Don’t Boot Worn Shoes
Old habits die hard. In the military, the act of polishing and cleaning your boots becomes such a habit that it has been turned into a movie cliché. Almost every time we see a soldier in the movies going through boot camp, we see them polishing their boots. Hmm, maybe that’s why they call it boot camp…
In any case, a soldier wears nothing else on his feet for years at time except possibly on his ever too short leaves. As much as his military boots are a source of irritation at first, they become habit-forming, and many former soldiers continue to wear their military boots even after they leave the service.
Eventually, of course, they wear out and need to be replaced. Of course, there are other options. There are companies that are authorized to renew and repair military boots by the military. For example, NuShoe.com is has received the official approval of ICE, Infantry Combat Equipment, Quantico to renew USMC boots. This renewal process includes a replacement Vibram sole, any needed restitching, replacement of eyelets and hooks, replacement insoles, new laces, and of course they come back cleaned and polished. With this type of service there’s no need to break in a new pair of boots.
Not only can they handle military boot repair, but NuShoe also handles many different brands of boots and shoes. Western boot repair and complete renewal of such popular names as Birkenstock, Chippewa, Haix, and Mephisto is advertised at NuShoe.com. NuShoe is one of the leading online sources of boot and shoe repair.
Anyone who wears boots on a regular basis knows that breaking in a new pair of boots means a week or more of agony as your feet and the boot work against each other each trying to reshape the other. Eventually they’ll reach a compromise and the pain will stop, but why bother with all that. Having your favorite pair renewed means that they stay broken in and they fit just right when they come back. In the 2-3 weeks that it takes to have the shoes repaired and returned to your door via US Mail, wear an old beat up pair. Then, when your primary pair comes back, send the back up pair in for renewal as well. You’ll have two pair of boots that are both as good as new and as comfortable as old friends.
Shoe repair, including round trip shipping is surprisingly affordable. NuShoe provides a prepaid mailing pouch. All you do is drop your shoes in the pouch and drop the pouch in the mailbox. Then in just a couple weeks, they’ll arrive back in your mailbox, completely renewed. Nothing could be easier.