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  2. Hobnail - Wikipedia

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    Hobnailed boots (in Scotland "tackety boots") are boots with hobnails (nails inserted into the soles of the boots), usually installed in a regular pattern, over the sole. They usually have an iron horseshoe-shaped insert, called a heel iron, to strengthen the heel, and an iron toe-piece.

  3. Caligae - Wikipedia

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    Caligae (sg.: caliga) are heavy-duty, thick-soled openwork boots, with hobnailed soles. They were worn by the lower ranks of Roman cavalrymen and foot-soldiers, and possibly by some centurions. [ 1 ] A durable association of caligae with the common soldiery is evident in the latter's description as caligati ("booted ones").

  4. Jackboot - Wikipedia

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    The term originally denoted tall ‘winged’ leather cavalry boots, which were reinforced against sword blows by use of mail sewn into the lining of the leather. [citation needed] The ‘wings’ (backward projections) on these high boots particularly protected a rider's knee-joint from a sword blow.

  5. Clauss Cutlery Company - Wikipedia

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    Henkel Company was founded in 1906 to manufacture nail files, knives, shears and razors. [4] The Henkel–Clauss merger created a company with over 1,000 employees and had the largest payroll in the United States at that time. John Clauss didn't live long to enjoy that success as he died later that year.

  6. Nail clipper - Wikipedia

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    A variety of nail clippers; the clipper on the left is in the plier style; the centre and right clippers are in the compound lever style. A nail clipper (also called nail clippers, a nail trimmer, a nail cutter or nipper type) is a hand tool used to trim fingernails, toenails and hangnails.

  7. Trench boot - Wikipedia

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    The 1917 Trench Boot was an adaptation of the boots American manufacturers were selling to the French and Belgian armies at the beginning of World War I. In American service, it replaced the 1912 Russet Marching Shoe. The boot was made of tanned cowhide with a half middle sole covered by a full sole, studded with five rows of hobnails. [1]

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