Anyone experience the TC’s permintily shrinking when they get wet. Photo is a new NC in a 44 on the left and a used 43.5 on the right. The used pair did get completely saturated one day. I also noticed a few small things that changed on them recently. Anyone know if the shoe changed lasts or sizeing lately?
Have you, since then, worn them again and gotten them hot and sweaty? Leather is known to shrink and change in size when wet/worn. I've had muiras feel tight and then warm up and they're back to comfy, only to have them dry out and rest again to tighten up some. I never compared side by side like your pic, which seems like a stark difference...
Edit: shoes also occasionally size odd between them. The first pair of katana lace i ever ordered were two different sizes (both marked 37.5). i do have a foot discrepancy but these were opposite of that for me. So you're comparing these to a new shoe, but how different do they look than their sister shoe from your other foot? or did they both shrink?
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Tee Kay wrote: Have you, since then, worn them again and gotten them hot and sweaty? Leather is known to shrink and change in size when wet/worn. I've had muiras feel tight and then warm up and they're back to comfy, only to have them dry out and rest again to tighten up some. I never compared side by side like your pic, which seems like a stark difference...
They're a half-size different (44 and 43.5) so I'm not sure why anyone is surprised that one is smaller than the other.
Shoe on the right has formed to your foot, thats why it "appears" to be drastically smaller, it's not, it just doesnt have the flat elongated bottom anymore.
Josh Landis wrote: Shoe on the right has formed to your foot, thats why it "appears" to be drastically smaller, it's not, it just doesnt have the flat elongated bottom anymore.
No way, that is way more than any sort of being "broken in". That's equal to or more than an entire size jump in length.
No way, that is way more than any sort of being "broken in". That's equal to or more than an entire size jump in length.
No it’s not. When a leather shoe forms to a foot it’s changes the original shape, instead of it being flat and straight it’s now bent and curved. You can clearly see it in the picture but I made another in case you can’t. If you were to flatten out the soles they would measure much longer, probably close to the original size, minus wear. Water can shrink leather, but it won’t shrink your soles and rands.
Good info thanks guys. I have had pairs of TC's get wet before but this is the worst they have ever felt out of probably six different pairs of TC's in the past.
Ive had this problem - or else Sportiva are not making their shoes the same. Had a pair for about 3 years and needed to start breaking in a second pair so ordered them online - EXACT same size - when they arrived I couldn't believe how much different they were! It actually works out for me because I was considering going up a 1/2 size but didn't - so the bigger shoes are OK - otherwise I would have sent them back.
Here's my old size 45 and the new 45
EDIT: Been reading the comments - I can say that Ive gotten significant mileage out of my original paid (1 resole so far) and they fit the same as when I got them for the most part. I do have long narrow feet and really tighten the laces down - I'm sure that has "shrunk" them a bit over the last few years to fit like a glove. I think the changes are in the manufacturing of the new shoe OR they are labelled wrong...
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