@@Native_love Thank you very much for saying that. I really appreciate you watching and commenting. I hope you have a great New Year! Thanks again and take care!
I fully believe you should take at least one pair of those yard boots to your local cobbler for a resole. That way you’re keeping your freshest boots fresh for longer. Seems like a win-win. I do like the worn in look though so I can’t pretend I’m unbiased!
@@joshm9363 I believe you are right. I definitely plan on it. I have a place not far from my work. I do want to get as much out of them as I can. Thought about putting speed hocks on them when I get a pair redone by the local cobbler. Thanks again! Take care!
I’m glad someone created a video that actually worked in the red wing wedge soles, I personally own a pair but never have really worked in them. I’ll work in Thorogoods, Duradero’s, Drew’s, Whites, and other pairs of Red Wings. I’d seriously consider trying the outsole from Merramac…it’s polyurethane and lasts much longer. Thorogood uses them. I use Obenaufs for conditioning (but changes the color big time). Bick 4 is my go to if I don’t want to change the color much. I’ll also use the Boot conditioner from Red Wing. I’ll sno-seal in the winter, and I also make my own conditioner of 4 ounces neats foot oil and 1 ounce beeswax. Great video!!
@@doublebase6509 Thank you very much for watching and commenting! I will check out those other brands of boots. I will look into the Merramac outsole as well. I will look up the conditioners as well. I appreciate your advice and time! Take care!
Great video. My first pair arrived this week. I took a risk on sizing as the nearest red wing stockist is 200 miles away. Went a full size down and EE width and I think I got it right. I'm actually looking forward to the break in.
I'd take two of the older pairs to a local cobbler. Get vibram v100 soles on one pair and either mini lug or dr sole on another pair. Makes them entirely different boots.
If you don't want the colour to shift, use Bick 4 conditioner. Its the only conditioner that won't darken leather. Since the moc toe doesn't have a stitched outsole, lots of handy/crafty owners tear the out soles off themselves and glue on new soles. A little belt sanding and they look great. The DIY process saves a lot of money. Some people have a pro cobbler stitch on a leather midsole and that makes the at-home resole even easier. This may not be relevant to you, since you like buying new boots, but for other people who like to save money and enjoy patina, its a great way to go. Cheers
@@EdAb Great information! I will look into the Bick 4 conditioner. Going to watch some videos on how to do at home resole. I would definitely try doing that. Really appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment. Appreciate you! Take care!
Great boots well looked after Very well used The rotation is first class As for the repair I’d maybe go with the local guy at $90 until the uppers are totalled Rangers looked great too 👍
Thank you so much for the kind words! Appreciate you! I will most likely take a pair locally and have a little something different put on than the original sole. Thanks again and take care.
While I understand what you're saying Red Wing does not hold back on charging the customer. I've bought wedge soles (usually $25-$35 online) and done it myself, and I've also taken other boots for other soles to local cobblers for about $60 a pair. I don't own any Red Wings as I'm not personally a fan (hey, if you like them, all the boot power to you), but resoling can be cheaper.
@@TheBearsCorner That is awesome you have resoled them yourself. I am really thinking about doing that myself. That is great that you have a place that will resoled for about 60. Unfortunately where I live about the most affordable basic resole is 90. Very slow turnaround as well. That being said I am most likely taking a pair of my most worn out pair to get resoled. I plan on documenting the experience. Thanks for watching and take care.
Thorogoods is another brand to try for moc toe heritage work boots. I also dont like the work Red Wings do for their resoling, so I normally look around to get them done by somebody else. But I do like the look of a beat up boot with new soles. Take care, and good luck with all your activities.
@@feastingonmetal8503 Thank you very much for watching and commenting! I know a lot of people swear by Thorogoods! I also get liking a beat up pair with new soles. I am just so rough on them. It is a fine line of great looking patina on boots and just wore out. Really appreciate you! Take care!
You should be able to find a local cobbler who will do the work for 70-90 bucks. I had great luck when I worked a lot on my feet rotating 2-3 pairs of boots. I found it made a big difference. Since you are alternating shoes already it should help out on your cost per wear basis. If the soft soles don't do it for you in your line of work, try some other soles. I know when I worked in a warehouse with hard cement the soft soles lasted a long time. Once I was out in the yard with rocks, gravel, and dirt lug soles seemed to do the trick.
I like the wedge sole for standing on concrete all day. It probably wouldn’t be my first choice for a hike In the woods, though supposedly one reason for their initial development was to provide a stealthy boot for hunters. Red Wing had offered the moc toe with a lug sole, I don’t think that’s the case any longer. I have a pair of Shop Mocs, plenty of life in the sole, but for giggles I talked to the local cobbler. He hates working with the original wedge sole and replaced them with something else, I can’t remember at the moment what he uses, but I wouldn’t bother having Red Wing resold them that’s for sure. Your boot trees will make a big difference going forward. You definitely give’em hell.
poshmark makes resoleing a self indulgence. You can go get practically un used shoes for half of what resoling costs. If you have an emotional connection to a pair, by all means ckeep them forever, I do, but didn't buy a pair of boots on the pretense that you can resole it because replacement is always more cost effective. Sadly people die, and when they do, their relatives liquidate their closest. Most shoes are never worn - they sit there in the closet until you die and they get sold. Bick4 wont change the color, but I don't think it does much of anything other than maybe hides some minor scratches. Seeitng the boot in this video makes me think you should get the redwing tin of mink oil - it's shoe greese. Slather that shit on twice a year or when they start to look dry. I think you can double the life if you keep them conditioned. Shoe greese will change the color, but those boots arent going to be lookers, they are workers.
@@Sartorial_Sacrilege agree with you 100%! Thank you for watching and commenting! Appreciate your great tips as well. Always looking for ways to extend the life of the ones I am using for real work service not fashion. I will try the mink oil! Take care of yourself!
Given how hard you work in your boots, I would consider trading up to Nicks. Especially if you are outdoors. The cost is more, but I suspect it will last you significantly longer. Also, if your our on grass and dirt, I think a lug sole boot is the way. You need more grip, the christy sole is too soft.
@@Brajin1 Thank you for watching and commenting. I am not familiar with Nicks boots. I will have to check them out. I agree with you. The Christy sole is very soft. Also can be crazy slippery. Appreciate you! Take care!
@@btnonsense7713 I work in them. After they get a certain amount of age I mow in them. Sometimes standing in water and mud. I walk across asphalt in them. I use them to work on my lawn equipment and cars. Dragging them against the concrete as I crawl under my mower to replace a belt or fix a flat. I buy them to get the most out of them. Expecting that they will eventually wear out. I than buy a new pair that I baby for a while and wear to the office job. Than they become a true work boot. Not a desk job boot. Thanks for watching and commenting. Take care!
You were my light today! I love the way Moc toe boots look! Thank you for the excellent video!
@@Native_love Thank you very much for saying that. I really appreciate you watching and commenting. I hope you have a great New Year! Thanks again and take care!
I fully believe you should take at least one pair of those yard boots to your local cobbler for a resole. That way you’re keeping your freshest boots fresh for longer. Seems like a win-win. I do like the worn in look though so I can’t pretend I’m unbiased!
@@joshm9363 I believe you are right. I definitely plan on it. I have a place not far from my work. I do want to get as much out of them as I can. Thought about putting speed hocks on them when I get a pair redone by the local cobbler. Thanks again! Take care!
I’m glad someone created a video that actually worked in the red wing wedge soles, I personally own a pair but never have really worked in them. I’ll work in Thorogoods, Duradero’s, Drew’s, Whites, and other pairs of Red Wings. I’d seriously consider trying the outsole from Merramac…it’s polyurethane and lasts much longer. Thorogood uses them. I use Obenaufs for conditioning (but changes the color big time). Bick 4 is my go to if I don’t want to change the color much. I’ll also use the Boot conditioner from Red Wing. I’ll sno-seal in the winter, and I also make my own conditioner of 4 ounces neats foot oil and 1 ounce beeswax. Great video!!
@@doublebase6509 Thank you very much for watching and commenting! I will check out those other brands of boots. I will look into the Merramac outsole as well. I will look up the conditioners as well. I appreciate your advice and time! Take care!
I just started re soling my own boots. Save me money and is actually fun.
Yea man, I noticed brushing my Copper R&T Rangers darkens them but helps that patina shine.
@@anthonyzarate0827 It sure does! I really appreciate you watching and commenting. Some really great feedback on this one. Please take care!
Great video. My first pair arrived this week. I took a risk on sizing as the nearest red wing stockist is 200 miles away. Went a full size down and EE width and I think I got it right. I'm actually looking forward to the break in.
Bick 4 leather conditioner, hasn’t darkened my Redwing IRs.
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The idea is the boot is already broken in to your foot. It’s not an economic thing.
@@Dukeofmamucas Thank you for watching and commenting! Appreciate you!
Im surprised how much they charge for a resole...
Thank you for watching and commenting! Appreciate you!
I'd take two of the older pairs to a local cobbler. Get vibram v100 soles on one pair and either mini lug or dr sole on another pair. Makes them entirely different boots.
If you don't want the colour to shift, use Bick 4 conditioner. Its the only conditioner that won't darken leather.
Since the moc toe doesn't have a stitched outsole, lots of handy/crafty owners tear the out soles off themselves and glue on new soles. A little belt sanding and they look great. The DIY process saves a lot of money. Some people have a pro cobbler stitch on a leather midsole and that makes the at-home resole even easier.
This may not be relevant to you, since you like buying new boots, but for other people who like to save money and enjoy patina, its a great way to go. Cheers
@@EdAb Great information! I will look into the Bick 4 conditioner. Going to watch some videos on how to do at home resole. I would definitely try doing that. Really appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment. Appreciate you! Take care!
u should try a diff sole on them, changes the whole boot for me.
Great boots well looked after Very well used The rotation is first class As for the repair I’d maybe go with the local guy at $90 until the uppers are totalled
Rangers looked great too 👍
Thank you so much for the kind words! Appreciate you! I will most likely take a pair locally and have a little something different put on than the original sole. Thanks again and take care.
I use Obenauf's. It will darken when conditioned, but after a day or two they are back to the original color.
@@Old_Sailor85 Thank you very much for watching and commenting! I will look into Obenauf’s! Take care!
While I understand what you're saying
Red Wing does not hold back on charging the customer. I've bought wedge soles (usually $25-$35 online) and done it myself, and I've also taken other boots for other soles to local cobblers for about $60 a pair.
I don't own any Red Wings as I'm not personally a fan (hey, if you like them, all the boot power to you), but resoling can be cheaper.
@@TheBearsCorner That is awesome you have resoled them yourself. I am really thinking about doing that myself. That is great that you have a place that will resoled for about 60. Unfortunately where I live about the most affordable basic resole is 90. Very slow turnaround as well. That being said I am most likely taking a pair of my most worn out pair to get resoled. I plan on documenting the experience. Thanks for watching and take care.
Kenny B would have loved this video! ❤
Do they make steel toes? I am sure they do. Asking because my husband has to wear steel toes for work.
No but the do have some steel toe that looks very similar to this but in my experience they r not as high quality
Thorogoods is another brand to try for moc toe heritage work boots. I also dont like the work Red Wings do for their resoling, so I normally look around to get them done by somebody else. But I do like the look of a beat up boot with new soles. Take care, and good luck with all your activities.
@@feastingonmetal8503 Thank you very much for watching and commenting! I know a lot of people swear by Thorogoods! I also get liking a beat up pair with new soles. I am just so rough on them. It is a fine line of great looking patina on boots and just wore out. Really appreciate you! Take care!
Where do you buy your Redwings on Ebay?
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You should be able to find a local cobbler who will do the work for 70-90 bucks. I had great luck when I worked a lot on my feet rotating 2-3 pairs of boots. I found it made a big difference. Since you are alternating shoes already it should help out on your cost per wear basis. If the soft soles don't do it for you in your line of work, try some other soles. I know when I worked in a warehouse with hard cement the soft soles lasted a long time. Once I was out in the yard with rocks, gravel, and dirt lug soles seemed to do the trick.
I like the wedge sole for standing on concrete all day. It probably wouldn’t be my first choice for a hike In the woods, though supposedly one reason for their initial development was to provide a stealthy boot for hunters. Red Wing had offered the moc toe with a lug sole, I don’t think that’s the case any longer.
I have a pair of Shop Mocs, plenty of life in the sole, but for giggles I talked to the local cobbler. He hates working with the original wedge sole and replaced them with something else, I can’t remember at the moment what he uses, but I wouldn’t bother having Red Wing resold them that’s for sure. Your boot trees will make a big difference going forward. You definitely give’em hell.
@@waterfordrs22 You made me laugh! I definitely give’em hell! Really appreciate you watching and commenting! Take care!
poshmark makes resoleing a self indulgence. You can go get practically un used shoes for half of what resoling costs. If you have an emotional connection to a pair, by all means ckeep them forever, I do, but didn't buy a pair of boots on the pretense that you can resole it because replacement is always more cost effective. Sadly people die, and when they do, their relatives liquidate their closest. Most shoes are never worn - they sit there in the closet until you die and they get sold.
Bick4 wont change the color, but I don't think it does much of anything other than maybe hides some minor scratches.
Seeitng the boot in this video makes me think you should get the redwing tin of mink oil - it's shoe greese. Slather that shit on twice a year or when they start to look dry. I think you can double the life if you keep them conditioned. Shoe greese will change the color, but those boots arent going to be lookers, they are workers.
@@Sartorial_Sacrilege agree with you 100%! Thank you for watching and commenting! Appreciate your great tips as well. Always looking for ways to extend the life of the ones I am using for real work service not fashion. I will try the mink oil! Take care of yourself!
Given how hard you work in your boots, I would consider trading up to Nicks. Especially if you are outdoors. The cost is more, but I suspect it will last you significantly longer. Also, if your our on grass and dirt, I think a lug sole boot is the way. You need more grip, the christy sole is too soft.
@@Brajin1 Thank you for watching and commenting. I am not familiar with Nicks boots. I will have to check them out. I agree with you. The Christy sole is very soft. Also can be crazy slippery. Appreciate you! Take care!
You could resole them yourself relatively easily.
@@salsa83 That is something that I would like to be able to learn to do. I have thought about that. Have you done that? Appreciate you!
Jeez what do you do to your boots? You really shouldn't be killing them so badly
@@btnonsense7713 I work in them. After they get a certain amount of age I mow in them. Sometimes standing in water and mud. I walk across asphalt in them. I use them to work on my lawn equipment and cars. Dragging them against the concrete as I crawl under my mower to replace a belt or fix a flat. I buy them to get the most out of them. Expecting that they will eventually wear out. I than buy a new pair that I baby for a while and wear to the office job. Than they become a true work boot. Not a desk job boot. Thanks for watching and commenting. Take care!
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