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I was watching an episode of an old TV Series called “Due South” and the RCM Fraser was cleaning his leather boots. It looked like he had cleaned them and put some conditioner on them and he was using a hot iron to touch up the boots in 2 or three places. Do the Royal Canadian Mounties have a trick up their sleeve, or was it just meant to be funny?
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my brother was in the Household Cavalry - ad they used to do something very similar to get the high polish on the boots. I know the mounted soldiers outside Buck Palace need help to get on the horses because if they flex too much, the wax on the boots cracks and falls off ! Never could understand why they didnt just use varnish!
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I was in the Royal Canadian Mounties for 30+ yrs. High brown come pebbly when new. We used to iron our boots after a build-up of polish. The heat from a hot iron flattens the pebbles and gives a mirror finish once polished. Greenwood
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Wow, that is Grrreat to know! Thank You! I was hoping there was something realistic to that bit in the movie!
And I bet you could write a book, about your years with the RCMP - Thanks again!