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  1. 03-27-2010, 06:19 AM #91
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    I'm retarded when it comes to learning knots. I just knot them. Sometimes, like yesterday when it is longjohn weather, they don't even have enough slack to reach the top metal thingies.

    They stay on, and don't come undone, and there's nothing hanging loose to get hung up. That's all I care about.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 056 kid View Post
    All this boot talk. How do yall lace up the corks? Tie them? I prefer the one handed method. i am going to try somthing new as far as tying them goes as soon as I get back in them woods. Gonna leave the laces looped through the top eye and lace them up in my usual fashion, them when I have them all cinched up all I should have to do is tighten up the loops on top and off to work. I think the loop i am talking about is a loggers loop or somthing. Looked on the web but cannot find anything. Ide snap a pic bit my boots are amongst 10 lbs of chit in a 5 lb box, im not getting them out......
    You bet, works great! Your boots never come undone. Like you said, lace them up normal, then make a loop through the top eye on each side, take the opposing lace from each side, put it through the loop and pull. Presto. Your boots will stay tight until you want them undone. Clear as mud? If I get a chance I'll try and take a picture and post it.
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  3. 03-27-2010, 09:29 AM #93
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    Quote Originally Posted by 056 kid View Post
    All this boot talk. How do yall lace up the corks? Tie them? I prefer the one handed method. i am going to try somthing new as far as tying them goes as soon as I get back in them woods. Gonna leave the laces looped through the top eye and lace them up in my usual fashion, them when I have them all cinched up all I should have to do is tighten up the loops on top and off to work. I think the loop i am talking about is a loggers loop or somthing. Looked on the web but cannot find anything. Ide snap a pic bit my boots are amongst 10 lbs of chit in a 5 lb box, im not getting them out......
    Quote Originally Posted by coastalfaller View Post
    You bet, works great! Your boots never come undone. Like you said, lace them up normal, then make a loop through the top eye on each side, take the opposing lace from each side, put it through the loop and pull. Presto. Your boots will stay tight until you want them undone. Clear as mud? If I get a chance I'll try and take a picture and post it.
    On the lower eyes, y'all should try ladder lacing. It stays tighter than a bulls ass in fly time. Then I one hand the hooks, and I don't use the upper eye at all. My laces are always long enough to do one wrap around the boot, a regular bow, and then I double knot that. This system stays tight enough all day to cut your circulation off if you get too gung-ho tightening in the morning.

    That loggers loop sounds similar to what the ladder lacing accomplishes -- I think I'll give it a try. My loggers are on my feet all day, everyday. . . They're my 'do-everything' footwear.
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  4. 03-27-2010, 09:34 AM #94
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    Have been using the loggers loop for years. The best thing that I like about it is when you get back to the pickup on a cold snowy or rainy day, and your fingers are numb, you don't have to fumble around trying to undo a knot. The only thing is that some boots(not kuliens mind you) dont have a big enough lace hole to push a loop through, which makes it impossible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tarzanstree View Post
    I know, I was a baby face That is why I always got teased...schoolboy, loggerboy...It was always fun to tease the older guys about being "old" too! lol!
    You'll be 85 years old, and get carded for trying to buy 'Grandpas cough medicine'. lol

    It's okay to age well Cody. . . You'll just look better than me in 10 years. Hell, you do already

    When we hang out, folks'll think you're my son. Hahahaha

    You saw Alicia, she's the same way, she doesn't look anywhere close to 31. . . More like 19.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Metals406 View Post
    You'll be 85 years old, and get carded for trying to buy 'Grandpas cough medicine'. lol

    It's okay to age well Cody. . . You'll just look better than me in 10 years. Hell, you do already

    When we hang out, folks'll think you're my son. Hahahaha

    You saw Alicia, she's the same way, she doesn't look anywhere close to 31. . . More like 19.
    LOL! That is right DAD!

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    Here's how I tie all of my boots.

    I ladder lace to one eyelet below the ankle, then loop back on each side, then pass the ends through opposite loops -- that way I have a "ratchet" to cinch the footbed and ankle down. I one-hand 'em up the hooks, then an overhand knot to hold things in place, then a pass through the top eyelet, a pass around the top, then a double square not to finish. The thing about the double square knot is that no matter how cold or wet your fingers or laces are, all it takes to get it untied is to jab into the center of the knot and pull. I can get each boot on in about 30 seconds flat.

    I've been doing it this way for years; I learned each trick from a different old-timer. I just put the pieces together in a way I like.
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    Hey Patty I had a really really good nite at the casino with Mntngal last nite. Won enough to put money in the safe be very generous sharing with Mntngal and have more than plenty to consider a pair once in a life time boots. Funny thing is im not much of a gambler but some friends invited us.
    I have big feet small ankles so was thinking mite be a good fit for some hill side corks.
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    Head there now. They take a few months to make them.
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    Longer than a few months. I am not a big fan right now. I ordered another pair last March, paid for them and was told a couple three months. When that rolled around I called and have been getting the runaround ever since. If they don't show up soon I am gonna get my money back and go to something different. I understand if they are having a hard time keeping up, but every time I call they tell me soon, as in the next few weeks...was also told that the guy that builds the bottoms had a stroke...anyhow, 9 months and still waiting...

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    Thanks for heads up

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    Quote Originally Posted by tarzanstree View Post
    Longer than a few months. I am not a big fan right now. I ordered another pair last March, paid for them and was told a couple three months. When that rolled around I called and have been getting the runaround ever since. If they don't show up soon I am gonna get my money back and go to something different. I understand if they are having a hard time keeping up, but every time I call they tell me soon, as in the next few weeks...was also told that the guy that builds the bottoms had a stroke...anyhow, 9 months and still waiting...
    We're in the same boat then. I also ordered a new pair of caulks in March from Kuliens. Talked to them about it a couple times. It is not that they are too busy. They can't get caulking leather. They keep telling me they are expecting a shipment from I think Germany but it never shows up. I wonder if they'll ever be able to finish them.
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    Ruh roh. Sounds like the end may be near. Sad.
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    Yep, it is sad. They never said anything about the leather not being there to me, they just kept saying that the shoemaker was sick, then the last time I called is when they said that he had a stroke. I can wait til spring, I just hope they are being on the level with me...and if it comes to it, I hope I can get my money back.
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    Interesting side note. When I bought my Buffaloes(many moons ago), they had started using man made material for their soles. Said they had hard time getting getting good sole leather.
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