Re: Picking Hiking Boots That Fit

One old timers trick; when you buy some nice, leather, boots - soak them in warm water for10 minutes, get your hiking socks and sock liners wet too. Put on all the socks, the boots and walk around until they dry. Shrink to fit. Works great. I've never had a blister from boots I've done this to.

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One old timers trick; when you buy some nice, leather, boots - soak them in warm water for10 minutes, get your hiking socks and sock liners wet too. Put on all the socks, the boots and walk around until they dry. Shrink to fit. Works great. I've never had a blister from boots I've done this to.

How many days does this process take?

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One old timers trick; when you buy some nice, leather, boots - soak them in warm water for10 minutes, get your hiking socks and sock liners wet too. Put on all the socks, the boots and walk around until they dry. Shrink to fit. Works great. I've never had a blister from boots I've done this to.

How many days does this process take?

This is undoubtedly the origin of the phrase 'Dying With Your Boots On'.
(signed)
The Beaks



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One old timers trick; when you buy some nice, leather, boots - soak them in warm water for10 minutes, get your hiking socks and sock liners wet too. Put on all the socks, the boots and walk around until they dry. Shrink to fit. Works great. I've never had a blister from boots I've done this to.

How many days does this process take?

This is undoubtedly the origin of the phrase 'Dying With Your Boots On'.
(signed)
The Beaks

"Dying"?... or.. "Drying" With Your Boots On?

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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
-- Carl Sagan



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One old timers trick; when you buy some nice, leather, boots - soak them in warm water for10 minutes, get your hiking socks and sock liners wet too. Put on all the socks, the boots and walk around until they dry. Shrink to fit. Works great. I've never had a blister from boots I've done this to.

How many days does this process take?

A few hours.

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Dave
One old timers trick; when you buy some nice, leather, boots - soak them in warm water for10 minutes, get your hiking socks and sock liners wet too. Put on all the socks, the boots and walk around until they dry. Shrink to fit. Works great. I've never had a blister from boots I've done this to.

How many days does this process take?

A few hours.

One vote of affirmation cast for Honest Dave's Old Fashioned Snake Llama Oil Technique (HDOFLOT).

I have a pair of high-cut boots that I subjected to my normal break-in procedure. Nevertheless the collar/shaft of the the right-hand boot upper was exerting pressure on the end of the fibula; the left-hand boot was fine. This condition still persisted after wearing the boots on a 3-day (somewhat painful) trip in the Lost Coast area. Followed HDOFLO T, as outlined above, and it seemed to solve the problem. This was verified by recently wearing them during a fairly demanding (at least for the boots) trip in the Kings Canyon high country.



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One vote of affirmation cast for Honest Dave's Old Fashioned Snake Llama Oil Technique (HDOFLOT).

I have a pair of high-cut boots that I subjected to my normal break-in procedure. Nevertheless the collar/shaft of the the right-hand boot upper was exerting pressure on the end of the fibula; the left-hand boot was fine. This condition still persisted after wearing the boots on a 3-day (somewhat painful) trip in the Lost Coast area. Followed HDOFLO T, as outlined above, and it seemed to solve the problem. This was verified by recently wearing them during a fairly demanding (at least for the boots) trip in the Kings Canyon high country.

I told ya it works.
Another trick... carve your initials (backwards) on the bottom of your boots. That way you can spot your boot print on a trail that you happen to be going in circles on.