What walk in these........
 

I've been given what i can only describe as black-foot-fcuker's which apparently i have to wear in training.... I have the following questions to experianced wearers of these heal killers...

1] how do i wear em in without walking up K2 and back? Some one said put em in a bath of cold water over nite?

2] think my shins are gonna implode if i wear er so any tips on how to stop shin splints...?

3] DMS shoes, best way to make em shine? (not using ones mates at the spray bay i might add)

As for any spelling mistakes..... who gives a toassjfe....

Exactly.

Thanks for your help guys and girls (and PSF flight staff rebuilds..)

I believe that polish is traditionally used to make shoes shine...

Ye thanks BeerMokey your a real hero. :D Does anyone have any constructive replys?

The standard issue RAF boots should do all you need them to do for the first few months of your career.

Coating them in good thick layers of polish followed by a brisk brushing will help waterproof them, they'll never be 100% but well enough.

I replaced the laces on mine with some that didn't give me blisters on my fingers when putting them on. I also replaced the standard "cheese grater" insoles with some 'double strike' shock absorbers.

As for soaking them, it worked for me. Soak them in the bath, weigh them down so every bit gets covered, then wear them for a day so the wet leather starts shaping to your feet.

The best advice though is to just wear them and keep wearing them until they've broken in and they feel like just another pair of socks when you put them on.

Sadly far too many young people have grown up wearing nothing but trainers all their life. Having soft feet will mean they'll take a pounding when you wear brand new leather boots but ermmm you wanted a job where you have to wear them :)


Of course I could be wrong and confused my hands with my feet again, so read my words at your own risk!!

Flyer,
Soaking is the answer.
Procedure as follows.

1. Always wear two pairs of socks.
2. Run a hot bath.
3. Insert feet into boots and lace very tightly.
4. Stand in the bath, ensuring the boots are completely submerged.
5. Take a book, as you will need to be in this position for about half an hour or so.
6. Get out of the bath and go for a run.
7. Remove the boots only when completely dry.

The boots will now be moulded to your feet, and if you always wear two pairs of socks, you will never have a blister.

As for Rivet Joints’ fifth paragraph, re soft feet, toughen them up.
There are two ways to do this.

1. Procure cheap washing up bowl.
2. Sit in comfy position in front of telly, with naked feet in said bowl.
3. Pour surgical spirit over feet and soak for at least an hour a day.

This can become expensive unless you know a cheap supplier of surgical spirit.
Another option is as follows;
1. Procure cheap washing up bowl.
2. Sit in comfy position in front of telly, with naked feet in said bowl.
3. Pi55 on you feet.

Follow the above, and you will not get a blister – ever.

An even easier way to toughen up your feet is just to walk around the house in bare feet, and the skin on the soles of your feet should toughen up. Takes about a month before you'll notice a difference though .
Don't know about pi$$ing on your feet though, you'll end up smelling like an AAC pilot!

Nah, don't bother wearing them in. Just squinny lots when you wear them and they'll have you in trainers in no time.
Sorry, I know this post had already had its dose of cynicism with Beermonkey's polish comment.

Flyer... Check your private messages....

Muppet
 

Good call mate, did same back in OTS days and it did the trick...very well in fact. We had some ex troops on our course and they gave us the good gen.

We looked like goopters running around base in them but were thankful for the results.

Cheers and Beers

Fox3

:ok:

I left in 1987, due to injuries sustained running in crap boots. After the first bout of stress fractures, I was allowed to wear 'combat highs', but by then the damage was well and truly done. I cannot believe in this day and age, they are still doing this to people.

For the 'tactical' work in my current employ, I was given a pair of Belville TLS goretex lined boots, at one hundred and fifteen quid a pair.

Possibly the best boots I have ever had. If someone had given me these in 1987 I would probably be SACEUR (Supreme Allied Commander European RockApes) by now.

Wake up MOD, these are peoples tibias you are messing with.....

flyer1997

Answers to your questions

1.Run a mile a day in the same said boots like we all did (alternately get a job employing the use of boots before joining like I did Smugness!).:p

2.Stop being a whooss

3.Kiwi Black using cotton wool and water

In addition may I suggest a copy of Oxford English should also grace your library!

No spelling excuses please!

:ok:

LTB

Sorbothane?
 

Sorbothane inners made a huge difference when I went through ... still have them. Doubtless there are better 'more modern' inners available for your boots now.

Can't for the life of me work out why they come with cheese graters.

In stores yesterday there was a pair of Hi-Tec Magnum boots that had been bought for someone (aren't the medics great?). I would have thought these were eminently more suitable for running in than the normal combat highs.

Good prices here (no connection):

Boot Suppliers

What do crabs know about boots, still less polish? Flying boots are not designed to take a shine so why learn how to polish.

Try AARSE if you want a professional opinion of how to polish and break in boots.




Only joking about crabs as I is one.

Boots in hot bath is the best advice I got - but do it when you have your new smart Sorbothane insoles in (still about the best), as you need those boots to fit with the thicher comfy sole in.
I used to wear 2 pairs of socks but mostly wear one good pair now - spend a little and treat yourself to some good high wicking socks - about a tenner a pair but well worth it. I wore them in the bath, let them dry (slowly, away from heat & stuffed with newspaper) then just wear them all the time - work, rest & play in them. Never ran in them and never really suffered. We never had to 'bull' our boots - the course behind did as punishment, but we just had to keep them clean.

As for your shoes - polish. The guys with scams for not polishing seemed to spend more time scamming than we did polishing!
Remember - it is all about the joke.

1. Get a block of wood and a large hammer. Place block of wood on boot, then hammer the f@ck out of it. This will break down the leather, particularly the heel where most of the damage is caused. Don't do what one course did and place them in a long line and run over them with a Land Rover. Too much scope for a c+ck up.

2. Use Kiwi parade gloss for the main part of the shoe, but use regular Kiwi for the toecap bulling. For some reason it bulls better.

3. Keep your sense of humour and remember it won't last forever!

Cool....15 posts on boots! We gotta get out a bit more!!???

:p