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a very specific type of winter boot please? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by UnequalExchange@lemmy.world to c/buyitforlife@slrpnk.net
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If anyone has any advice for BIFL , wide toed winter boots that are also waterproof , available to be shipped to canada, dont use goretex, AND have good traction on ice or steel cleats? please let me know.

Edit : I forgot to add I dont buy from lem’s shoes. Ever again.I plan on walking like 10 or 20 KMs in -30 °C weather with these almost every day. Yes in the snow, mud, rain, or ice. Whatever I encounter.

Also something that I notice about that boot is that there lat met to med met based on this picture of a foot https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Foot-sole-area-measurement-The-surface-areas-of-9-different-individual-regions-were_fig3_325610182

My feet are extremely wide through it s entirety .

From the lat arch to med arch of my foot that is probably wider than the distance from the lat met to med met for my foot. So there is the possibility that barefoot boots might be a best option for me since they are probably the most malleable shoes in the world so they should be able to hug around my sole without squeezing too tight.

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[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I bought iron rangers, thats classic bifl. But they are heavy and expensive and need some maintenance once a year and you need to wear thick socks inside for them to be comfortable. Bought them 5 years ago and so far they have not made any trouble. Can be resoled too.

[–] UnequalExchange@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks.

Now when you say yearly maintenance....

I already have thick wool socks so I have that covered.

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah like cleaning and some leather fat to keep the leather from drying out and becoming brittle.

[–] UnequalExchange@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does beeswax work well on leather in the plsce of leather fat ?

Or is beexwax more expensive than leather fat and therefore not worth considering when it comes to rubbing a waterproof layer on the leather?

Also what about vegetable oils, mineral oil and other oils if you happen to know about them please? I sae a dude create a waterproofing solution for his clothing where he xombined beeswax, paraffin wax, and mineral oil and it was flexible wuth the clothing and it worked!

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You are probably talking about nighthawk in light on YouTube. Sadly i don't know. The soaking into fabric seems to me to be working best with fibers not leather. Leather soaks up into very fine pores. Like your skin, so I imagine most things good for skin work on leather boots.

[–] UnequalExchange@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

If its cheaper to make than leather fat? Ill probably try it and report results after a couple years.... If im not banned or dead by then hopefully.

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 1 points 12 hours ago

Most shoe stuff for leather should do, the cheap stuff is fine. Probably not that expensive in comparison to a 300€ pair of boots. ;)