 Hey, good day guys. How are you going? Welcome to bootlossify. If we haven't met before, my name is Tech and Let me let Qantas do a little acknowledgement at this point Qantas Link would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the airport's land to watch out people We may our respects to elders, past, person and emerging. We now come to me scratching an itch For those of you who have been watching my channel, you know that I got these This pair of very over conditioned iron ranges. Well, guess what? I've got a second pair So those of you who have subscribed to my channel, and if you haven't why not button down there You know that I bought a pair of red-wing iron ranges 8111 amber harness some time ago Which was a very lightly used boot But unfortunately, it was seriously over conditioned because it was owned by an Australian company that made Boot oils and boot conditioners and waxes and they pulled this out at every trade show and Slapped on their product to show how well it got on So unfortunately despite this being an amber harness as you can see It's actually a very dark brown boot with some amber harness coming through as a result of the The oils and waxes that have really been pushed into it beyond the tannery So I really hadn't each I needed to scratch because I really do like the shape of these iron ranges I like the history and I and I like the amber harness color I could have got another color I suppose but I do like the amber harness color So I bought these for about Australian three hundred dollars on eBay well over a year ago and then recently I Saw this pair of amber harness come up For two hundred dollars Australian on eBay, and I'm sorry. I scratched that bitch so Let me just run through Why I like these boots They have a good American heritage work boot history behind them now I Don't think you can wear these on an Australian work site. You walk into a Builders work site and your mates are gonna laugh you out of it In Australia, we tend to wear Chelsea boots as Australian work boots Or we wear the more technical type with you know nylon and Gore-Tex and all that with a zip-up side But these are clearly an American heritage work boot. I think if you got a child Close ask them to close their eyes and draw a boot. This is what they come up with a slightly stubby toe with a toe cap spring toe block heel and Laces and speed hooks and this lovely iron ranger sort of slope down the front it's Built traditionally 270 degree good year welt if you want to know about good year welding go check my video And the the back of it is nailed and glued on onto the uppers It's a true toe cap. This is the original safety toe and by true toe cap. I mean, there's a Leather a vamp a full leather vamp that goes down to the toe and then a second piece of leather that forms the toe cap many modern service boot work boot type things Have a false toe cap Which means the leather on the back only goes up to here and then there's a leather piece that forms a toe cap So it's a single layer. This is a double layer leather Heel counter so very traditionally made cork on the inside leather insoles Nitro cork outsole quite grippy, although it's very flat. This is the older type type of iron ranger The more modern ones have a Vibram mini lug sole So those are the reasons I like the iron ranger and as for The reasons behind why I want the 81 11. I mean look at that lovely oil infused Not as infused as these but look at this lovely oil infused amber harness leather It it shows that that sort of amber colored look rather than the dark brown over conditioned pair. I got over there So I bought these and now I'm sort of thinking well, what am I going to do with these? Am I going to sell them? Look to be honest. I don't think they'll they'll sell for very much I bought them for $300 because I wanted an iron ranger in Australia to sell for around 600 Australian dollars So that was a cheap buy even though it you know, unfortunately It's a nick from Stridewise boot, isn't it? Sorry Nick So I was thinking what to do with this old pair Not that I've got the newer pair Well, I'm going to experiment and use these as work boots At home. I'm not a manual worker But I do things that repairs around the house. I do gardening So I'm going to give these ago as a work boot and then once they're done and maybe I get a video out of it Like this one I'm going to dye them black. So I might do a video about dyeing these black as well after that and see how they turn out So keep watching this video As I said, I've already done a review of the iron ranger boots by Redwing But if you can't be bothered to go check that video out Even though I've given you a link I'll just go through very quickly about Redwing the 81 11 iron ranger is made by Redwing shoes Now Redwing shoes was founded in 1905 based in Redwing, Minnesota in the USA still there No guesses for how the company was named I guess The iron ranger itself was launched in 1922 And it was originally designed in those days for iron or mine workers working in Minnesota's Misabi mountains or the so-called iron range The modern-day iron ranges is not that different from the originals. There are a few modifications the first model they produced was this 81 11 model in oil tan brown and today they have a wider range of leather makeups ranging from all sorts of Smooth leathers oil tan black and charcoal and so on as well as roughouts this 81 11 model iron ranger is made in a leather that they call amber harness amber harness is an oil tan leather tan by SB foot tanning Another very old company. I think older even then Redwing itself and In fact now owned by Redwing, so you know they they make your own leathers This really is I think an iconic boot style. I mean if you take a look at that boot shape with its Slightly bulbous. Some would say clown shoe toe. I don't think so. I think it's it's really quite attractive in that chunky style and a bit of toe spring And in this model, which is the earlier model, I think they changed in about 2005 The outsole is a neo cork Flat outsole with a flat profile, which is perfectly fine if you're wandering around a tunnel digging out iron Maybe not so much for Wearing out casual going for a drink on a slippery floor And I think in the mid-2000s because people did complain they changed them into Vibram mini lug soles Okay, so hi, I spent a day in these older over conditioned iron ranges Repairing some cracks and pretty large holes in the concrete floor of our porch So I've been using them all day as a proper work boot How's it come out? Well, overall, I think they came up really well Let's deal with what I liked about them using them as a work boot. Number one the comfort factor There's comfort in this comfort, right? Standing on them. They're not comfortable as in Wearing them wearing a pair of boots with say TPU Soles or even say the Timberland six-inch boot with the honey lug soles are a bit softer I mean, this is a fairly solid outsole But it's comfortable in the sense that the leather is very supple and I know from the other pair that despite this being over conditioned the other pair is just a supple This is a lot softer because of the over conditioning But it's also comfortable in the sense of the footbed. I think there is something to be said about this leather core leather kind of footbed Because your feet although it's not soft and squishy like on night a lot on a foam sold outsold work boot Let's say a blunt stone It gives you a certain comfort in the stability In the sense that you do you are aware that as you're twisting and turning you're not necessarily sort of Moving around on the on the TPU and the foam soles and so it's quite solid. So it's comfortable in that sense It's probably not comfortable in a sense. It's quite hard in the feet But because I was working on my knees and I was twisting around in them I really felt that that comfort factor of the support that they gave you I think you have to to get the sizing Absolutely right in these because a little bit bigger and my feet would have been twisting around in them a little bit Small and they would have been quite painful. I think So I I've sized a half down from my brannock in this My brannock is eight and a half. This is an egg that worked really well The Wide-ish last number eight last I think this is On the ball of the feet and that round toe along with the higher profile sort of bulbous toe I think gave me a lot of comfort when I was on my knees and I was twisting around Because your your feet weren't necessarily just like held in place They were actually moving around inside the boot. So that gave a lot more flexibility in the use of the boot In terms of protectiveness I Wasn't dropping blocks of concrete on my feet, but certainly crawling around You know Chipping things off. It felt protective. My ankles felt as if they were supported. So protectiveness. I really liked The grip of that neocork sole. It's it's very flat. I Was working on a on a concrete porch So it it was fine even when I was spraying it with water. There wasn't any slippage as such I suspect if you walking around on grass or on soft muddy surfaces on snow I think you'd be in danger, but you know from what I used it for that was it was fine What about the after effect it's got Kind of a bit dusty. I'll show you the other pair in a minute and You know, I'm rethinking Whether or not I Might just wash and reconditioned this, you know But use a bit of saddle soap and then maybe reconditioned with a big four Whether or not I still want to go through my plans of dying them black I think I might still die them black though because I had the other pair the newer ebay pair Which is a true amber harness coming out I might just Still die these I still have to wash some concrete off in fact I have to wash concrete off me T-shirt and trousers. No, I should probably go and have a shower now and get that all done So that's it a slightly different and slightly weirder video and I will follow up at some later stage with showing how to Saddle-soap these these these really filthy iron ranges now and I will die them black So I'll do a video on that and and if you're interested make sure you subscribe and If you like this video, please click on the like button Lots more videos coming up. So keep in touch until then take care and I'll see you soon