Thursday Boot Company Captain Men’s Lace-up Boot

I bought the shoes and went half a size down from the sneaker size I normally wear. The boots are OK but I think I could have even gone down a full size! However, the shoes are extremely comfortable and break in time is very short (take about 10 minutes to loosen up, my first walk was 2hrs long and no foot pain)

The materials are good, however the quality control could have been much better! some stitches are a bit loose, and one very annoying thing is that the sole of the left shoe is different compared to the sole on the right shoe, therefore the shoes are asymmetric and the left shoe is much higher than the right shoe. This is dissapointing and therefore I only give these shoes 3 stars. If this problem didn’t exist I would definitely score the shoes a 5 star rating…

I wear a 9 in smart shoes and trainers so I ordered the UK8.5, came next day which was awesome compared to ordering from the states which would have taken over 15 days over Xmas period however upon receiving them and trying on I needed to send back as I felt the width was spot on but the heel felt a little slippy and loose and my foot had around 1/4″ free play back and forth.

After talking to Rose at Thursday boots she mentioned that a US9.5 that was delivered is in fact a 9UK and not 8.5 that is what I bought on amazon, so don’t go off the size stated in the description.

For me going a size down from what you wear in a trainer should work perfect however I need to get these from America which sucks but actually ends up being cheaper by £27 including shipping and import tax.

They look great, amazing quality but had to send back for another size.

UPDATE: After one month of wear these things are FINALLY broken in. In order to stop the slipping I had to put in a pair of cloth insoles. They’re still not great but at least they don’t kill my feet as much, although I still wouldn’t want to wear these things for an extended period. All my other criticisms still stand.

Keep in mind this review is from ONE DAY of wear at a quiet indoor wedding party. I was hoping these boots would be decent value for the money but having owned boots from other manufacturers around this price, I’m disappointed.

DESIGN: Probably the only thing I like about this boot. Heritage work boot style but nice and dressy. Can be dressed up or down.

SIZING: I wear a size 10 in all athletic shoes and a 9.5 in every other boot I own. I have a very standard foot size. I ordered a 9.5 d(m) and it fits rather awkwardly. The top of the boot laces shut completely with extra room around the ankle. I had to wait a day for the leather to wear in enough to actually tighten the laces around the foot itself and it will certainly create some weird crease lines on the leather. The fact that the lining material instead of being soft is in fact very slippery makes the sizing even worse as my foots doesn’t stay in place and the boot therefore feels even larger. I would have sized down to a 9 but while everything else was slightly too large the length fit my foot perfectly.

MATERIAL: Let’s start with colour. Initially these boots seemed very dark but with a day of wear I can see that with some stress on the leather it will lighten in places but the leather itself is not nice. The leather wrinkles like a cheap, papery leather. The leather is poorer in quality compared to other boots I own at a similar price. Scuffing is a big problem. After a day of wear and not contacting anything roughly the boots picked up several scratches and scuffs. I’ve tried my usual methods of hiding them which work on my other chrome tanned leathers but to no avail. The scuffs remain and the scratches are only partially hidden by colouring them with shoe cream. The exposed leather will not absorb enough colour to look like the rest of the boot. In addition the exposed backs of the speed hooks are scratching the tongue of the boot very badly. I will wax polish these but given how easily the leather scuffs and scratches it’s going to SUCK to maintain these boots.

CONSTRUCTION: Construction seemed okay out of the box but well below what it should have been. Like one other reviewer my sole had a small crack in it. The stitching of the goodyear welt was not great and left a few gaping holes in the leather. This will collect moisture and lead to the stitching dying MUCH sooner than it should. I may try waxing the holes and the welting thread to keep moisture out but I don’t hold out much hope. Also while I was recolouring the scratches I noticed that the exposed edges of the leather weren’t coloured in a few places.

Again, this is ONE DAY of wear to an indoor wedding party. I wanted to love these because I really do like the design even over Wolverines, Red Wings, and other boots in a similar style, but these really let me down.

I saw Thursday sponsored ads on my Instagram approximately one year ago. The boots looked beautiful and with the cold weather, I decided to order a pair of brown leather captains. Thursday might market these boots as a “cheaper” alternative to similar quality boots, but at the end of the day 250$ CAD + tax definitely isn’t cheap.

I was very excited to get the boots, however things have gone downhill, one I received the boots it was obvious that they either have no quality control or they simply do not care to sell imperfect products. There were deep scratches in the leather and there was some discoloration on the top part of the boot.
I was able to look past these imperfections because the boot itself really is beautiful and the leather does have a nice feel to it.
The problem was with the comfort of wearing them, I believe that my pair must be defective because there is very sharp protrusion in the heel of the boot, as I walk it literally digs into my heel. I’m not a person who complains about slight discomfort, but let me tell you this was extremely painful.
I reached out to Thursday to resolve this, and unfortunately the customer service is terrible. I dealt with a customer service rep by the name of Jessica, who has strung me along for 2 weeks now without ever offering any reasonable solutions. Her latest response was to tell me to ship the boots out to them at MY EXPENSE in order to receive an exchange.
Forget about the courtesy of at the very least sending me a prepaid return shipping label after I wore defective boots for 3 weeks…. I have to pay out of my pocket to ship out these boots to correct their mistake…ridiculous! Zero customer service, zero care about customer satisfaction.

Thursday claims to be a cheaper alternative, let me tell you I know realize that you guys have perfectly described your product, a cheap product with no quality control and no care in the world for you customers.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and in the case of Thursday their lack of quality control and customer service make their product one that I recommend you stay away from.

Buyer beware.