apply polish???
i canât see why those boots need ârepairingâ - worn during fieldcraft = for the outdoors. As such if they show evidence of being outdoors, am i surprised or bothered? no.
apply polish and sooner or later the leather will be buffed off and the polish will fill the gap. it will never disappear but i wouldnât be looking for the expense or effort of a repair on what I see as âroutine wear and tearâ
I tried polish it worked a little but I guess I am just gonna have to live with it. (that was the first time wearing those boots dam it)
Fill it with polish until its smooth with the rest of the boot. Let it solidify over a week or soâŚthen polish as nornal
Agreed. Boots are are an item of workwear - as long as theyâre servicable and looked after then theyâre acceptable. Any pair used for their intended purpose will eventually pick up scratches, grazes and pits - just polish over and crack on.
Only thing I could suggest is if the âridgesâ of the scratch made by the bramble prevent polish smoothing, then use a very fine graded sand paper to smooth that down. Then apply polish as per @AlexCorbin suggestion.
Parade shoe deep scratches I would repair with beeswax. Combat boots I donât worry about it.
It is disappointing when you get a big scar on brand new boots, but as others have said - theyâre working footwear⌠Try to not to worry about it.
Make sure you keep them polished as normal to care for the leather and theyâll be fine.
I took a chunk out of the toe of my Lowas on their first outing and whilst it still irritates me, it doesnât affect their performance and they arenât parade footwear so itâs not important.
Thanks that makes me feel alot better.
Barbed wire took a huge gouge out of the toe of my brand new Altbergs during IOT way back when. I was gutted. But, once youâve got that first scratch out of the way youâre more easy about throwing them around.
As long as the scratch hasnât and wonât become a slice through the leather as a whole the integrity of the boot wonât be affected, so if you keep them clean itâs fine and dandy.
Itâs like owning guitars⌠The first dink in the lacquer is the worst.
I had a mate who used to bang every new guitar on the floor so that he was no longer worried about knocking it.
Yeah my SG has a chunk missing out the headstock. I was heartbroken
Not quite so anymore. The current high liability boot is the AKU Pilgrim FG GTX which has quite a lot of fabric and are probably lighter than the leather patrol boots.
Doh, just when I thought Iâd come up with something fairly simple to tell the Cadets!
There is still an advantage to the patrol boots - cost. If you find the AKUs for under ÂŁ100 you have found a good deal.
Used to be fabric sides werenât waterproof, too.
Then some bright spark had the idea of using Gore-tex⌠In boots.
True, my Patrol boots were cheaper than the Magnums I have for work.