My wife can't be the only woman to take a size 3 boot. can anyone
recommend a good retailer, who caters for the smaller sizes.

The only main stream retail outlets in our vicinity,(the Isle of Wight), 
Millets and Blacks, all women's boots start at size 4.

Alf

Alf wrote:
> My wife can't be the only woman to take a size 3 boot. can anyone
> recommend a good retailer, who caters for the smaller sizes.
> 
> The only main stream retail outlets in our vicinity,(the Isle of Wight), 
> Millets and Blacks, all women's boots start at size 4.
> 
> Alf

Do what I do and buy children's boots.  Mine are a daft pink colour, but 
I paid no VAT on them, and they came in sizes from aboout a kid's 8 to 
adult 6.  I take a size 4 and have very wide feet.  Most adult boots 
start at a size five and are nothing like wide enough.

-- 
Kate  XXXXXX  R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Kate XXXXXX wrote:
> Alf wrote:
>> My wife can't be the only woman to take a size 3 boot. can anyone
>> recommend a good retailer, who caters for the smaller sizes.
>>
>> The only main stream retail outlets in our vicinity,(the Isle of 
>> Wight), Millets and Blacks, all women's boots start at size 4.
>>
>> Alf
> 
> Do what I do and buy children's boots.  Mine are a daft pink colour, but 
> I paid no VAT on them, and they came in sizes from aboout a kid's 8 to 
> adult 6.  I take a size 4 and have very wide feet.  Most adult boots 
> start at a size five and are nothing like wide enough.
> 


Thanks Kate, we've been that route before , quite successfully, but in 
only replacement boots we can find now are imo a poorer quality, the 
tongue is a lot thinner allowing the top eyelet to rub. However you're 
suggestion has made me think along the lines of the quality brands, if 
they have a childs boot.

Alf

Alf wrote:
> Kate XXXXXX wrote:
>> Alf wrote:
>>> My wife can't be the only woman to take a size 3 boot. can anyone
>>> recommend a good retailer, who caters for the smaller sizes.
>>>
>>> The only main stream retail outlets in our vicinity,(the Isle of 
>>> Wight), Millets and Blacks, all women's boots start at size 4.
>>>
>>> Alf
>>
>> Do what I do and buy children's boots.  Mine are a daft pink colour, 
>> but I paid no VAT on them, and they came in sizes from aboout a kid's 
>> 8 to adult 6.  I take a size 4 and have very wide feet.  Most adult 
>> boots start at a size five and are nothing like wide enough.
>>
> 
> 
> Thanks Kate, we've been that route before , quite successfully, but in 
> only replacement boots we can find now are imo a poorer quality, the 
> tongue is a lot thinner allowing the top eyelet to rub. However you're 
> suggestion has made me think along the lines of the quality brands, if 
> they have a childs boot.
> 
> Alf

Mine are cheap as chips, bought on-line (£25 Regattas), as an 
experiment, as they are the first I've needed in 30 years.  My feet are 
quite skinny, as in very little flesh on them, but very wide.  I wanted 
something for walking things like chunks of The North Downs Way, but 
thet also stood up to Hadriea's Wall quite well last month.  They are 
also incredibly comfortable: my feet didn't suffer at all.  Didn't even 
ache...  Might not have been so happy if they'd got wet, mind.  I 
haven't tested them in real wet yet.

Quite a few of the better makes make quite heavu duty walking boots fot 
kids.  Son James had a couple of pairs we got in sales and the like, 
when his feet were smaller.  Sales price and lack of VAT helps a lot 
with the price of these things.  Now that he's into a nine and a half, I 
refuse to pay more than £40 for them in Decathlon, as he's growing too 
fast to keep up with (won't be 14 until October, and already 5'10" and 
in gents Medium shirts and M&S 34" waist 31" inside leg jeans...  ).  I 
pay enough VAT on his kit to avoid it on mine by buying kid's stuff like 
shoes when I can.  :D

-- 
Kate  XXXXXX  R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Alf wrote:
> My wife can't be the only woman to take a size 3 boot. can anyone
> recommend a good retailer, who caters for the smaller sizes.
>
> The only main stream retail outlets in our vicinity,(the Isle of
> Wight), Millets and Blacks, all women's boots start at size 4.

I think Scarpa still do stuff small enough.  My wife has a couple of pairs 
in different weights/styles.

You may need to ask the retailer to special order from the importers.  No 
idea if Millets/Blacks will actually do that, being a big chain, I wouldn't 
be surprised if they couldn't be bothered.

Scarpa's UK agent are helpful and might be able to suggest a stockist in 
your area.


- Nigel


-- 
Nigel Cliffe,
Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/

"Nigel Cliffe"  writes:

>You may need to ask the retailer to special order from the importers.  No 
>idea if Millets/Blacks will actually do that, being a big chain, I wouldn't 
>be surprised if they couldn't be bothered.

When I asked Tiso about a size they didn't have I found that if the chain 
stocks it they can get it into the local branch without a problem (except 
that their stock system doesn't always work so they may think they have 
something somewhere and then it turns out they don't...). If it is a size 
they don't do but the manufacturer does make (in my case a 7.5 when they 
only stock 7 and 8) then they can order it in but I have to buy it - 
which with boots you want to try on first may be a problems.

Roos

> The only main stream retail outlets in our vicinity,(the Isle of Wight), 
> Millets and Blacks, all women's boots start at size 4.

If you find yourself on the mainland, try a visit to Peglers at Arundel, in 
particular the 'below the knee' shop in Tarrant Street.  Although my wife 
and I have not been buying small size boots there, they are very experienced 
in boot sales and could probably get them from a supplier.  We have used 
them for many a year, living near Portsmouth, and have provided a great 
service to us.  Their web address is http://www.peglers.co.uk/,so you could 
always give them a call to see if they could help.

-- 
Sandy Saunders @ www.thewalkzone.co.uk
'Mountains or Mole Hills, summiting
still brings the same excitement!'

sandy saunders wrote:
>> The only main stream retail outlets in our vicinity,(the Isle of 
>> Wight), Millets and Blacks, all women's boots start at size 4.
> 
> If you find yourself on the mainland, try a visit to Peglers at Arundel, 
> in particular the 'below the knee' shop in Tarrant Street.  Although my 
> wife and I have not been buying small size boots there, they are very 
> experienced in boot sales and could probably get them from a supplier.  
> We have used them for many a year, living near Portsmouth, and have 
> provided a great service to us.  Their web address is 
> http://www.peglers.co.uk/,so you could always give them a call to see if 
> they could help.
> 

Thanks, I'll look at that website

Alf

Nigel Cliffe wrote:
> Alf wrote:
>> My wife can't be the only woman to take a size 3 boot. can anyone
>> recommend a good retailer, who caters for the smaller sizes.
>>
>> The only main stream retail outlets in our vicinity,(the Isle of
>> Wight), Millets and Blacks, all women's boots start at size 4.
> 
> I think Scarpa still do stuff small enough.  My wife has a couple of pairs 
> in different weights/styles.

They do, and Salomon, saw both makes on the Cotswold website, thanks for 
that pointer.

Alf

Kate XXXXXX wrote:

> Mine are cheap as chips, bought on-line (£25 Regattas),

my wife is currently wearing a childs Peter Storm boot, but they're at 
the end of they're useful life


I wanted
> something for walking things like chunks of The North Downs Way, but 
> thet also stood up to Hadriea's Wall quite well last month.  They are 
> also incredibly comfortable: my feet didn't suffer at all.  Didn't even 
> ache...  Might not have been so happy if they'd got wet, mind.  I 
> haven't tested them in real wet yet.

the Peter Storm boots have survived  the 14 mile section of Walk the 
Wight for 3 years, including last years very wet conditions.

Alf

Roos Eisma wrote:
> "Nigel Cliffe"  writes:
>
>> You may need to ask the retailer to special order from the
>> importers.  No idea if Millets/Blacks will actually do that, being a
>> big chain, I wouldn't be surprised if they couldn't be bothered.
>
> When I asked Tiso about a size they didn't have I found that if the
> chain stocks it they can get it into the local branch without a
> problem (except that their stock system doesn't always work so they
> may think they have something somewhere and then it turns out they
> don't...). If it is a size they don't do but the manufacturer does
> make (in my case a 7.5 when they only stock 7 and 8) then they can
> order it in but I have to buy it - which with boots you want to try
> on first may be a problems.

An example of a "not very helpful" chain store response.

A decent retailer can get stock on the basis of try, if it doesn't fit, it 
goes back.  My local independent works that way.

- Nigel


-- 
Nigel Cliffe,
Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:14:12 +0100, Nigel Cliffe wrote:

> I think Scarpa still do stuff small enough.  My wife has a couple of pairs 
> in different weights/styles.

Just had a look in Scarpa's dogologue: women's start at 36 or 37,
children's at 27.
-- 
Peter.
You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
It's not rocket science, you know.