So someone bought me a pair of Warsaw Chapter Mids as a gift. Not something I would have ever purchased for myself, but I have them now and have been wearing them a bit, so thought I'd provide an unbiased review based on my experience. I'm a big Last Resort guy and obviously they're extremely similar so I thought some comparison photos would be in order.
I would say sizing is TTS, they feel similar to Nike SB Blazers to me. The quality is good, suede feels nice, construction overall seems good. The tongue has straps so it stays centered really well. One of my biggest complaints is that the tongue is too short, when you tie your laces it hits at nearly the top of the tongue which is sort of annoying.
The ankle has a lot of padding, I could imagine this works for some people but personally its too much padding in the wrong spot. It rubs against my inner ankle bones, not so much that it gets raw but it's noticeable. The LRAB high tops maybe have an extra layer of suede or something but I wouldn't call them padded and that feels a lot better to me.
I have not skated the Warsaws but they seem like they'd be fine. The foxing is a little shorter around the toe than Last Resort but I imagine the flick would be similar. Insole is fine, nothing amazing. Comfortable for walking, not designed for high impact.
Overall, the shoes are fine. There's definitely some design choices that I think make them worse than LRAB but these are personal nitpicks. I could see someone else loving all the ankle padding or whatever. Are they worth $110? Probably not. Are they worth $10 more than Last Resort? Probably not (especially since you can regularly get LRABs for $40-60 which is it's own conversation). Is it bringing anything new to the skate shoe market? No
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