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Post by Russian on Jan 1, 2008 4:37:24 GMT -5
In a continued effort to age all of my gear, through both cosmetic treatment and "natural" ageing, I took the liberty of stalling the purchase of expensive German footwear, and for the moment, took the route of more resistance, and have dubbed, thoroughly, my US Roughout boots. The boots started off looking like this:   And then after the dubbing, they ended up looking something like this (pictures don't do it justice, in life they are completly darkened, not splochy, as they come out in photos):     Russian |
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Post by Jager.Drü on Jan 1, 2008 20:52:55 GMT -5
Those look good. The only thing would be ladder laceing them. I don't see the soles so I don't care.
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YankeeDiv26
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Post by YankeeDiv26 on Jan 1, 2008 21:16:34 GMT -5
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TommyGunner
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Post by TommyGunner on Jan 2, 2008 1:04:05 GMT -5
They really look great....oh by the way why the hell did you pour shoe polish all over your US gear........it dont lok aged it looks liek shoe polish was poured all over your gear...lol
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Post by Russian on Jan 2, 2008 1:08:35 GMT -5
I didn't age any of my US stuff, that's just wear....oh, except that one jacket, that one I did pour it on, cause I thought Innocenti was gunna wear it, and I had quiet a few Italian jokes lined up...
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TommyGunner
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Post by TommyGunner on Jan 2, 2008 1:14:29 GMT -5
Yeah the jacket, the canteen, the pistol belt, the first aid pouch and several other things I saw lol
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Post by spitfire740 on Jan 3, 2008 19:58:12 GMT -5
Screw you!
by the way, the boots look good... for an amateur
^^^3 words with double O's in a row^^^
thought that was kinda cool...
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click
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Post by click on Jan 4, 2008 3:40:49 GMT -5
^^^3 words with double O's in a row^^^ LOL ;D Click |
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Post by Capt. Zak on Jan 8, 2008 12:57:37 GMT -5
Those look good. The only thing would be ladder laceing them. I don't see the soles so I don't care. Not all Germans ladder laced their boots. Got that little tid bit from a WWII German vet at Rockford last year. |
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Post by Jager.Drü on Jan 8, 2008 13:10:58 GMT -5
I was under the impression the most low boots were ladder laced. The FJ did both for their boots and well you don't have to lace Jacks up!
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