"honclfibr" wrote in message
I have the option to either stick with the boot and
let Paul go about grinding out the toe and arch

If grinding is going to do it, I'd be surprised. I usually need various bits
of my boots stretched out, and they do it with heat and wooden things shaped
to push out the boot, and when they've done as much of that as the plastic
will take, THEN they grind, but you don't lose much space with grinding.

If you can't ski in them, they are useless. Get rid of them and try again.

ant