Quote Originally Posted by Chef View Post
Parade boots are not everyday boots by any means; except maybe for Palace guards. However the process is such a pain in the neck that many soldier's buy their boots already bulled, and they gladly spend $200-300 on them. There are ex-guardsmaen that make a living bulling boots and I don't mean a $5 shine.
Here is one such bloke I found when searching for ammo boots after being interested in them from another thread.