Gentlemen,
I thought I'd share this rehab project to show what can be done to rehab footwear. With the skirmish format we do now, good footwear is essential if you don't want sore feet. Sore feet, knees, back, etc. make it pretty hard to enjoy yourself, and a lot of that starts with a good pair of boots. Unfortunately, a lot of the reproduction stuff isn't real comfortable, so I recommend getting a good pair of Red Wing, or comparable, boots if you can. I got this pair of Red Wing boots off e-bay pretty cheap, largely because of what they look like. They came out quite good enough for field boots. First I had to scrape off some drops of green paint, then wash them. The boots were then dyed with British Tan dye, with Obenauf's oil applied afterwards. They were then polished with Kiwi polish.