What is Yuft Jack boots?
Yuft Jack Boots
Yuft (also juft, Russia leather) is a very thick leather made by tanning skins from cattle bellies with oak, willow, or birch, and then rubbing with an phenolic oil, made by distillation of the bark and wood of an European white birch.
Yuft jack boots are very heavy and wearproof. In Soviet Army there were two types of soles for yuft boots: plain one – for cadets, and thickened one (micropore) – for officers.
There is a lot of yuft jack boots types, the most popular of them are:
1. Yuft jack boots, made for senior rank officers. Very heavy and serviceable, with a very thick toe, a cant on their boot-tops, and white leather lining inside. Thick rubber micropore sole bounces a little while walking, therefore absorbing a shock. Admirers of leather footwear will definitely appreciate a strong specific scent of natural leather which is characteristic for these jack boots.
2. Yuft jack boots with leather sole, with a little different design from the previous. The leather used for boot-top is a bit thinner and softer, inside there is leather or cotton lining. A sole is brown or black, fixed with brass nails.
3. Yuft jack boots with a smooth brown leather sole and cotton lining inside.
4. Short-cut yuft jack boots for the marines. Very rare nowadays.
5. Yuft jack boots for tankmen, made of very thick leather, and with straps on the side.
6. Yuft jack boots for pilots, made of very thick leather, with natural fur lining inside, and with straps and zipper on the side. These boots are very rare nowadays and price for them is quite high.
7. Yuft jack boots combined with valenki (felt boots). The lower part is a yuft boot with a rubber micropore sole, but the bootleg is made from thick felt. These boots are ideal for everyday use in winter, for example on winter fishing, etc.
8. Artel Boots. The name of these boots came from workmen's cooperative associations (artels) which were popular in pre-revolutionary times and Soviet Union till the 60’s. Artels consisted of a number of workers with similar qualification, age, and physical strength, which were equal in their rights and responsibilities. Artel boots had a leather sole fixed with wooden nails in two lines, with an artel stamp on the sole. These boots were produced till the 60’s.
The USSR broke up, and many of these boots are not produced nowadays. Although they are still very popular. Nowadays the boots are used both for everyday wear and in different hobbies
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