to a young...
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    I’m Doubting Alden’s Future

    I heard something about staffing issues since Covid, is that true? I can’t imagine many people grow up wanting to build shoes by hand for someone else. If that’s your thing, you’ll probably be more interested in your own business, right?
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    I’m Doubting Alden’s Future

    I love the cork sole. I did a week long hike on the pacific crest trail with the neo cork and it was great in sand, gravel, pine needles, dirt. Weston made a comment about feeling the shank, which tells me the size he ordered is too long for him. I went down a half size and up a width and the...
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    I’m Doubting Alden’s Future

    I love the idea of Alden, and when you get the right size on the right last, it’s a feeling like no other. 8D is amazing, but I went to 7.5E, and it’s perfection. I just wish I had better luck. They did repair some stitching that fell apart on the first day, and I will say that their turnaround...
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    I’m Doubting Alden’s Future

    I want to clear here; I don’t care at all about finish quality, leather creasing, or anything like that. I’m talking about improperly made heel stacks on 95% of my new purchases, and even the occasional incorrect sole construction. I’m currently wearing my new 4015 at work and because of the...
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    I’m Doubting Alden’s Future

    1 new pair and 1 factory second was perfect. A couple bad Hamptons, 1 perfect.
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    I’m Doubting Alden’s Future

    I’m one of their biggest fans. I will continue buying them. I wore my first pair of Indy boots twenty hours a day, every day, for a month. I can wear other shoes, but the trubalance feels so right I don’t like to take them off. There’s only one pair I can stand in all day at work though, and...
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    I’m Doubting Alden’s Future

    I just discovered Alden last December, and my first purchase was the 405. The experience of ordering and returning a few before finding my size was smooth and sent me on a ridiculous journey of new, factory seconds, and eBay. 40 pair later, and I’m frustrated beyond words. Almost every new pair...
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