Best Boots

never seen a black plimsoll at troon,not untill we turned the brown ones we were issued black.

After we left they had one of each - that confused the PS.

Now that is what you call bulled boots

Not bad John Boy. You need to take the laces out and carry on the movement on the "Tongue", then replace the laces with proper leather ones. 8/10

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Those boots are NOT made for walking !

Shelldrake wrote:

Not bad John Boy. You need to take the laces out and carry on the movement on the "Tongue", then replace the laces with proper leather ones. 8/10

During my crazy time in Hereford, we were required to roll our spare (leather) laces in a flat coil, iron the coil smooth, then bull it.

No wonder "Ex Boys" had a reputation for being Nutters !

I remember bulling my black web belt and anklets in the forlorn hope that it would increase my chance of being selected for "Stickman" on Guard Mounting.

I loved the way we used to patrol with a pickaxe handle, "if you have to use it, hit them across the shoulders" these days I don't think it would have got us far

Les

john boy youve got dust on them boots, ginger.

while wasting time at the hook of holland transit camp, some of us decided to walk along the beach , not realising we were wearing our best boots, going back into the camp we were suddenly confronted by two little red monkeys and told to report on c o s orders at 9 next morning for having dirty boots , they were not dirty just the polish was scraped off by the sand and shingle, that afternoon we were told to catch the 7 am train to germany next morning , i often wondered what happened to the little red monkeys looking for us to go in front of the c o , must have been little red faced monkeys , ginger

Love the picture of the Best Boots Johnboy, takes me back just looking at them

Les

Perfect picture showing the benefits of the stiffer leather sole, not as much of a problem with creasing behind the toecap, unlike the softer rubber sole on the DMS

Les

Les Pattenden wrote:

For myself it was a candle, spoon and Kiwi
that was in 66 don't know if they found a better way later

Les

We put new boots into a bath of hot water for a few hours to soften them up then packed them with newspaper and left them in the drying room overnight to dry. Then it was as Les described, candle, spoon, Kiwi, duster and water, not spit.

Yes and of course that was DMS Boots, don't think it would have been the same for the Ammo type boot because of the thick leather sole, polishing of the sole and studs was also eliminated on DMS (just used to polish the arch)

Les

Hi there,
It was with some relief after junior leaders in 1980 that my regt. had best shoes !! Got to love the cavalry.........
atb
pinky
HUSSAR

pinky wrote:

Hi there,
It was with some relief after junior leaders in 1980 that my regt. had best shoes !! Got to love the cavalry.........
atb
pinky
HUSSAR

QOH were the same.

Shoes with No 2 dress.

No belt either.

Very elegant, must've been a Hussar thing !

Wouldn't wanting you hurting your feet now, would we?

Did you get little furry insoles for the shoes as well???

Les

Shelldrake wrote:

Wouldn't wanting you hurting your feet now, would we?

Cavalry have no need of boots, they are never required to walk anywhere !

They are issued with one pair of best boots and one pair of slippers!

When I was with the QOH no one seemed to wear issue boots when deployed on Ex. The fashion seemed to be for anything other than boots DMS, a certain Regt Int WO used to wear highly polished riding boots and breeches, this was probably due to RHQ always managing to avoid the mud on SLA Trg Area when selecting locations.

BobG

Well I must say DMS are not what I would call the most comfortable boots, especially when breaking in a new pair

Les

Hi there,
Good banter.....
Insoles for shoes.....no need we didn't do much drill or many parades.
Too busy working on our Main Battle Tanks.
atb
pinky
HUSSAR

The ultimate cavalry boots

They look sooo sweet, hope they are worn with BEST DRESS

Les