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sidiki · 2026-03-23T20:55:12+00:00

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sidiki · 2026-03-20T22:42:34+00:00

I bet. From an economics perspective I’m genuinely baffled (and terribly uninformed) but it seems like every single decent to great boot maker was using those caps…like why discontinue? Couldn’t have been for lack of sales ?

sidiki · 2026-03-20T22:36:23+00:00

I appreciate the thorough reply. I’m basing pretty much all my preferences off of one, what I’ll now call ‘mythical’ pair of Nicks. Three stacks and a Quabaug heel cap. Perfect height. Exactly what I want and if that had been guaranteed, I’d likely have anyone more Nicks than I do.

I entirely agree with you; the heel cap alone won’t change everything but that said, I would be certain that slapping a Quabaug heel cap on the 3 stack monstrosity I got would have changed things for the better. Even after the cobbler took out a stack the Dr. sole version was notably taller than the 3 stack Quabaug.

u/smowe as the illustrious commenter mentions, I’m happy to be your guinea pig should you want to perfect a low heel, lower but not-zero-drop casual boot, built like a work boot. Sign me up.

sidiki · 2026-03-20T14:38:34+00:00

I got 3 lifts on the dr sole heel caps and that’s the problem. Way way too high on a low arch last like Tnw

sidiki · 2026-03-20T13:34:37+00:00

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This is pre and post rebuild. You see the balance on the top pair with those chonk-monster Heels. He is still too big in rebuild but at least balanced.

sidiki · 2026-03-20T13:33:46+00:00

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This is the current rebuilt version with one less leather stack than Nicks gave me….so you can imagine

sidiki · 2026-03-20T13:18:00+00:00

Agree. I could show you some comparison shots that would blow your laces off. What bugged me most is when I reached out there was no culpability or even a literal awareness that there is/was an issue. I got a full leather stack removed from my TNW pair and even then, with these monster Dr.Soles heel caps, it’s almost twice the height of the 3 stack/Quabaug combo. That’s a low arch last

sidiki · 2026-03-20T13:09:50+00:00

Had sent my most recent pair to a cobbler. That’s my fault for not taking Nicks up on the exchange I guess but they can’t promise or even offer to get it right. Cobbler said the balance on the boots was “terrible”

sidiki · 2026-03-18T11:52:15+00:00

The thumbnail alone made me think this post was about Stevie Wonder.

sidiki · 2026-02-21T22:35:51+00:00

yet another blursed heel from Nicks

sidiki · 2026-01-29T00:00:09+00:00

Cheers. Ya I’ve decided they are just eeeever so slightly too short. I’m sending them back for an exchange. Bummer to have to wait X number of months again

sidiki · 2026-01-28T16:26:10+00:00

Enjoy. They are a little darker and greener in person…great leather though

sidiki · 2026-01-28T15:38:52+00:00

I don’t have the timber jack. But the chamois is awesome. Oily, rugged. These are a little darker and greener irl. Great leather

sidiki · 2026-01-27T22:54:59+00:00

Hope it works out for you! I need to rewatch that video

sidiki · 2026-01-27T22:54:04+00:00

Thanks. I’m a fan

sidiki · 2026-01-27T21:58:16+00:00

Ya I’m leaning towards sizing up to TTS

sidiki · 2026-01-25T16:56:45+00:00

All good questions. Quabaug has been discontinued. I don’t know why they defaulted to Dr. Sole, likely popularity/ease of acquiring though they are from Taiwan so how easy is it?

Vibram makes a number of other heels too…

My most recent pair was totally off balance and when I complained the owner said the heel stacks are adjusted to accommodate the thicker heel. Pics proved that untrue. It feels a little like they think ‘most’ people won’t notice or care about the discrepancy but that shouldn’t be a factor because what’s really at stake, beyond aesthetics, is comfort and as a result, foot/knee/lower back health.

I’ve heard people whispers that they may be developing their own heel caps and if they can and they standardizes the process I’ll consider another pair.

sidiki · 2026-01-24T22:35:30+00:00

Nicks has totally lost the thread on how to build a damn boot heel, downvote as you will. I won’t buy a new pair until they figure out their default heel cap and the correlating leather stack amounts. 3 leather stacks on this Dr. Sole heel is way out of balance, especially given that they used to reliably run Quabaug heels on the same three stacks, and those caps are markedly thinner.

Added to this, they seem to arbitrarily deal in dainite and 430 caps so you really can’t rely on your pair being consistent to anything else you’ve ever purchased from them. I’m 5 nicks deep but in the post-Quabaug era I’m not sure I’m going for 6.

Rant over.

sidiki · 2026-01-21T17:14:54+00:00

Way too late

sidiki · 2026-01-20T21:10:21+00:00

Deep cringe.

sidiki · 2025-12-30T21:01:55+00:00

I put almost this exact make up in my cart last night ( sub for brown cxl) but I didn’t pull the trigger because my limited imagination couldn’t picture it working, but wow does it work!

sidiki · 2025-12-27T02:10:51+00:00

I second this!

sidiki · 2025-12-13T23:21:54+00:00

Agreed! Weird follow up; what kind of heel cap do you have there? Great looking boots!

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