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One technique I use to get shoes to fit me is to wear them in the bath or shower (careful not to slip!) some morning and give them a really good soaking (5-10 minutes). Then wear them all day and by the time they dry, they will have conformed to the shape of your foot rather well. Wear nylon stockings (knee highs or pantyhose) so that the moisture in the leather and the moisture from your foot's natural perspiration can escape. One thorough soaking and dry cycle like this will probably not damage the shoes at all (after all, the leather got wet quite often when it was on the cow)...
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Hehe, interesting idea gwl1 - I might have to try that sometime. I have a couple pairs of boots I bought online that where the right length and were the same width that I get all my other shoes, but these two pairs of boots were both very tight over the middle of my foot on top. One eventually stretched out over time and is not bad to wear these days for a couple of hours, but the other is I think a very thick leather and it never did stretch out, so I never get to wear them out, only can put them on for 15 minutes before my feet ache and feel like they are about to explode out of the boot. Guess I was too cheap to get a stretcher, but I see they are actually cheaper than I thought. That or the shower idea sounds intriguing to try once anyway :)