Boot care

[LAK]

Pecard leather dressing. They make several products for everything from protecting leather items from the elements to the needs of museum conservaters.

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[Antibubba]

The Obenaufs looks interesting.  I'll have to find a local dealer.

[erictank]

What revdisk wrote.

If you go swamp-wading on a regular basis, however, leather boots will give out.  Doesn't matter waht you use, you can only delay the inevitable leather deterioration.

I have a pair of jungle boots that lasted me a good three years in the service, including a resole.  By the end of the three years, they had severe cracks in the leather.

Then I got broke and medically-discharged.  FF to today and the leather deterioration has stopped butt-cold because I only rarely in the last 10 years went wading/swamping in them.

Sitting in saltwater chipping paint off the waterline of an aircraft carrier will do a real number on boots, too...