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leather boots question, wet ok?

iroh

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if i buy a pair of leather boots is it ok to wear them in the snow? won't they get wet and ruin the leather? i thought you weren't suppose to let water touch leather?
 

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Well you would have to treat them with something like Sno-Seal
 

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Make sure you got a command sole. I wore my leather soled boots in the snow last winter. I was ice skating.
 

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Originally Posted by Johnny_5
Make sure you got a command sole. I wore my leather soled boots in the snow last winter. I was ice skating.

command sole?
 

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Commando soles. Like the Vibram military style soles.

Water + leather is OK. Water + Salt + Leather destroys boots.
 

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Originally Posted by iroh
command sole?

Yea. It tells people what to do. Weird right?
 

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Originally Posted by JohnnyLaw
Commando soles. Like the Vibram military style soles.

Water + leather is OK. Water + Salt + Leather destroys boots.


no salt? so i guess it shouldn't wear em then cuz there's salt everywhere in the winter?
 

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