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Tinker Tuesday for July 22, 2025

This thread is for anyone working on personal projects to share their progress, and hold themselves somewhat accountable to a group of peers.

Post your project, your progress from last week, and what you hope to accomplish this week.

If you want to be pinged with a reminder asking about your project, let me know, and I'll harass you each week until you cancel the service

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Sadly, this wasn't to last - [Red Wing Irish Setter Moc Toes] finally gave up the ghost, and will require submission to a cobbler and a resole(if possible) to continue their use for years to come.

I wear a pair of Iron Rangers about 100 days per year, and have been for the last... 17 years (damn, time flies). They need a new heel about every second year, and a complete resole every 4 years.

For the resole, I just send them to Red Wing directly. It's around $130, I think. They're gone for a few weeks over the summer, then they return completely rebuilt with new, original soles. On one of the first resoles, I asked the cobbler if he could use the vibram sole from the Red Wing Beckman instead of the original leather sole from the Iron Ranger (since the leather soles are extremely slippery in mud and snow) - no problem, looks perfect.

Love those shoes.