Endicotts Bundeswehr German army "para" boot review

[blacktimberwolf]

I've been wearing a pair i got off ebay for £28, for a year now(seem to change my boots in sept/oct), & the heels are almost down to the inner spongy core. I was after getting them heeled, but the local cobblers are'nt interested. It seems a shame to throw them away when thats all thats wrong with them.
Very comfy, if heavy boot, but i like them.

Rob

Hi woof,

I had the same problem on a pair of mine & I built up the heels with shoe goo using a cardboard guide similar to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoU6uy0Wupk&feature=related but it only lasts a month or so before it's worn down again, I did this twice so I decided to try something else.
I cut a couple of slices/Wedges (like an orage segment) from the sole of an old dis-membered pair of boots (you could use any rubber, a tyre or even shop bought heels)...I then placed the cardboard guide(as above) & squeezed a generous dose of shoe goo, then placed the cut wedges on top of the goo, pressed a little so it was flush with the top edge of the cardboard then let it dry.

I've been using them several weeks now & because it's the more resistant rubber that's taking the pounding, they arn't showing any signs of wearing down yet.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Been using these boots now for just about 1 year, and they still feel look the same now as they did when i bought them (supergrade), there is no sign if wear on the inside (wear two pairs of socks) and very little on the outside, of sole wear there is very little, used in various conditions of woodland, track hogging, limited tarmac use! recommend to anyone.

Glad you like your mk 7's & thanks for letting us know how well they lasted.

Have to ask, ..doesn't your 'ladder' arrangement interfere with the speed lacing system ?

 

[woof]

Thanks for the tip, i wear mine daily(for work) on hard surfaces, and a pair of heels/soles last me approx 12 months, and realy need something reliable.

Rob

 

[rjaeger]

Glad you like your mk 7's & thanks for letting us know how well they lasted.

Have to ask, ..doesn't your 'ladder' arrangement interfere with the speed lacing system ?

No such thing as 'speed lacing' with a ladder system!! but i'm not a fireman so no worries there.
Don't know about you but speed lacing system always slips/adjusts to the terrain, even with the locking cleats on the ankle i always find the the shin get tight and the area around the foot gets loose when on difficult terrain, (laces are slipping)!
With a ladder system once they're tied they tied, nothing is moving those, and boots stay comfortable all day.
You need lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnng laces or paracord.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Don't know about you but speed lacing system always slips/adjusts to the terrain,

No I have no problem with the boots lacing system, I find that once locked into the ankle hooks, every thing below them doesn't budge... although I'm not a fireman either, I do like the fact that I can put them on or take them off easily & quickly without spending ages fiddling & threading laces..................that ladder system looks complicated & I can understand your boots are on for the day with it, you wouldn't want to be doing up & undoing those laces every 5 minutes........I've not seen it before, is it your own invention ? if not, where did you find it?

 

[rjaeger]

www.ehow.com/how_4910123_lace-combat-boots.html you'll info there.

 

[BARTIMAUS]

After mentioning to my mother about getting her a pair of my boots in her size, the suggestion was greeted with the following...

"big bloody German army boots -are you joking? ASDA stock wellington boots for under a tenner and in many different colours, too!"


I guess that's the end of that, then. But a quick update about my pair:

I realised today I had not broken them in as quickly as I thought I had done. This past 3 days I have been labouring in them packing, carrying and unloading heavy 70 kilo bags of horse manure and just earlier I went for a quick run in them at my local playing field and finally the odd tightness around the mid-foot area that I had mistakingly thought to be a design feature has dissapeared and the boots generally feel alot more comfortable than before.


Earlier today I cleaned all the horse crap off them and took the oppertunity to use the Nikwax boot cleaning stuff that I thought I may as well buy along side the bottles of the long overdue Nikwax Woolwash that my stinking Merino wool garments badly needed! (tip: charity shops are full of it!)

Well I'm not impressed. After using a stiff nylon brush with warm water to scrub the dirt off, I then applied a very generous amount of Nikwax cleaning gel to the whole of the boots leather and after a few minutes I washed it off with a softer brush.
All was well until I then applied the Waterproofing wax as per instructions and when it came to rubbing the excess off after 3 minute wait, the white cloth was jet-black within the first few wipes! What a load of crap that "Nikwax Footwear cleaning gel" is!

"lifts dirt off the boot" my ar*e!


Why all the praise for Nikwax products on this website?? or maybe it's just the footwear cleaning gel that's crap?


and does anyone have any good reliable information for cleaning boots and keeping them waterproof?
I've learned from my mistakes with my previous boots and want to look after these German boots as well as possible.
Is beeswax any good for waterproofing? My local farmers market has a raw honey stand and sell the stuff on the side.

Mink oil is easily the best for waterproofing and nourishing the leather..£5 a tin.

 

[BARTIMAUS]

Traditional saddle soap to clean the leather and Snoseal to make it longlasting and waterreppelent!!!

Mink oil is great for leather..waterproofs and keeps supple..army kit uk in manchester get pallet loads of bundersweir para boots plus other stuff..ive got a few welted boots but these are moulded..only time will tell on endurance..a little tight just above the toes but with a little stretching should be fine..ocd on footwear but comfort is the king.

 

[Danceswithhelicopters]

I like old threads coming back up, reminds me of how busy it used to be.

 

[Aristotle]

I like old threads coming back up, reminds me of how busy it used to be.

Where did everybody go to?