Okanagan;
I hope this finds you and yours well today sir, it's good to see you about.
Like you, I've not been able to find anything that has come close to straight beeswax and I learned about it here from Art. That said, the stuff that JB mentioned isn't available locally, so I've not tried that out yet.
I was mulling over your field application question and have got to admit I'm not sure what I'd try either.
Of course one can melt a tin of wax on the campfire, and dry and then heat your boots using the same method. The trick would be not overheating your boots with a fire.
I'd suspect it would be possible to heat the boots fairly evenly over a good bed of embers and then apply liquid wax with a brush, but then one would have to be diligent not to set the whole works ablaze, wouldn't one?
I've been told hiking out of sheep camp after burning your boots isn't as fun as it sounds.
All the best to you and yours in the upcoming Christmas season Okanagan.
Regards,
Dwayne
