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hey guys Grant with nick's handmade boots
today we're talking about kilt cheese often people see our boots and they ask what
the is that frizzly floppy tassely pointy jaggy floppy piece of leather the false tongue or the
kilty is a functional piece of leather that is designed to protect the softer gusset material
which is often called the tongue that's why we call this the false tongue it's not the real
tongue it's the fake tongue it's the false tongue it's functional and it protects the softer
interior material kilties have been on our boots forever they're classic for logging style boots
or lager style boots the idea here is when you're out in the woods and you're tromping through
the forest and sticks are poking onto your boot that you have an extra layer of protection
it's much harder for a stick to puncture this material than it is to puncture this material
not only are they functional but they look good a lot of people can accessorize their boots so to
speak by putting a different colored false tongue you might see some pretty traditional cowboy
packer boots that have pretty fancy ones so it's a very easy and inexpensive way to even create a
two-tone look or accessorize your boot so to speak a couple things about false tongues they
don't go all the way to the top of the boot because you don't need to protect all the way
to the top of your boot most people wear pants when they're out there working and so your
pant leg is what protects most of the gusset also they lace into the boot so if you don't like
them you can take them out they're not built into the boot many people ask hey i love your boots
but i don't like that frilly tassely thing we say no problem you don't have to put it in
what's also great is you can buy these kilties or false tongues directly from our website
you can put them in other boots the leather that we're gonna give you is really high grain
material and you can put it in your other boots additionally if you wear them out
if they start getting a little bit crusty like this one you can just pull it out and
put a fresh layer of protection back in your boot another functional benefit of
the kilty is because it's a extra layer of protection not just from sticks
it also makes the lacing a bit more comfortable if you're lacing tight right over this area just
over this three to four ounce gusset material you're gonna feel that when you lace with the
kilty in there it's gonna distribute that tension a little bit better and it's gonna make the boot
a bit more comfortable overall because some people weren't very comfortable with the tassels or
the frill of the standard lager false tongue for our heritage line we decided to take the kilty
concept and just cut those off and create a more cleaner looking maybe more acceptable appearance
for people that aren't used to a more western or lager style look so the casual false tongue was
born now if your boot ships with one of these you can actually just lay a cup or a semi-circle
there and you can just cut it right off with a razor blade to make it look like this but we do
sell these on our website as well and if you see this classic nyx casual tongue shape anywhere else
you know it's a knock off the casual false tongue and the lager false tongue as you can see here
they're a little bit different but functionally they're exactly the same if you're curious how to
lace the kilties in the boot check out this video up here where we talk about how to lace your
boots at nyx we sell three primary styles of false tongues we've got the packer that looks
like this the lager which is the most common and then the casual or the heritage false tongues
check them out on our website we're going to link below you can buy pretty much any style in any
color and for those of you that are concerned that your kilty doesn't come to the top of your
boot we do sell a full length kilty keep in mind if your boot is eight inches or six inches
you're gonna have to cut the top of this off this is designed to sit fairly flush with the top
of a 10 inch boot one thing to keep an eye out for is the classic nyx logger kilty has one two three
four five six points if you see other boots on the market that look just like this they're knockoffs
similarly if you see this gorgeously rounded dress false tongue we call it out there
on the market and it's not on a mixed boot it's a knock off if you're looking for kilties to
both protect your boots or hey to accessorize your boots a little bit we're going to link the product
down below in the description we're also going to be offering 10 off a kilty bundle for a limited
time so if you wear kilties in your boots and your gosh darn proud of it go ahead and give us a
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