Am I the only one that wears hand made leather work boots. Maybe it's because I grew up in a logging community. I'm cleaning and greasing them currently first I scrub them with saddle soap let them sit then final scrub while rinsing in hot water.
View attachment 1188813then its to the boot dryer. No certain time just until dry
View attachment 1188814after the boots are dry I usually just grease. But once a year(also how often I wash my pickup) I add a light coat of polish
View attachment 1188819then back to the boot dryer till after supper. Then I'll buff them nothing serious unless it was date night with the wife then they would be shinning nice and pretty. Like my drill sergeant told me one painful morning. He said private do you know what else we mirror shine besides the heel cup and toe cap. I replied I do not know. He yelled tge whole f ing boot and hucked it out the window. If you ever spent time on sand hill you'll know what windows in talking about. I paid alot of sweat that morning
View attachment 1188899 the I apply boots grease and hand rub it in all the seams and stitching no brush its clean and I made the boot look pretty already.
View attachment 1188900after that back to the boot dryer and another coat of grease before bed. About halfway finished now.
View attachment 1188901dont. Forget about the false tongues or laces they will last forever to if taken care of. They go through every step just like the boots
View attachment 1188902 thw boots took three light coats of grease throughout the night had to keep getting up for dang timer on the boot dryer. In the morning I wiped off the excess grease amd cleaned the eyelets and speed hooks of any grease that got in them
View attachment 1189167then I pulled out the hand burnishing tools and cleaned up every edge on the boot
View attachment 1189173next I wiped off the laces and false tongues relaced quick buff and my almost 16 year old work boots look brand new. Then my wofe reminds me I'm taking our sons to ride quads and I always put hours in my boots just to get them dirtu the same day. Wives will never understand.
View attachment 1189174