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| Thu 11 Feb 10, 4:21 PM Lupawolf UK(NR), 3 yrs   |
Hello there,I need help!
My current paws are getting tired and need a revamp and I would like the claws modified to a smaller more realistic curved claw.
See my profile picture for picture of boots more available on request.
The current claws are rolled leather and due to spending a fair amount on all fours, and being locked in cages they have become bent out of shape and slightly damaged. The sole of the boots are wooden and the leather claws are attached to holes in the sole.
Need on advice on removing old claws and attaching new claws, or any company/person that will be willing to do this?
I would want something more resistant to bending without deforming or snapping and must not damage the sole of the boot. Need also not to catch or damage on any flooring. Thanks ~Lupa~ Edited Sun 21 Feb 10, 1:11 AM by Lupawolf | |
| 23 Feb 10, 4:59 PM Lupawolf UK(NR), 3 yrs |
these are the boots. Any ideas? Has anyone who makes/has made pony boots be able to help? Thanks | |
| 23 Feb 10, 5:13 PM May_Thorn UK(BS), 6 yrs £ |
I'm sorry I haven't got any suggestions, just wanted to say fantastic boots!  May I ask where you got them?If you're not living on the edge....I can help. | |
| 23 Feb 10, 5:16 PM Lupawolf UK(NR), 3 yrs |
Thank you. They were a present from a very good freind of mine. The design was based on a drawing I did and was sent to Fury Fantasy who made them for me. I have emailed him but he can only make leather claws, and it would cost alot to post them back to him thats why I am looking for someone in the UK to help | |
| 23 Feb 10, 5:28 PM May_Thorn UK(BS), 6 yrs £ |
Thinking about it, the hardwearing aspect, as well as wanting them to be flexible enough to bend not break or permanently kink when in cages etc, the best material would probably be rubber. Solid moulded rubber, the way dildo's and buttplugs are made I imagine. But I dont know where you would get them made. If you're not living on the edge....I can help. | |
| 23 Feb 10, 7:47 PM Uppity_Sub UK(CO), 4 yrs |
I can't claim any knowledge of how such shoes are made, so all the following is guess work - albeit reasonably well informed guesswork as I'm something of a DIY Diva/BDSM bodger. I'd say you have 2 choices: 1 - Buy some plastic claws such as these http://www.greyowlcrafts.com/i_claws_arrow/index... and figure out some way of fixing them to the boots. 2 - Cast your own claws using a mould such as these http://www.teachersource.com/EarthScienceGeology... (the Deinonychus Claw Mold would be around 4" long - about the right size I imagine). This would you allow you to embed a fixing peg/whatever into the claw as it's cast, giving probably the most secure fixing. If casting your own claws you'd have a choice of polyester casting resin, silicone casting rubber, or latex casting rubber. Silicone rubber (a favoured material for dildos etc) would be my choice as it's pretty tough but very flexible and therefore safe. Such materials are easily avaliable via the web e.g. http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/Mould-Making-and-C.... Turning to how the existing leather claws are fixed to the boots - I'd guess the soles have been drilled and the rolled leather glued into the holes (that's how I'd do it anyway). If this is so then it's unlikely you could get the existing leather claws out without destroying them. Pulling the leather is likely to just tear it, given the strength of modern glues. It might be worth emailing the place where you got the boots asking how they'd suggest how you get out the existing claws. Otherwise its a case of picking out the leather with a drill/small chisel/etc. To fix the new claws in place I'd use something like a rawlplug inserted into the existing hole. Cast an appropriate screw into each claw during manufature, insert into the rawlplug, then push into the hole in the sole of the boot. | |
| 23 Feb 10, 8:33 PM Lupawolf UK(NR), 3 yrs |
Thanks.
If the moulded claws were moulded with an extra long base part then that could be glued into the existing holes? I really dont want to drill into my boots as I have no experince in DIY and really do not want to damage them. If the leather was cut off as close as possible to the sole of the boot would the leather help *stick* the glue and the claw to the boot or would it make it more easy to pull out?
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| 23 Feb 10, 9:19 PM Uppity_Sub UK(CO), 4 yrs |
I wasn't suggesting you drill the boot soles - merely that if the leather could be removed from the existing holes then these holes would offer a secure mount for the new claws. New claws could indeed be molded with a long base suitable for insertion into the existing holes, but that would mean some tricky modifications to an existing mold, or making a completely new mold. Either approach would be "ambitious". What I suggest would be to buy a mold and cast a wood screw into each new claw. Modifying an existing mold to take a screw would merely involve filing a small slot into each half of the mold in a suitable position for the screw to pass through. This screw could then easily be "padded out" to a tight fit in the existing holes using off the shelf plastic Rawlplugs. Rawlplugs are purpose made to jam into a drilled hole with a wood screw screwed into them. Claws glued to leather left in the holes isn't likely to give a strong enough fixing - I'd guess the claws are likely to come adrift as soon as you lean on them. | |
| 24 Feb 10, 1:55 PM Uppity_Sub UK(CO), 4 yrs |
Having slept on your problem I've come up with an much simpler/easier idea of how you could replace your boots' claws - using neoprene sheet e.g. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/A4-BLACK-Neoprene-Foam-She... As before I must emphasise that this is guesswork as I've never tried it myself - so it'd be a good idea to do a trial run before you touch your boots, so you can see what the finished result is likely to be. If you're happy with the approach the procedure would be as follows: 1 - Cut a claw shaped template out of thin cardboard - something like a cornflake box would be about right. I imagine this sort of shape would be about right - http://www.dinosaursrocknc.com/ValDeinonychusCla... 2 - Cut the existing leather claw off flush with the sole of the boot. 3 - Screw a screw eye such as http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-x-35mm-STRONG-Steel-Scr... into the rolled leather remaining in the boot sole. 4 - Use the template to cut out (with scissors) 2 claw shapes from the neoprene sheet. 5 - Using proper neoprene glue e.g. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Neoprene-Queen-Fast-Wetsui... glue the claw shaped neoprene either side of the screw eye projecting from the boot sole (i.e. sandwich the screw eye between the neoprene claw shapes). I imagine this would end up with neoprene claws which could be easily unscrewed and replaced if they become tatty in the future. Neoprene is pretty tough stuff, and very flexible (after all, they make wetsuits out of it) so I'd expect the new claws should be pretty durable. But as I said, I've never done this myself so you're on your own if you decide to have a go using this approach. If you want thicker/thinner claws you can buy neoprene in various thicknesses (and colours) - or you could glue several sheets together. I hope you come up with a solution you're satisfied with. | |
| 25 Feb 10, 12:07 AM Mac_rame UK(E), 12 yrs |
Firstly find out how the original claws are mounted from the manufacturer, are they just glued or were they stitched or pinned in the holes during assembly? Once you figure out how to remove them then you can think about replacing them. Next I'd say go to your local pet shop and look at the rawhide chew toys. Rawhide is leather but not tanned in any way and can be moulded into shapes and dried to hold that shape. Find a relatively thick piece of rawhide in a chew toy and pop it in a pan of hot water and simmer till soft. Take it out and press it around something claw shaped,or into something claw shaped, you might want to stitch it around the shaper, then dry just that part with a hair dryer until solid. Remove the claw shaper from inside and with the tail at the rear roll it until it matches the diameter of the holes in your boots, again wrap with thread to make it nice and round then hot air dry. This will, with some practice and application, make you the claw shapes you want which can be shaped and filed with a small grindwheel or your nail file when they're really dry. Once acceptable simply use some nail varnish of whatever colour takes your fancy and give them a nice coat to prevent moisture softening them up again. If they do deform in the future you can simply remove the nail varnish, moisten in warm water again and then quick dry to get the shape back.
It'll be fiddly, you won't get it right first time, you'll probably scorch your fingers a few times but you'll end up with exactly what you want Have fun Wayne Politicians are like nappies |
