Boot seam blowout!

Jimss

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Unfortunately I have an almost new pair of boots that have 1 seam that blew out. I'm pretty sure if I don't treat it with something that more seams will pull apart and the leather will blow out. Has anyone had any luck treating blown seams with anything? I was thinking of using something like super glue or a waterproof epoxy?
 
Yeah. Seems like those need to be going back. If the seem blew, it is a stress area and will never hold with just glue or something. Years ago when I was a poor guy in my 20s, I had a cobbler fix a set of boots that had blown a seam. They were older and blew a seam near the toe box when I stumbled on a rock. He punched through the entire boot with an awl and did a hand stitch job. I had to seal the holes and seam with shoe goo but I got a couple more years out of the boots. Not sure I would do it again unless I had to.
 
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