special (less generic) boot question

[Jumper]

In an insulated model these look good...

Logger Boots - Viberg Boots

 

[hammerlogging]

Well damn, I wish I had the luxury of spending most of my time on flat ground.
Found a new pair of Wescos for 200 bucks but that was wishful thinking sounds like. Going to have to cough up for a pair of whites.

I'd go for it, and I've had trouble with Wescos, but will buy another pair. Only half of them half rolled out to where I couldn't walk on flat ground. But I like them, boy I like them new....I went ahead and mailed in a custom sizing kit to see what size i really wear and between always wearing a size too large, according to their analysis, and over oiling, I'm hoping its more my fault. The other pairs i know of rolling out were also over oiled, probably. For $200, heck yeah.

 

[Gologit]

I've had good luck with Wesco. I agree with those that say not to over-oil them. The only pair I ever blew out was because I used way too much oil and the oil itself wasn't really right for boots anyway.

When you get the bucks try their custom fitting option. It really makes a difference in comfort and in how long they last.

 

[056kid]

What where you using Bob, Murphys oil?

 

[Gologit]

What where you using Bob, Murphys oil?

I don't know what that stuff was. It was in a dusty old Mason jar with "Boot gres" scratched on the lid. I found it on a back shelf in an old abandoned sawmill shed. We were camped there on a falling job, it was two hours to town, it was raining, and I was out of Obenaufs. The stuff looked like boot oil. It felt like boot oil. It smelled like...well, I can't really describe what it smelled like. It smelled different...kinda like a cross between witch-hazel, cinnamon, 90wt gear oil, and a badly decomposed bear carcass. It made my eyes water. I put my cigarette out.
But...I hate wet feet so I slopped some on with an old rag tied to a stick. It soaked right in so I slopped on a second coat.

I set them in front of the heater in my little trailer but the smell became overpowering so I wrapped them in a garbage bag and left everything in the back of the crummy overnight.

Next morning I put them on...and then took them right back off again. The oil, or whatever it was, had seeped clear through the leather and puddled up inside the boots. The leather laces were falling apart in wispy little pieces, and you could see the stitching around the soles rotting off. The actual boot leather had taken on the consistency of oily cardboard, wet oily cardboard and the brass hooks and eyes had turned black.

I wore my spare caulks for two weeks, waiting for the Wescos to evaporate that oil out or for it to dry up or solidify...or something. They never did. The laces pretty much evaporated, all the side and sole stitching did the same. I finally just unscrewed the spikes and gave the old boots a decent burial out behind the camp. Grass never did grow in the little circle where the boots were.

One of the Cat-skinners took what was left of the oil home with him. He said he'd try it out. We haven't seen him around in awhile.

 

[Siskiyou Blues]

I'd go for it, and I've had trouble with Wescos, but will buy another pair. Only half of them half rolled out to where I couldn't walk on flat ground. But I like them, boy I like them new....I went ahead and mailed in a custom sizing kit to see what size i really wear and between always wearing a size too large, according to their analysis, and over oiling, I'm hoping its more my fault. The other pairs i know of rolling out were also over oiled, probably. For $200, heck yeah.

Thanks I think I will. One last question though, how would a pair of Wesco Timbers compare to the Hoffman Caulks.
Edit: Dammit, waited too long on the wesco's.

 

[hammerlogging]

I wouldn't even blink at spending $200 extra on the wescos. Now my bud Red had some calked red dogs (bailey's), never oiled em once and he got 6 beautiful months out of them.

Some people like the hoffmans, I'm not one of them. They're good at pacs.

 

[hammerlogging]

and the oil itself wasn't really right for boots anyway.
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I guess I missed the part that was sort of right, just not really right. Funny story.

Mr., I might be too hard headed,or too much of a romantic, I might be stuck for the long haul.

 

[bitzer]

Good story Bob, gave me a chuckle anyhow. I use mink. Seems to work. You ever seen water bead off a minks back in the middle of January? You gotta believe in it.