sho'nuff
grrrrrrrr!!
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I'm being serious, hear me out.
1) your expensive shoes always the first rule is to use a shoe horn to prevent stepping on and damaging the heel counter.
2) the shoe horns I see everywhere are 1.5 inches to 2+ inches in breadth at the insert area.
Most heels of shoes aren't this wide; try pressing a standard width shoe horn into this area you are wildly deforming the heel shape for a split second. Along with pressure from your foot, the constant torque you apply each wearing will misshapen that area and along the sides of the shoe, in the long run.
3) shoe horns are usually something stiff and unbendable like metal, wood, or horn. These are considered more desirable than plain old plastic but imo, I find plastic will at least give and bend to not depress the heels too much.
(Look closely if you use a metal shoe horn. When you press your feet in, the sides of the metal are abrading the liner and top stitch of the heel if the horn is wider than that curved area.
4) horns should fit the curvature of your own heel. Most horns are one-size-fit-all and the shape is less curved to accommodate bigger heels so if you have a slighter heel, thus narrower shoe heel, the lack of curvature of the horn will have the sides abrade the heel if they are made with something inflexible.
Anyone know of a shoehorn I can find that fits my heel and is only 1.25 inches in width and flexible?
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See how the sides of a 2-inch wide shoe horn will acutely pinch the sides of a typical average sized (9.5d) shoe heel..
1) your expensive shoes always the first rule is to use a shoe horn to prevent stepping on and damaging the heel counter.
2) the shoe horns I see everywhere are 1.5 inches to 2+ inches in breadth at the insert area.
Most heels of shoes aren't this wide; try pressing a standard width shoe horn into this area you are wildly deforming the heel shape for a split second. Along with pressure from your foot, the constant torque you apply each wearing will misshapen that area and along the sides of the shoe, in the long run.
3) shoe horns are usually something stiff and unbendable like metal, wood, or horn. These are considered more desirable than plain old plastic but imo, I find plastic will at least give and bend to not depress the heels too much.
(Look closely if you use a metal shoe horn. When you press your feet in, the sides of the metal are abrading the liner and top stitch of the heel if the horn is wider than that curved area.
4) horns should fit the curvature of your own heel. Most horns are one-size-fit-all and the shape is less curved to accommodate bigger heels so if you have a slighter heel, thus narrower shoe heel, the lack of curvature of the horn will have the sides abrade the heel if they are made with something inflexible.
Anyone know of a shoehorn I can find that fits my heel and is only 1.25 inches in width and flexible?
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See how the sides of a 2-inch wide shoe horn will acutely pinch the sides of a typical average sized (9.5d) shoe heel..
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