I just bought my first pair of better quality boots (Iron Rangers) and am now jonesing for some Nick's Americana boots. Bravo on this video... well done and remarkable craftmanship on the resole work!!
Really appreciate the production quality of your videos. Not only is it fun to watch the boots get worked on but it's visually appealing too. Keep the great videos coming and I look forward to seeing your channel continue to grow and reach more people
When a professional Cobbler needs to "take a different approach" to get a boot apart and sounds winded afterwards, its a well made boot! haha. I really hope in the decades and generations to come there are folks like this around keeping us comfortable and saving the environment by making stuff that lasts and is serviceable and rebuildable.
You guys took a boot that looked great, changed it up to make it more casual and it came out looking great! Really well done. Very much enjoyed this video. Thank you!
Wow, I learnt more from this video than I ever did after watching all of Nick's boots videos. I own a pair of Nick's and yeah, I think they're a great pair of boots but to understand the construction from your perspective has change the way I look at them. Thank you so much for making this video.
One thing I missed is, why did you remove the mid-soles and lower welt on these since they looked to be in good condition? Was it just customer preference?
The original midsole had been roughed up and glued to. The customer wanted a clean exposed leather waist, so new midsole was necessary. There was no lower welts. The stitching went beyond the turndown welts and was in the midsole only
Awesome job and a great pair of boots! Why not use your lemonwood pegs in the outer leather sole? They will expand and contract with the leather whereas nails will loosen on the leather.
Lemon wood pegs are good for manufacturing purposes, but not for repair purposes. Also, Nicks Boots didn’t use lemon wood pegs, probably because wood will not hold up to the strain work boots are put through.
Absolutely fantastic video, I am from Spokane and I just purchased my first pair of nicks boots I should receive them in September. Thank you for all the information and insight I greatly appreciate it. I had to hit your red button of course give you the thumbs up. I look forward to watching more of your videos here shortly thank you
just discovered this channel. love y’alls content! one critique: the lighting/filter looks cool but totally detracts from the detail and craftsmanship. fine for b-roll but a bummer when you dig in.
Nick's makes a hell of a rugged boot, but the thing I don't like about their stitch-down construction is that you have limited resoles before you run out of leather after restitching and sanding, and then you have to fully re-last and replace half the boot, instead of just putting on a new welt. Personally, I would sacrifice a little bit of that insane strength and durability in order to have the longer overall life and ease of maintenance that comes with a welted boot. I'd still love to have a pair though. I just can't afford them. 🤷♂️
I just came across y'alls channel yesterday or maybe the day before. I've watched and enjoyed several of your videos already. Anyway, I'm glad to see how much you like Nick's boots because I've been wanting a pair for some time. I have to wear safety toed work boots and I'm sick of my feet hurting.
Good quality video! Seems a little yellow off color but overall good video. Definitely gonna grow with quality like this. I get my nicks in a few weeks. Been waiting months.
That was an awesome transformation, I really liked the red slip you put in there. Every time I see a video about Nick's boots it gets me closer to pulling the trigger on a pair.
just to let you know Nicks dosn't use metal for the shank its leather shank the only metal is the nails and screws in the midsole and outer sole from a work boot Builder Pro boot made it into a robert style boot looks great
Hmm. I noticed you didn’t replace the squeak pad in the forefoot (between the insole and midsole). Nicks uses a thin black synthetic material to prevent friction. Was it unnecessary or unnoticed? I’m just curious, you do good work I’ve seen. It’s laid down right after they do the shank and Blake the midsoles on.
Loved this video. I just wish you had done some more close up shots of the boot at the end with good lighting! I also was going to say the shank is actually leather, but you caught the misstatement near the end.
We have 3 locations in North Carolina. Wyattanddad.com can give you all the physical locations and the shipping address for mail in orders. We are actually on the other side of the country from Nick’s boots. They heard about us and wanted to find out what we were about, so they shipped us a pair for the video.
