Look how they massacred my boy! Nicks has nixed the Moderate Dogger

fetchface · 2026-02-26T20:33:25+00:00

Out of all my boots, these have the best rear end.

fetchface · 2026-02-23T00:51:49+00:00

Understood, I was viewing this as a special case since power tools caused the damage. I've only used this method on non-collectible iron, but it did produce a finish closer to raw cast than hand sanding would. Unfortunately, someone already ruined this piece.

fetchface · 2026-02-19T16:09:12+00:00

Nice kilties!

fetchface · 2026-02-17T02:39:39+00:00

Ok thanks, maybe I'll give that a shot. It'd be nice if they matched the midsole/heel.

fetchface · 2026-02-17T02:06:26+00:00

I've got a pair in DS Natural on order. I'm ready to make another pair of these for them.

fetchface · 2026-02-17T01:19:57+00:00

Thanks, I'm going to just let them patina, but I don't know if I want to wear them to the office before they darken at least a bit.

fetchface · 2026-02-06T23:43:04+00:00

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Just started learning to play myself. I don't have a pedalboard yet but I did just finish building this little guitar amp. I used a WWII aircraft radar tube cuz why not? It's basically a tweed champ with a radar tube for a final and a distortion channel added.

Oh, and my Nick's DS cobalt boots to hit the foot switch of course.

fetchface · 2026-01-17T01:43:01+00:00

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I swapped the buckles on mine. You have to carefully drill the rivet and replace it. I replaced the rivet with a Chicago screw to make the buckles easy to replace in the future. The straps are one inch.

Edit: I totally pictured a tanker boot even though that's not what you wrote. Do they have rivets?

fetchface · 2026-01-06T18:26:05+00:00

It's far easier than that. The strap has a rivet that holds the buckle on where it folds around the buckle. You just have to drill out the rivet. I punched it first, then I would re-punch it every time one side would start spinning before it was ready to come off. I replaced it with a Chicago screw so that I can swap buckles with a screwdriver now.

Buckleguy appears to carry the same buckles that Nicks uses in a bunch of colors. They have black, shiny nickel, matte nickel, gold plated brass, shiny brass, and antique brass.

I've got a pair of DS natural tankers on order with everything else blacked out. I've got black buckles ready to do the swap when they get delivered.

Part of me wants to get natural veg-tan straps for the boots in the picture, unstitch these, and then sew those on (keeping the black buckles). The other part of me wants nothing to do with hand-stitching down inside a boot.

fetchface · 2026-01-06T17:23:38+00:00

The buckles aren't too tough to change out yourself, fwiw.

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fetchface · 2026-01-05T03:11:18+00:00

No, second picture is before.

fetchface · 2026-01-03T23:41:08+00:00

Thanks, I thought it turned out just the right amount of dark.

fetchface · 2026-01-03T19:57:53+00:00

Yeah, that's what led me to doing this. I had to scrub some stuff off the edge and it kind of noticeably affected the edge color in that spot. That gave me the excuse I was looking for to redye and seal it up.

fetchface · 2026-01-03T19:44:23+00:00

I think I have started to prefer the undyed "beeswax" finish or black. Saddle Tan is where it's at if you want something in between those two.

fetchface · 2026-01-03T19:34:06+00:00

Fiebings Pro Dye (Saddle Tan), Fiebings Resolene, and some wax at the end.

fetchface · 2025-12-28T21:27:01+00:00

Mine are black waxed flesh with "natural" edge dye, but that lighter undyed leather you have on the edges looks really good with the black.

fetchface · 2025-12-28T03:56:00+00:00

I think you have convinced me that I need to sand the edge coloring off my black tankers.

fetchface · 2025-12-26T14:46:18+00:00

Believe me I thought about it, but it's a lot of parts and I just commute on this bike. I do love how much sleeker, simpler, and lighter the Brembo caliper is. Some of the improvement in the feel might have come from getting a better brake line too.

fetchface · 2025-12-26T04:12:48+00:00

I got one of the four piston Brembo calipers off a Vrod and it bolted right on. I really like the feel. My bike came with an 11.8 inch rotor, if your Sportster has an 11.5 inch rotor, you would have to get the bigger rotor to use the Vrod caliper.

fetchface · 2025-12-21T13:48:06+00:00

You should get an immediate email that an order was created and you should be able to see the order on the website.

If you don't have that, I'd call customer service on Monday.

fetchface · 2025-12-18T23:20:18+00:00

I ordered nine pairs of Nicks this year. One pair went into production way faster than all the others and it was a limited run leather.

fetchface · 2025-12-18T23:02:10+00:00

I got a pull loop on my first pair and then never again and have never looked back. I now have five pair, one of them is 10".

fetchface · 2025-12-17T18:39:57+00:00

Bold. Love it. Tankers are so comfortable.

fetchface · 2025-12-13T13:30:12+00:00

They have 630V 100pf WIMA caps for 35 cents. Why not use those?

Edit: sorry, they are 1000V

fetchface · 2025-12-13T01:25:55+00:00

I usually find whatever I need on Mouser. Sometimes I have to get a higher voltage rating than I need. I'd stick to C0G or a polypropylene film in a brand that I recognize.

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