I just wanted to celebrate my old 110. Despite all of the various cutting tools I own (knives, utility razors, etc), the 110 I've had for 40 years still proves itself to be an indispensable cutting tool.
I recently decided to try and fix my boots. The outer, rear corners of my heels typically wear out first, getting rounded over, and making them unstable. The rest of the boots could last for several years, so I hate having to throw them away, and my research into trying to get replacement soles came up with nothing.
So I had this idea to cut out the rounded-out section of the heel and replace it with a piece of hard rubber, screwing the piece in place. The heels on these boots are harder rubber than several I had previously so this idea seemed like it might work.
And it turned out my old 110, with it's thin, curved edge, was the perfect tool for carving away and shaving down the space in the heel. And the full handle of the 110 was something I also greatly appreciated for this task. A thin handle would not have been comfortable using over the two hours it took me to carefully cut out one heel.
As for the fix, it worked out great. I've been walking around on them for a few days now and it feels like I have all new boots. And as the replacement pieces wear down, I can always replace them with new ones. I couldn't have done it without my 110.
I recently decided to try and fix my boots. The outer, rear corners of my heels typically wear out first, getting rounded over, and making them unstable. The rest of the boots could last for several years, so I hate having to throw them away, and my research into trying to get replacement soles came up with nothing.
So I had this idea to cut out the rounded-out section of the heel and replace it with a piece of hard rubber, screwing the piece in place. The heels on these boots are harder rubber than several I had previously so this idea seemed like it might work.
And it turned out my old 110, with it's thin, curved edge, was the perfect tool for carving away and shaving down the space in the heel. And the full handle of the 110 was something I also greatly appreciated for this task. A thin handle would not have been comfortable using over the two hours it took me to carefully cut out one heel.
As for the fix, it worked out great. I've been walking around on them for a few days now and it feels like I have all new boots. And as the replacement pieces wear down, I can always replace them with new ones. I couldn't have done it without my 110.
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