boots arrived last week, finally got the straps made, velcro added and attached via binding post. After I find some good slip on shoes to insert into the boots, I will get new laces back on the boots.
some helpful information that I would like to share since there doesnt seem to be any that I could find on adding the straps to the mukluks, that I got from Daryl, a very helpful member of the CCG, using a soldering iron to melt the holes in the spine of the boot makes a nice clean hole without affecting the seam that is behind that spine, also a soldering iron CAN be used to melt a hole in cotton webbing, not just synthetic webbing.
