[TheForge] [OT] Re: Cobbler tool for blacksmiths

[Mike Spencer]

Bruce wrote:

> Sounds like work.

Yeah.  But gratifying.  I love fixing stuff that the designers intended
that you should not be able to fix.

> Why not get regular boots and forge a steel toe to fit on the
> outside?

What's "regular"?  Hard to find good, sturdy, stiched-welt, lined,
insulated leather boots without steel caps.  The original Matterhorn
marque was sold with and without caps but they're long gone, borged by
Goodhue. 

Yeah, well, it may come to that.  If I still care about heavy work
boots by the time I'm 75.

- Mike

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