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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You should've wet them completely, preferably while wearing and stretching them.

But that can be a real pain, yeah.

https://drewsboots.com/blogs/news/how-to-break-in-leather-boots

Had to do it a few times while in the army.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I did. The problem was, they weren't too tight but too wide at the heel, so my heel kept rubbing up and down in them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Oh, that's unfortunate.

The blisters one will get with that is crazy. Especially if you're in the army and can't stop willynilly.

I once marched 12km with bleeding blisters the sizes of small apples and had gone through all the skin layers because if I had stopped I would've had to stay during the weekend to do it again.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

If you have a proper shoemaker around you: They usually can fix this problem easily.

The problem is to find an proper shoemaker these days.