Woodtroll
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The top are 12FF Swing last, bottom are Northwest last 12EE. Note the standard trim gives a "pie plate" appearance to the soles on these large sizes. I borrow "pie plate" as a descriptor from the excellent Reddit tutorial. IMO, the pics of smaller sizes look better with standard trim, they lose the snow shoe appearance the large sizes have.
IIRC Standard trim will allow more rebuilds over time than close trim. Opinion, I'm not a smokejumper so I won't need many rebuilds.
You could do what I did, order standard trim and if you don't like it, have it changed at resole.
Another thought, the standard trim boots are actual work boots. They give me added protection for the toes. I walk in concrete, gravel, earth/mud, climb stairs, ladders, have to jog short distances in them sometimes, etc. The brown horse hide are strictly casual.
Thank you very much, John, the pictures help a lot. That "pie pan" look you talk about is what I'm trying to avoid on these boots. I'm curious how the construction differs to allow for just the single row of stitching?
And you're right - on all my Drew's and White's work boots that receive harder use, that welt gets battered down and the vamp widens out, and the welt ends up looking much more narrow in time. I don't expect this particular pair to receive that kind of heavy use, so the close trim interests me.
I saw a year or two ago that White's ran a 25% off Black Friday sale - is that discount typical?