Feckin mouse has chewed a portion of the toe cap off my corcoran boots! It's also had a chew on the tongue and almost completely eaten the foot bed.
Can anyone recommend a good cobbler that may be able to repair them, or should I leave them as is and attribute the damage to the 'rigours of war' 
Thanks
'shokt
"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom"
H.L.Mencken
Last place I used to resole my low boots was Sole & Heel Care, 333a Holdenhurst Rd, BH8 8BT. It'll mean a trip to the Big City, though Steve. 
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That's nothing! Freddie Starr ate my hamster!!
That's nothing! Freddie Starr ate my hamster!!
Damn! That's just what I was going to put! 
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First cause of action GET A CAT
Having said that my last cat used to bring mice in for me as a present 
Free speech is expensive these days!
Yes, concur, our cats have always brought mice in not keep them out - I've nursed injured wild mice back to health, dropped them over the neighbours fence or taken them to the fields across the road to enjoy a new life in the country.
I think the logical solution is make sure to put some tasty nibbles in your shed/garage so the poor mice don't have to eat boots to survive. 
Four years ago the cat brought in a succession of mice over a couple of days so I guessed there was a mouse nest somewhere that the cat was staking out. I never found it but didn't worry as I now had them all and they had been subsequently given a new home. Anyway, a couple of months ago I re-roofed the garden shed and to get to it I had to pull it away from the house. There underneath was a perfect empty mouse nest. Amazingly, it was made entirely from cat fur. 
Either it was some sort of symbiotic relationship between our cat and the mice or the mice had an ironic sense of humour.
Anyhoo, the boots. I don't think a cobbler will be able to repair the external damage (it probably wouldn't even be economic to do so) so I'd just use a matching colour shoe cream (Tarrago or Woly for example) to soak in the exposed leather to bring the colour back and then polish well a couple of times to restore waterproofing. If anyone comments on the state of your footwear regale them with a story about how rats gnawed at your feet while you slept at your last game. Now that's hardcore.
If anyone comments on the state of your footwear regale them with a story about how rats gnawed at your feet while you slept at your last game. Now that's hardcore.
You guys are just to witty for me
Cats would not be an option, my dogs would eat them!
Preliminary enquiries have led me to believe that the repair would cost almost as much as a replacement pair, so not really economical.
Good idea on the shoe colour but there is a sort of 'white plastic' toe cap between the shoe leather and the leather toe cap that will need painting in order to blend in. I think I will wear them and see how they hold up.
If they do disintergrate any recommnedations for replacements?
Regards
'shokt
"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom"
H.L.Mencken
Paint on some charring and call it a near-miss.
Paint on some charring and call it a near-miss.
Or a near mouse maybe 
"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom"
H.L.Mencken
