Boot Building Specs: Hardware - [Reddit Wiki]

The eyelets and/or hooks used to lace the boots.

• Hardware color is purely an aesthetic choice.
• All hardware color options are made of solid brass and then plated over with different materials.
• Over time all color plating can start to wear out making most look close to the brass color eventually. 
• Hardware can be replaced during a rebuild or resole.

• Standard Brass
• Nickel Plated
• Antique
• Gunmetal

• Standard, and recommended, is four eyelets at the bottom with speed hooks running up to the top, final, eyelet.
• Lace to toe (LTT) boots come standard with additional eyelets before speed hooks.
• All eyelets can be requested on any boot. They are most commonly seen on boots 6” or shorter.
• Speed hooks make lacing a boot faster.
• Almost any configuration of boot eyelets and hooks can be accommodated through additional customization.
• The top eyelet is a legacy thing. It is a larger logger eyelet on HD model boots and a standard sized eyelet on other boots.
• The larger logger eyelet can be used to tie a logger knot.

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