Leather soled riding boots...?

I have leather soled riding boots and find them slippery. When I get on the horse my foot slips out of the stirrup. And they are slippery to walk on grass too. Is there any way of giving them better grip, without ruining the boot?

Leather soled riding boots...?
I wouldn%26#039;t be doing anything to the sole so the walking on grass is just a case of walk carefully or learn to fall gracefully. As to the stirrups, get the rubber tread inserts (comes in black or white) and fit them into a pair of stirrups that have an appropriate gap inbetween the bars at the bottom or just buy a set of stirrup irons that already have a rubber tread.
Reply:you remind me of a show i went to! They people in the box had messed up my entrance fee and kept calling me back. So i ran to the box to pay them more money, and i fell over, as my boots had no grip. they were so slippy on the grass.





I took my boots to a shoe repair shop, and they fitted some grip onto the bottom. They are great now, and as long as you look after them, the boots should last for years. You can just have them re-soled and dont have to buy new boots as often.





hope this helps :)
Reply:what i normally do with my boots is i take them to a cobbler and have a synthetic sole put on top of the leather sole the sole lasts longer and you%26#039;ve got plenty of grip
Reply:Rubber treads in the stirrup irons and you can get stick on soles for you boots or just wear other boots to go up the fields or whatever ( that was what I did - shoved some wellies on to keep my good boots out of the mud), never did master the art of falling gracefully - I tend to go splat !
Reply:They%26#039;re always going to be slippery on grass, they weren%26#039;t made for walking! If you want them to not be slippery in the stirrup try experimenting with stirrup types. I ride in copper bound wood stirrups and they don%26#039;t really slip.
Reply:to keep your feet from slipping out of your stirrups, i suggest using stirrup grips, which come in many styles. you just attach it to your stirrup where the boot rests. my personal favorite is the type that is the bumpy rubbery stuff you use in your kitchen cupboards.
Reply:As the first answerer said a boot repair shop can put on a thin rubber sole.





Leather soles are extremely slippery and as long as the leather is on bottom then you will have trouble, expecially when they are wet.





From having leather soled shoes I can tell you that the problem sounds like in part poorly made soles. Some leathers are simply slipperier than others. Sometimes you will get a leather soled boot that you seldom slop in. Other times they slip all the time.





It really is only 5 to 15 dollars to have new soles tacked on. I really do suggest it.
Reply:Do you ride English or Western? If English, you can add the rubber grips that just pop in the bottom of your irons, but I don%26#039;t understand, if you have the proper amount of weight in your stirrups and your heels down, how you lose your stirrups?
Reply:you could always go to a shoe shop, or some one who fixes shoes and ask for a grip to be put on the bottom of the shoe



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