THE BEST BOOT WAX OIL IN THE WORLD
Brush it into the leather. The oils go into the leather leaving a wax coating on top.

We also stock in our factory shop the full range of Nikwax bootcare and clothing products. Contact the shop for details and advice.

Tel: 01748 826922 or email:

At the factory we stock 27 different types of footbed. They range from 'Off the shelf' orthotics to shock absorbing flat footbeds. Footbeds need to be correctly fitted and we offer this service at our factory shop. Please contact us for details and advice.

Tel: 01748 826922 or email:

If you are not sure of the correct lace length - contact the factory, tell us the boot style and size and we will advise you.

Tel: 01748 826922 or email:

"In the early nineties I started to become unhappy with the water absorbancy of the leather we were using on our gamekeeper boots - we were using a WR100 leather (when WR100 leather is flexed in water for 100 minutes and it must not absorb more than 6% of its weight in moisture). We had noted that after 6 months the leather we were using in our gamekeeper boots was absorbing 14% - over twice as much.

"I took the leather and boots to the laboratory in Leeds and the tannery quickly identified the problem - it was not the leather - but the leather treatment!!!

"The gamekeepers had been using a bootcare product which contained a high amount of hydro carbon based solvents (ie. coal/oil based waxes with parafins, white spirits etc.)

"These bootcare products had been developed many years previously for leathers tanned in the old way, however, the new water repellent boot leathers were different - and although these bootcare products were acceptable on some leathers - they had a tendancy to neutralise the water repellent components tanned into the more modern WR100/Anfibio/Hydro type leathers.

"So the search began for a more suitable bootcare product - and the result was Leder Gris. However, this story has a sad ending...we had always purchased our leather from the Pittards/ Miers tannery in Leeds (Yorkshire). A few years ago the tannery was closed down - it was a sad day for them and for us.

"The company was a PLC and as the new millienium property boom began to get up a 'full head of steam' the land the tannery was on became 'apparently' worth more than the tannery itself...and so the last British Tannery making top quality water repellent (WR100) boot leather was shut down.

"The tannery had generations of experience and a really good leather testing laboratory...it was only one hours drive from our factory so I'd go there whenever there was a problem. But life goes on - and we still have Leder Gris.

"And when we say..."we recommend Leder Gris" it is NOT a gimick...we recommend it because if used correctly and regularly Leder Gris will help sustain the water repellency of leather for a longer period of time."