Hello! Thank you so very much for that input. I think the spade sole does give it some "extra" in the width department. I've learned so much about shoe care and how to deal with some issues. There is ALWAYS more to learn all the time. Some of the things I have already learned from my Husband, and then from being here on the Lounge so much. I think with all the education from those that are super experienced here, Cookie, Issinryu101, shoo man.....(I think I have that right)??? But how can you not find out what is what when you have all these shoe masters tossing information at you??? LOL! Got to just LOVE IT!
These seem to be (the Edwin Clapp) in some fairly clean condition. Not worn too much, the inside gold printed label is even clear to read. For me that spells out not much wear time on the shoes. I will take my time in conditioning these rascals for a few days before I proceed to use the stretcher on them. When done with that, I clean the inside and spray them with another shot of hospiseptic to sanitize them all up and then get some polish going. These are the first pair of Edwin Clapp for this household! It will be nice to see how they come out. Thanks again for letting me know about the width.
I would use those too---after putting some spikes on them. 
