Longbow,<br>I am not an expert on shoes but I hope I can help.<br>Firstly from what material is are the boots made of? Leather stretches after walking them in. What I've been taught is to put your walking socks on together with your walking boots and then whilst they are on your feet put them in a bucket of water for half an hour. This makes them shape to your feet. Of course it only works if they are more or less the right size.<br>If they are leather boots then you might wan to read my post called "shoepolish v saddlewax".<br>Reinhardt