I was unable to tighten the most important buckle on my oldish Lange Comp 120 boots. Frustrated, I searched around and found some solutions for about $20. But as you may have guessed, I decided to make one myself.
I visualized a tool that looked like an old fashioned bottle opener ^. But they were not the right size to fit over the buckle and not long enough.
I went a few liquor stores and finally found this:
It was wide enough to fit over the buckle, but rubbed against some of the buckle parts when I used it to pry the buckle all the way closed. So... I got out my angle grinder, my vise, and modified the top of it to this shape:
So it fits and us used like this:
I added a cord, (I always have some around from Campmor) and used a pencil and flat file to smooth rough edges.
Now I can get that bottom ankle buckle TIGHT! It makes a big difference in my boot fit!
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