There's loads of discussion online about not having your shoes too tight and mentions of 'knuckling' big toes etc but I have a pair of Instinct Lace in a 45 compared with my usual 45.5 in my Maestros and my big toe is at about 30 degrees and although I can walk around in them, it's painful to take my weight on the very tip of my shoe. The end of my big toe obviously takes a lot of pressure in a way it hasn't ever before. I bought the shoes tight to get my feet used to a bit tighter shoe
My questions are
1) What angle do you generally have your big toes at in your shoe (see this photo for what I mean - https://i.ibb.co/2PQWsJY/x.jpg - 0 degrees would be flat - 90 degrees would be the big toe bent at a right angle)
2) Do you have a long, medium or short big toe (i.e. when you are small edging is the weight the end of your big toe, as it would be if you have a long big toe and it was knuckled, or more on the pad at the base of your big toe, as it may be if you had a short big toe)
3) Did it hurt much when you first 'knuckling' in your shoes and/or did the pain fade over a period of time (how long)?
My gut feeling at the moment is that my Instinct Lace's with knuckled toes like this are probably best used on more overhanging climbs where the load is shared across arms and feet more rather than verts and slabs when your standing more on your toes for a longer period.
I suppose I'm wondering whether I should trade these in get a shoe where I can have flat feet or stick with it and adapt to the discomfort... (I'm climbing about 6c-7a sport indoors).
Thanks in advance for responses...