Worked with leather my whole life and the "grades" you've referenced are probably the biggest myth perpetrated on consumers in my industry. The tannery where a leather is made has much more to do with quality than "full grain or top grain"...and Genuine is used by some quality manufacturers (Red Wing Heritage is one) to describe really good "full grain leather" and you can also buy really junky full grain, if you're not careful.
Yeah mine hurt a little up too, what if you take some like foam and put it up in the toe box idk there’s gotta be a way where you don’t have to sell them all, especially for a half size too big, lmao try these
Winter Coat on Amazon, first thing to show up. Probably a million other places to get one like Goodwill or Salvation Army if you're really hurting on money like you claim, that's just through retail brand new
Tbh I have no idea. I can check for you tonight. I wear 10 and I do remember there being a little extra room so probably 10.5 TTS.
Here's the amazon listing I purchased from: https://www.amazon.com/CLARKS-Mens-Bushacre-Chukka-Boot/dp/B004DCNN64?th=1&psc=1
Although David's most recent batch (shown here) looks the closest to the retail versions, it does lack the 3m. This can be easily modified however with albedo reflective spray or reflect all. Work's like a charm.
https://www.amazon.com/Albedo-100-Reflective-Spray-Permanent/dp/B01K7LTSMC