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View Poll Results: Which heel do you like the best on this boot?
4" Stiletto heel 16 47.06%
3 5/8" Blade heel 18 52.94%
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Old 29th April 2006, 04:10   #1 (permalink)
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Well I destroyed enough cheep shoes and boots to finally have the nut to modify these size 12 Wesley and Company leather boots that were made for a person with a fat calf. I have such skinny ankles finding stuff can be a PITA. Any way I intend to have a shoe repair person sew the cuts I made to the boot, I taken pictures of my slicing and dicing. But things came out well, I will post them after the boots are complete. Also blade heels are OK but I had a 4" stiletto heels to use so I am going to swap them as well for a little more hight, but still feel free to add you opinion.

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I voted for the blade heel. Ordinarily I'd have gone for the stiletto, but I think the blade heel works better with the square toe.

Good luck with the project though, will be interested to see how it turns out. And there was me feeling all chuffed with myself because I fixed a loose heel tip! :)

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I was hoping to have this done a while ago, but not having a job is really screwing my life up right now. I am surprised people are voting for the blade, as much as I don't like the height of it 3.5" I am going to have to find something else that falls some where in the 4" range that is not a stiletto.
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I would go for the blade heel myself as I think it fits the square toe box better and would make a nice looking boot.
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Seems that I am going to have to find a 4" blede heel........
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ok hoverfly... i'll put in my 2 cents worth. I LOVE STILETTO HEELS , but i agree that a blade works best with the squared toes. good luck on your modifications!
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I went for the blade heel. Not sure if project is still live!
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I think that the square heel will be better as well, good luck with the project
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i vote for the blades,too. looks good with better lateral stability.
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Square toe, blade heel; it is a nice balance!
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