I Blacked Out a Pair of Red Wing Iron Rangers! | Total Recraft 

They did offer the 9218 through Brooks Brother, but it is discontinued. Cheers!

@@U2Blades I found a pair of 9218s on Ebay in my size but the auction ended 3 weeks ago.

They offer a blackout option if you mail to them and pay extra

They look more like Garrison boots. I've never had red wings but do have Garrison.. as much as I love them they're not the most comfortable.. are Redwing comfortable? Please advise as I've never owned a pair. Thx

How much does it cost to get a black our done of my IR?

A good spit shine and those toes will be glass

I enjoyed meeting you too!

@@WyattDadCobblerCompanythank you!

That’s awesome! Thanks!

@@WyattDadCobblerCompany You’re a celebrity! Can’t say enough about the re-crafts you’ve done for me. Your craftsmanship is amazing.

Thanks! We use beeswax coated thread for sewing on the welts, and 1mm braided thread for stitching the soles on. If you are a cobbler and want detailed links on the threads, email me at wyattndad@gmail.com Tony Wyatt

We did a 360 welt conversion in another video. Some people like it and others say it’s too much. We think the larger heel rand is a better balanced look for the boot. But, we offer either choice to the customer.

I was wondering the same thing. I will ask editing what happened

There are black eyelets and speed hooks available to be installed. That is the best way.

The void only appears to be there. When forcing the sides up during the removal of the original cork, it makes them appear taller. The important part of the void to fill is the height of the sidewall of the gimming. Our cork is exactly that thick. I talked about hammering that over after welting. But it doesn’t completely lay over until the soles are hammered on and the boot flexed during walking. If you put too much cork in the center of the boot, it will feel like a lump is under the ball of the foot and make the metatarsal heads sore.

Thank you for the explanation, it makes a lot of sense.

Yes, the main place to be careful with a cleaner like Saphir is around the white stitching that was dyed. You could strip some of the color out and make the thread look grey instead of black. Spit shining the toes and heel counters is definitely possible now.

I like it!

The sole package and dye job was $370. If you want to change the eyelets and speed hooks to black, that runs $140 more.

That apron is from JR leather by Kilger. Jim McFarland can get you one

We can switch the to baked enamel ones, but in this case, we just sprayed them

Thanks. Yes, the gimming is stitched through also

That’s the best way to do it. The black is baked into the metal and holds up better. On this job, the customer decided not to go that route. I used a leather spray dye to cote them. It will work for a while but eventually rub off. The customer was made aware of this

@@WyattDadCobblerCompany oh ok, I was just curious. I own the charcoal rough and tough iron ranger and they use black nickel speed hooks and eyelets on the pair I have.

We can do that, but on this pair, we only sprayed them with black spray dye. It won’t last forever, but that was the customers choice.

Correct. I am wearing a pair so I can give a full review of them during the recraft video. I haven’t decided on what sole I will go with for these though.

Good question. The heel bases are nailed, but the rubber portion is not necessary to nail. The cement’s used today will hold it plenty strong enough.

I used Angelus paste polish.

@@WyattDadCobblerCompany thank you!

In the video, I used a spray dye because the customer wasn’t sure if he wanted black or not. It easily cleans off if he didn’t want it. The best thing is to remove them and install black eyelets and speed hooks with a baked on enamel

We may start doing some videos of that type stuff in the future. Our craftsman that does that work is camera shy

We actually have that on the schedule to be filmed. Coming soon!

It’s not necessary in this case.