Wanted: Canadian army mukluks

[Scott Bentley]

Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

Felt goes in first. Woven insole next.
Mittens with the snot wiper may or may not be attached with idiot strings.

Terry, an old dog like you, i'm surprised...

Green Mesh first, then the Felt. This is to give you an air gap between your insulation and the rubber sole. I've seen guys Felts become freeze welded to the inside when these are inverted, not to mention the mesh will sand away at your duffel socks. Another trick is to punch a hole through the toes of both liners and tie them together to hand from the tent lines at night.

Lastly, the rabbits fur on the mitts is for warming your cheeks not wiping your nose. That's what the issued "Squares" are for!

Another mistake I often see are guys passing their laces through the nub on the heel. That nub is keep your heel from popping out of the old "Bangy Board" binding.

There's a way to attach your bindings to the Snowshoes that doesn't require para cord. I'll snap a pic, as trying to describe it would be futile. But it most certainly solves the issue of the toe popping out of the binding or getting caught under the opening in the snow shoe. 98% of guys I see have the binding attached wrong.

It's too bad they went to those bear claw show shoes. As old as the originals are, they work great and do exactly what they were designed to do, support a soldier with his marching order. I've already seen a couple of busted new ones. Can't say I ever saw a broken old one save for the tails being snapped off from getting frozen when stabbed into the snow/ice overnight and then the troop getting too aggressive trying to free them.

I never stayed at a Holiday Inn last night, but was unlucky enough to be selected for Advanced Winter Warfare because I didn't play hockey.