alden leather wear in the shoe lace area

[Vannevar]

Hi guys,

Long time no post. I finally got around to buying a pair of aldens. they are extremely comfortable. However, I am having what seems to be an issue with premature wear on the leather in the area where the shoe laces are tied, specifically at the sides. Sorry about picture quality:

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possibly easiest to see in this picture, on the left hand side.



The leather seems to be wearing at high rate and I'm wondering if there is anything I can do to prevent this happening further or heal some of the damage in the less effected areas.

[Michaelson]

Drop Alden's a line and tell them about the wear.

Last year they had a run of bad leather, and several people had this problem in that location on their 405's.

Regards! Michaelson