Traditional boot trees

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asset2004

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Does anyone use traditional wooden boot trees in their hunting boots any more? Tidying out grandparents house I came across a pair but wondered if people use them or do they use the plastic boot trees to keep their shape now.
I wear rubber boots (ducks lol but our country is quite wet and getting off to do gates and undo nasty wire fences it makes sense rather than ruin good leather ones, plus I can get an extra pair of socks on with them!) lol
They are really nice, very well made but weigh a tonne!
 
Trouble is they only fit the boots they're made for surely? They have value as 'antiques' . Have seen a few people in the Cotswolds with boots/trees in the hall who have never even been near a horse let alone hunted. Too funny!
Get the best price you can!
 
MissySmythe said:
Trouble is they only fit the boots they're made for surely? They have value as 'antiques' . Have seen a few people in the Cotswolds with boots/trees in the hall who have never even been near a horse let alone hunted. Too funny!
Get the best price you can!
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I've got several pairs of treed boots which I use as "decorative items" lol:D - but I can justifiably say I'm never far from a horse and have hunted for 40 years, so am I allowed?;)
 
I would love a pair of wooden hunting trees. I just got a pair of boots from Davies and the trees nearly cost as much as the boots so I declined! But maybe next year!
 
HuntingmadinEire said:
I would love a pair of wooden hunting trees. I just got a pair of boots from Davies and the trees nearly cost as much as the boots so I declined! But maybe next year!
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Don't I know it - got a pair of Davies boots made for me - haven't worn them for a bit and now they don't fit :O

To have the trees made now would be significantly more than the boots are worth - going to be selling them sadly as I've outgrown them......

anyone got skinnny legs??
 
spacefaer said:
Don't I know it - got a pair of Davies boots made for me - haven't worn them for a bit and now they don't fit :O

To have the trees made now would be significantly more than the boots are worth - going to be selling them sadly as I've outgrown them......

anyone got skinnny legs??
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You can stretch them - or get them stretched. What size are they?
 
where would the best place to go to sell a pair of brown hunting boots, with laces, (really old!) thin leg, probably a size 4, with wooden trees? they are just sitting in the attic gathering dust!
 
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