JanSolo
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Modified and repaired Red Wing Iron Rangers
Morning all!
My Iron Rangers suffered from a worn through tongue because a couple of the hooks were not properly flattened. This seems to be the fact with a number of RW models.
The disease:
The remedy (step one). Piece of horsehide glued over the sharp edges of the hooks. I've used a professional leather cement for that...
Step 2. I've cut a false tongue from waxed nubuck that vaguely resembles the one on my White's boots, although it's shorter and narrower. You can see that I've had to put a lot of wax on the leather to achieve a similar color
Finished and laced in. I've a also put on a pair of leather laces on. Not too bad I think...
The colour is a good match I think. The hole mod took about 20 minutes and might have well saved the tongue of the boot.
What do you think?
Morning all!
My Iron Rangers suffered from a worn through tongue because a couple of the hooks were not properly flattened. This seems to be the fact with a number of RW models.
The disease:
The remedy (step one). Piece of horsehide glued over the sharp edges of the hooks. I've used a professional leather cement for that...
Step 2. I've cut a false tongue from waxed nubuck that vaguely resembles the one on my White's boots, although it's shorter and narrower. You can see that I've had to put a lot of wax on the leather to achieve a similar color
Finished and laced in. I've a also put on a pair of leather laces on. Not too bad I think...
The colour is a good match I think. The hole mod took about 20 minutes and might have well saved the tongue of the boot.
What do you think?
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