the boots are stitched to the soles, I don't see how just applying anything to the leather will make them waterproof, it will go through the stitching right?? thats why you need a goretex liner
my favorite pair of boots are some danner frontiers, I have put heavy applications of danner boot dressing on them to soften and preserve the leather, but by doing so my biggest problem is gauges and nicks in the leather caused from twigs and rocks, I have some cuts that nearly go through the leather. I wonder if I had not put anthing on the boots and let them be harder if the leather would have stood up better to the twigs, brush, and rocks.
