alternative to jumpboots?? sorted 🙂

My first jump boots were a pair of old British Army High Legs - I used a sanding attachment on a Dremel and took the top layer off the leather, then using some of the paste type renovating polish made them the correct colour!

Took a while to get right and you have to be careful with the stitching when sanding, but the result was acceptable and lasted.

I think I only paid £10 for the boots from eBay and didn't need to worry about removing eyelets etc.

See here for pics.

I think for airsoft they would be fine with a bit of work. The Brown ones that is no UK size 12 though

I am a big believer in using modern look like boots as they are a hell of a lot safer and not over priced compared to replicas of outdated designs.

cheers fellas, will go for the brown ones and get em a size down

Already have a pair of british army high boots and didnt really want to wreck them

Just need to find a pair of look a like us rough out boots now

My first jump boots were a pair of old British Army High Legs - I used a sanding attachment on a Dremel and took the top layer off the leather, then using some of the paste type renovating polish made them the correct colour!

Took a while to get right and you have to be careful with the stitching when sanding, but the result was acceptable and lasted.

I think I only paid £10 for the boots from eBay and didn't need to worry about removing eyelets etc.

See here for pics.

nice job on the boots!

If your gonna be wearing thick socks I wouldn't worry about a size down.

In regards to roughouts a pair of brown boots minus the toe cap and as they polished the rough look ou, you should get away with it. i picked a pair off eBay for 8 quid, yeah there not perfect, but they are hidden by spats a anyway.

Here's the ones I got

the high boots I have (8 medium) are a little too big, yet a seven would be just right probably thats why I ordered a 7, other people have said as well that theres plenty of room in the boots i ordered so should be about right hopefully, and at that price I could return em for an 8 if need be

rough outs look good, what style or description did you use in ebay? or was it a lucky search? also whats the grip like on em?
sorry for all the questions!

Not a problem bud. In your case you'll be fine with the jumpboots mate.

It sounds simple but I literally typed brown boot, brown leather boot. There are some that are very much like roughouts, but are low only 20 quid to. When iget home I'll send you a link as I'm at work. Now because the were modern the top was padded, so inside I split the back, only small an removed the foam. Grips are good, rubberized. I this case I was lucky, but there are loads on there. Be careful too cause some look perfect but have a zip up the side (how well this will be hidden I don't know).

that would be great

took me a while to find the boots I ordered, kept finding the right style jump boot, but like you said, bloody great zip up the insides! or they were ladies ones

cheers for the link, already have the light suede pair found them to be tooo slippy, not much grip on em

yeah, only wore them once, ended up on my arse more than a dozen times

brown ESO boots came today! bloody fast post and are perfect!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ESO-NEW-DARK-BROW ... 295wt_1139

plent of room in em with thick socks, Im normally an 8, these are a 7 so def order the next size down!

will get to work on em in the next week, take pouches off and replace the eyelets, will post some before and after pics as well

this is the website thats on the box

http://www.eso.spb.ru/o-nas.6.html

this is the website thats on the box

http://www.eso.spb.ru/o-nas.6.html

Wish I know what it all said as I could go for a pair of them in 12.

use google chrome, it should ask if you want the page translated?

I use firefox.

Can you order them in UK12 brown from that site if you can read it?

unsure, not really had a navigate round it

http://www.eso.spb.ru/contacts.html

@yandex.ru">eso2009@yandex.ru

Men's ESO brown leather oxford
toe lace up military style boots
Style Name: P004

sizes are european so you will have to quote the equivalent

yeah, will do a guide on closer inspection of the eyelets, I think it might just be a case of carefully drilling them out

these are the eyelets I have ordered

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/200-NEW-BLACK-EYE ... 1138wt_905

and some laces as well

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dark-Brown-120cm- ... 2581wt_905

I already have a set of eyelet pliers, these are similar

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EYELET-PLIER-LEAT ... 097wt_1139

just hope they are up to the job, if not, I may order these instead

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Eyelet-Pliers-Too ... 1318wt_905

I sent them an email asking if I could order as I can't read their site.

Already have eyelets and stuff from previous jobs.
Will be nice to see they work you do!

eyelets and laces came, but the pliers I have are def not up to the job! waiting on these to come through now, then I can make a start

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1330wt_905

drilled out one of the old lace eyelets and the hole left needs a bit of a widening, leather is thick as well and the new eyelets are not as deep as I would like, will try one when the tool comes and see what they are like then, may need to glue them in place so they dont move

Yes you will find you need long reach eyelets and not so easy to find, any cobblers near you, you can try.

yeah, theres a cobblers in Douglas, may go in on my next day off (wednesday) and ask about some
The eyelet I tried was at the top of the boot where the leather is double the thickness, maybe ok with the ones I have further down, may need deeper ones near the bottem though