Old-school shoe repair in a throw away society | Made to Last
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ม.ค. 2020
- Alf Zumpano owns one of three shoe repair shops serving a city of 240,000 people. He's amazed that more people don't buy footwear that's made to last, especially as environmental concerns grow.
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We totally need people like him! I can't say enough how much I miss quality!
Its great to see folks like this guy, it’s such a lost art to repair things, too much is wasted and therefore depletes resources. I personally repair vintage/antique appliances because their quality is superb and those machines will likely outlive me if given care. Folks like him are great resources and there are many like him in the community and around the country, learn what you can because people who know this information won’t be around forever.
I admire and appreciate people like you
Bought $30 chairs from Walmart. They lasted 6 months before falling apart. Throw away society :(
at least you didn't throw them off your condo balcony and get famous like Toronto's chair girl.
Good man! I still have shoes from 30plus years ago. Always try to repair them or alter them if even to use as old work shoes.
In our family,we used to repair our shoes, now we can't,we have to find in the internet a cobbler!
This is art! people choose quantity over quality!
True, well made shoes last longer too and if you take care of them and repair them they’ll last a lifetime.
@@alexeyvega987 I've heard that high quality footwear are many times more comfortable, too.
He is wonderful! I live in Calgary and it is so hard to find a shop like his, with that level of quality
So joyful to watch this respectable craftsman. Since when we started to be so consuming? ‘90s?
As a boy, my mum would send me to collect repaired shoes about a mile away, so I’d walk there to see Geordie Arthur the cobbler. That was in the 60’s and I’d sit and watch him finish off the shoes. It was fascinating to watch. Nobody thought anything of getting shoes repaired. The throw away society all but killed them off. I watch shoes, boots, bags and belts being repaired on TH-cam.
I ordered a decent pair of welted shoes with leather soles. Keep on repairing the shoes etc
We are going to need people like this in the near future
There's a rapid rise in need for old tradesmen with wanting quality goods again. It's really like we are in a handmade Renaissance@@pistoffpussycat5778
Thos was really good - I could have watched more. I'm 63. I can remember getting my shoes resoled as a child. We have become a throw away world. I can remember getting new shoes at Sweezys Dept store and you could get the option of having metal taps put on. I think I remember I got that a lot. This was a fun memory. Thank you.
Everything is rubbish these days
We need people like him ..
Now this the news id watch ❤
Very very good video they should show video like that to kids in school because you are right those trade are part of what will help the planet to be healthier by repairing old good quality stuff including shoes❤👍🙏
We definitely need more people like him!
An apprentice at 6 years old is remarkable.
The problem with shoes today is that they are not using leather in it's original thickness, for many leather manufacturers they pass a naturally thick layer of leather through a splitting machine in order to get several leather sheets from one thick leather sheet WHICH WEAKENS THE LEATHER.
....or the leather isn't real leather but can legally be called genuine leather being shredded leather in vinyl usually
If you don't mind, what yellow glue are you using on the heel of that boot? Thx
Just got my Red Wing boots resoled and cleaned up for 80 bucks and they're looking nice!
Model Shoe Repair in Moose Jaw was "A Cousin" to this Regina Shop.
They have a Cobbler in Bridlewood Mall(Warden/Finch) in Scarborough next to the BMO branch inside. Dude has been there since before I was born I think he does pretty good work from my personal experience. I assume he must have a lot of repeat customers because mall rents even in Scarborough are quite high combined with high Ontario hydro rates and high Toronto Commercial Property Taxes.
.....forty years ago I remember the cobbler in his small shop actually owned the mall he was in ,so he collected the rent . yes ,he was an elderly unassuming Italian fella .
@@charlesdickens6706 bridlewood mall? Or you thinking about someone else. Pretty sure Chinese people own the Scarborough mall I am referring to.
@@Sam19509 ....sorry about that. To be clear I was relating about my neck of the woods in another country down under . The classic image is a cobbler in his small shop in a mall somewhere but who'd think the cobbler in his small shop is the actual owner of the whole mall . Good material for a fairy tale .
I got my 10 year old very loved DM’s fixed by a shoe cobbler from timpsons and I got thicker platforms added to them I love them a lot given them a second chance and so far they lasted about 4 years since the repair (they been great) I would 100% get them fixed again if needed. Such great craftsmanship. Shame we have become such a wasteful society now and a throw away culture
One day we will go full circle. These resources won't last forever.
Greetings from the USA! I love my cobbler.
Who is your cobbler? Need a good one for my designer shoes
I'm thankful his trade still exists. I recently bought a nice pair of cowboy boots and I fully intend on having them repaired professionally. A good pair of boots can last 10+ years, so why not get the most out of them?
the last time i ever wore glued shoes was at my graduation, because (true story) the outsole of my right shoe literally fell off during the ceremony 😂 gosh the shame! i only wear stitched shoes from then on (including sneakers), and the pair i got to replace those unfortunate pair is now 5 years old, going through first resole last year
I thought most dressier shoes back in the 50s had leather soles and rubber was reserved for athletic shoes.
My grandfather was great shoemaker, I remember his lessons 60 years later. I also love D ( Dinamo) pin on your apron!
Nice technique shown here, always find these videos highly therapeutic.
It is sort of paradoxical situation here. People do buy higher quality shoes, but they don't use those everyday like we used to. Since they don't get used everyday and they are high quailty; it takes a lot of time, even years, for those shoes to wear and need repairs. And when they finally need to be repaired, there aren't proffesionals who are up to the task.
I own pairs of boots that have more than 20 years of service and look brand new. My grandfather was a shoemaker-repairer, so I've been taking good care of them, and they've only needed some light reshaping and tie changes aside from regular cleaning and hydration . But I've also run through more pairs of sneakers than I care to count in that same interval of time. And even tho I've stuck to the same brands, and wore them all until they fell appart; I've noticed they tend to last me 6 months at best now whereas, before a good pair would last me a couple of years. I don't mind using boot or shoes for everyday tasks, but I do need a lighter foam shoe for working; and so I end in those most of the time. The other type of shoe I use most are home slippers, and boy, do those suck now.
I really wish they made all those other type of shoes with durability and repairability in mind, so I would not need to to replace them so often.
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Mom and Pop's plan was established trust for 48 years and then run off with Jerry's sneakers
I would love to learn how to repairs shoes. I m very hands on in the mechanical world and looking to do something different. Would anyone teach this to someone looking to getting in to the cobbler business
We mutated into a society where most goods are consumables, i.e. use and throw away or wait for something to break or fail. Like a clothes dreyer, the belt for the tumbler breaks and the dreyer is built so it is so labor intensive to replace the belt it is more economical to buy a new machine, whereas replacing the tumbler belt should without a doubt be an economically feasible option without taking it to a professional or manufacturer trained repairman. Goods made to be used and thrown away concept and totally widespread implementation in society to me is sickeningly wasteful and immoral for many reasons
So. Mom and Pop's plan was to move into the neighborhood...establish trust...for 48 years. And then, run off with Jerry's sneakers.
Hi Alf, I have a special pair of Flip Flops and I also have a new puppy who likes to chew. The Thong part of the flip flop has been attacked by this puppy and I am SO hoping you can repair them so that they last a little longer. These are one of my favorite pairs and Crocs company was bought out by another company and the quality has changed and I cannot get this particular style anymore. Can you please help with this? I do not care the cost of shipping or for your work.. I just want to keep these comfortable sandals. Thanks so much.
Address of cobbler
How do you get the stink out tho
I seriously mean this, I want to learn shoe repair. Can I be your apprentice?
Shoes today are cheap, both in price and quality. I found that the price of getting them repaired cost more than the shoe itself, which makes it more cost cost efficient to throw them away and buy a new pair. That’s a sad commentary about today.
Shoe repairs are becoming history of this Century.
I love shoe cobblers I prefer to keep my current shoes along as I can. Shoe cobblers can restore your shoes back to health.
Realistic Franny's Feet Repair Shop!!! Frank's Shoe Repair Shop
I would like to have a custom pair of boots made
This cobbler should tap more into the zero waste community. Or even all the Millennials striving for "FIRE 40." Just sp many reasons to repair what we have.
What is Fire 40?
Is it possible to learn to do this yourself, with very minimal tools?
Repairing shoes cost as much as a brand new pair which could be the reason why people rather pay for a new one.
I had a friend whose dad was a Sicilian cobbler. He put his 3 children through Catholic school: including a very prestigios high school in LA. Owned a small 3 bedroom house, supported his wife being a housewife. Mad props to them! My friebd was ashamed if her parents but I secretly admired them.
We live in a society
This type of skill/workmanship most remain alive, buy shoes from the local/closest shoe maker instead of buying shoes from over seas, keep the jobs here.
People need to start buying quality again, everything else is pathetic. Speaks a lot about those who wear them!
Reply to john son of Morris: NO! Just because it is new does not mean to say it is better. Often times the older generation models are of SUPERIOR QUALITY and built to last as long as they exists!
I buy expensive shoes. So I always get them repaired instead of throwing them away.
I want to find a mentor. I’m so tired of the throw away mentality.
I will not buy a shoe that is not recraftable. I know that a good quality shoe can last 30 to 50 years and as long as it is a Goodyear welt and a there is a master shoe cobbler plus excelente maintenance good tanned leather and they will last. Ore then 50 years!
When I moved back home to NL, there were only 1 shoe repair shop in my area! Unfortunately a few years later the gentleman retired! I so miss getting my foot ware repaired. Now a days, people discard their foot ware and just go out and buy another pair; I think this is sad. I can’t imagine what our Ancestors would think of our wasteful behaviours today!!
Wish we had craftsmen like you in my area today.
Video was too short
We are the throw away generation
What is your address in San Diego ?
Its not common because companies build it to be near impossible to repair
I also have some old school souls or heels still in the original box you might be interested in
Plymouth Shoe Repair
2 West 28 th Street off Fifth Ave
1937-1970
Harry "Hats" Maccarrone
Owner
.....good video. Leather appears to he best,, that is to say the right leather. Vegans however shouldn't but for critical footwear they do insist on leather. There were some shoes that said genuine leather when it he substance was actually a composite shredded leather in vinyl. That leather was the doc Martin's material and easily developed crease cracks. Today we have to carefully inspect the soels of shoes cos the material self destructs and cracks and crumbles away on some makes even Nike and new balance .
Now days people blv in use and throw . Repairing not only helps environment but also saves money for yourself
Yes every body did that we want quality we want to get them back then got shoe repaired but the Koreans who come here and do shoe repair pretend to know what they are doing but they do not, I have taken my boots in several times to three different people and none of them know how to replace a crepe sole or make sure the heals are replaced or straight they charge big bucks but nothing gets done so I wish we had reliable shoe repair here but all we have are pretenders
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Hi sir I'm a cobbler from India I want shoe repair job your company please help me sir
Great video and history says this Vancouver Island boy. Throw away is the name of the game now but this big blue planet will tell us in a very short order that we can not and will not do this anymore. If you are religious you might say land fills are a sin to god.
This cobbler should tap more into the zero waste community. Or even all the Millennials striving for "FIRE 40." Just sp many reasons to repair what we have.