Custom made hiking boots?

[Omega]

My feet are Extra Extra Wide (width H), so it is very hard finding properly fitting boots.
Any recommendations where I could order hiking waterproof boots that will fit my width? They will need to be properly waterproof as I want to use them for hunting
So far was thinking about Altberg Hogg All Weather Microlite https://www.altberg.co.uk/boots/motorcycle-boots/hogg-all-weather-microlite1. However, it might be not wide enough, and they won't accept returns if it does not fit me
Looked at Mendl, Merrell,Scarpa, even at more expensive Le Chameu, Crispi and some other £350+ boots, but they don't made for my feet's width
Do not want to go 1-2 sizes larger, as I do with waterproof trainers - I have Salomon for about 15 years and they are great, but I am suspicious about boots because I often found them to be uncomfortable, and I had Berghaus, Caterpillar (when I worked on construction site) and Dr. Martens (they fitted well, but too heavy for hunting)
Also thinking buying something like Hunter Wellington boots, but not sure how well they support ankles if I step an uneven surface
Thank you

 

[Diamond Dave]

There’s a boot maker in Stoney Middleton near Bakewell in Derbyshire

 

[kard133]

If you can get to their factory (pre book) Altberg can measure your foot, let you try on the various widths of the style you like, or even customise and build the boots for you. I have a pair of tabbing boots on order being built on the G-fit last with lacing hooks. Another option may be Vivobarefoot boots, the toe box is quite wide and they accept returns.

 

[EdS]

Altberg but you'd be better off with a proper walking / country boot than a motorcycle boot.

I use the Raby boots for walking and on shoots. Before that I used the orginal Field and Fell...only replaced them as worm out - 15 years and 2 worn soles later

 

[Omega]

If you can get to their factory (pre book) Altberg can measure your foot, let you try on the various widths of the style you like, or even customise and build the boots for you. I have a pair of tabbing boots on order being built on the G-fit last with lacing hooks. Another option may be Vivobarefoot boots, the toe box is quite wide and they accept returns.

I got to their retailers and they, based on my feet measurements and using another Altberg boot, recommended Altberg Hogg All Weather Microlite. However, this was their best guess, it does not mean it is guaranteed to fit perfectly, unfortunately, as my feet are slightly different in size (though most people do too)

 

[Omega]

Altberg but you'd be better off with a proper walking / country boot than a motorcycle boot.

I use the Raby boots for walking and on shoots. Before that I used the orginal Field and Fell...only replaced them as worm out - 15 years and 2 worn soles later

Altberg told me that Fremington is their widest last, they make only Hogg All Weather Microlite and some other ankle height boot using this last.
Glad to hear that Altberg can last really long time - it looks like the best option so far

 

[John Fenna]

I had Altberg custom make some boots for my wife - they lasted her about 30 years ...
Great boots but a no longer produced hiking boot model...

 

[Macaroon]

Do a search for William Lennon bootmakers, never been disappointed.

 

[Bert]

Do a search for William Lennon bootmakers, never been disappointed.

true, but do they waterproof boots? can't remember?

 

[ged]

I had Altberg custom make some boots for my wife - they lasted her about 30 years ...
Great boots but a no longer produced hiking boot model...

Injuries have, er, left my right foot an inch wider than my left. Many years ago I bought what you could loosely describe as a pair of Altberg waterproof walking boots. I went to Rippon in Yorkshire, where they're made, and where they measured my feet. They were the best boots I'd ever had, although the hard soles didn't grip well on wet rock and I had to learn to take care. I more or less lived in them for years.

After a couple of decades and goodness knows how many thousand miles I decided to get Altberg to overhaul them.

Big mistake.

I think whoever did the work couldn't believe how different they were and tried to make them more like each other or something. Anyway they were never as comfortable, the right one is really tight. I keep thinking about trying to stretch it. Hardly ever wear them now. I never bothered going back to Altberg about it. If I bought a pair of boots now which would last 30 years I'd probably be wasting 20 of them.

I have a pair of Altberg motorcycle boots too. I've walked a few miles in them in a single hop but I definitely wouldn't recommend walking long distances in them. They're Goretex lined and that seems to make my feel smell, so now and again I have to spray them or I can't stand to be in the same room with them...