Can Modern British Army Assault boots be resoled?

[Magentus]

Having been wearing a pair of the issue army assault boots for a week now, (they were given to me practically unused and luckily I didn't pay for them), the sole is literally falling apart! I have since read about the 5 year shelf life. The rest of the boot is fine though and so I wondered whether anyone has any experience of having theirs resoled.

 

[leaky5]

Altbergs can be resoled, although it costs almost as much as getting a 2nd hand pair.

http://www.altberg.co.uk/news/post/2016-resole-pricelist/

 

[Tonyuk]

Yes they can be, give Feetfirst a call, they done my lowas a few times and the service was good.

Tonyuk

 

[The Lord Poncho]

I suspect that the OP is talking about the slightly older (black) Boots Combat Assault, which suffer the well known crumbly sole issue. I can't recall if the soles are direct moulded to the leather on those, but i have a feeling that they might be - in which case re-soling would be practically impossible i would have thought.

 

[Magentus]

Aaah, yes - it's the direct molded sole.

That's a shame - the leather on them is excellent. Such a waste.

 

[MikeLA]

Check with a cobbler before you throw out

 

[Magentus]

Will do - we've got a good one here so I'll run them by him first. Thanks for your replies everyone.

 

[ph5172]

I heard (a while ago admittedly) there was a bad batch, i think it was the ones with the whiteish leather that the soles crumbled into sticky pieces

 

[MikeLA]

I prefer the old assault boots to the newer clumpy brown boots. Found a new supplier with the assault boot with the older dms sole.

http://www.denbigharmysurplus.co.uk/products/british-army-assault-boots

 

[MikeLA]

I heard (a while ago admittedly) there was a bad batch, i think it was the ones with the whiteish leather that the soles crumbled into sticky pieces

There was and I had a pair but the bad reputation followed that one batch