John Calden Boots Mountain Shoe

Nils Kauffman bought a pair of my Mtn Shoes for a up coming job working overseas in Afghanistan. He ended up not going to that job , so he didn't need a tough Mtn Shoe anymore , so he wanted a full refund by saying they were too long. I took the measurements and the shoes were done exactly to those measurements. He didn't like that answer so he took me to small claims court . While waiting our turn , I took the insoles out of the dress shoes he had on and put them in his Calden Mtn Shoes and they were the same length.
If you tell the Judge that you paid all that money and they don't fit , it is very difficult to convince him otherwise. The judge took his side only half way , so Nils got his Mtn Shoes for half price. His post was not true, he just used it as revenge against me, because it didn't work out as planned for him. I'm in my 48th year of making Mtn. footwear and Nils Kauffman the only customer that ever took me to small claims court. I think even Randy M got taken to sm. claims court once too ! Cheers JWC

Made to Customers measurements !

It's a thick heavy duty boot ,,, take it slow with your break-in.

Thick strong leather boot = great support.

Full grain leather = very water resistant .

Thick Classic Vibram Lug Sole 

Real leather breathes 

Classic Mtn Boot design 

Some are in use 20+ years

Background

Dealt with this product and other Mtn footwear for years

Highly Satisfied. I wear the shoes any time I have to be on my feet for extended periods of time. They are not at all fashionable, but they are the most comfortable walking shoes I have ever owned.

I have sold mountaineering footwear. I have owned excellent hiking and mountaineering boots, including Pivetta, Raichle, and Lowa. John's boots fit and feel better than any boots I have ever worn.

I ordered a pair of mountain shoes from John Calden and visited his shop so he could measure my feet. The shoes were more than a size too long. The shoes did not fit.

The shoes were about one-half inch too long and John Calden was not interested in actually seeing how the shoes fit on my feet. His only concern was how the shoes fit his last.

I took him to small claims court and won (see case number 2013 S 000242, Larimer County Court).

Despite all the rhetoric on the website regarding superior fit, he takes not responsibility for it. This is what he wrote me about how my feet, not the last, fit in the shoes he made, "I have no control over what a customer's feet do in them."

For the price I expected an excellent fit.