db wrote on Jul 18^th, 2014 at 7:26am:

Had a friend in the 80's that liked cologne - a lot. I always thought he smelled like wet, moldy leather.

Maybe it wasn't cologne at all ;)....back in the day I ran a radial drill punching 2 inch holes in steel plates, after a few months i smelled like the coolant and no matter how many showers I took i couldn't get the smell off. Only years later did I understand why I attracted a certain type of woman......whew! glad I got out of being a shop rat even though I liked the work. Stetson replaced the coolant and the rest, as they say, is history.

Thanks for the suggestions........the leather on the boots seem different ( to me at least)......I ended up just getting a conditioner from REI. I wanted to maintain the porosity of the leather, after all, they are wet boots. I thought something like sno seal might make them less apt to dry readily. I also noticed a tiny gap starting between the sole and the uppers at the toe so I slapped a bit of gorilla glue in......stuff is superb. If you have never used it be aware that it foams a bit and expands in volume, it is not like "super glue" in the least bit.

I know I have already mentioned it but after wearing the OTB boots it made me realize just how excellent the SV2 Rocky boots really are. Comfortable with aggressive tread and ankle support. Weight is good for such a strong package. I understand they make a jungle version of the boot which would lighten it even more but I'm plenty happy with what I have.