You are giving good information that just isn't common knowledge. I am learning how to care for my shoes in ways that my parents didn't know to teach me as I was growing up.
Thank you for expanding on some of the pitfalls. This is much like taking your car in for repair, getting angry with the Cobbler for "Hidden" difficult to see additional work is uncalled for. People immediately thinking they are being scammed is why I quit working as a Service Writer/Service Estimator.
I wore my outsoles down to about 50 percent and THEN topped with rubber sole saver. 6 months later they are still doing their job. Not ideal but it was cheap and effective at a dyi cost of $5.
It's just best practice to buy a good quality shoe or boot in the first place. Long life soles, after numerous years/wearings, have the whole shoe refurbed for approximately 50% cost of a new replacement.
Excellent information. Never gave any thought to some of those things. Definitely have me looking at my shoes and boots more closely now! Thanks for all that you do!
Well done, as are all your videos. That said, I get all this. I'm going to continue wearing my shoes until they're worn out, then I'll decide if they're worth resoling, whatever the ultimate price. In the mean time, I have plenty of shoes to rotate them, and stresch out their useful life.
@@confusedwhale the sole protector being the cheapest option at $30 tells you practically nothing about the cost of other procedures, other than it costing more than $30. From that alone, I bet you cant give me a rough estimate of the price for other repair costs.
TH-cam videos have long shelf life, prices especially under current conditions get dated very quickly, I’m sure a cobbler would give you an estimate before you approve work.
That's a treasure. Thank you for that video, it's really helpful. Gemming failure is probably the most controversial issue but pretty well-known in shoe afficionados community. But the rest, I didin't realize until seeing on your video :) Job well done :) Cheers :)
The day that the algorithm starts flagging people for mentioning that word when asking for likes, comments, and subscriptions is not hen it’s game over. At least y’all have awesome content regardless of all that stuff. Thanks
Fantastic advice I understand the frustration I myself manage a repair shop this I Fantastic information for a customer to know as alot of the time the shoe has to be repaired so that further repairs can be done time ,materials and skill or not free unfortunately
As much as I love how beautiful leather soles look I think having a vibram sole protector is the best choice to keep them in a good condition for a longer time…
Costs? This video is 2 years old and costs change every year and you are taking it to a cobbler to repair or rescue the footwear. They charge whatever the materials and labor costs. The video is informative and has given me the insight to make the call about my worn out footwear, repair, new pair or landfill.
Great info. I’m new to your channel and have learned more about shoes than I ever knew. Can you or have you done a video on what to look for or ask a cobbler to learn if they are a good cobbler or not. I wear work boots like Red Wings and Thoroughgood. They are expensive to replace. I now know by watching your channel that I could have had some repaired.
@@TrentonHeath You don't have to ask anything to your cobbler, just watch his shoes, if they are worn out,shabby and look awful he hasn't enough time to work on his own shoes because is busy repairing shoes of other people.
The only thing I dislike about you guys is that you're to far away from me to be super convenient haha, love the channel, never thought I would be so interested in learning about being a cobbler and proper shoe maintenance but I'm sure glad you showed me, keep it up the content is great.
Definitely a make sense of what a need to be done...thank you for letting us know much appreciated 🙏 so far I haven't got to this point yet....great content as always 👍👍....
Not sure why I'm so addicted to your repair videos. I've always wondered about nails in shoes. All I can think of is my feet being impaled by tiny death sentences.
Love you all and your explaining about these hidden costs. You all do such great work in this process wish you would make these dress shoes as that would be perfect! Thank you all again Sir! Stephen R. In Haslet, Texas.
Thank you for sharing the hidden cost factors. I have a few ready for resole and it was informative. Can you present, publish a listing for cost per item needed just as you shared? A rudimentary breakdown per say. Thamks again.
Thank you so much for your great clips. For may new shoes I want to add tip pads but I feel uncomfortable that the nails or screws could damage the stitching
I would like to have a couple of shoes repaired.... but, Trenton and Heath are too backlogged... I hope they can work through the piles of shoes soon and being taking orders again!
A lot of cobblers are old school, so have minimal online presence. it might be a place tucked away in an small store front with a little Shoe Repair sign out front to let the public know of their presence. But they are still out there. Support them if they do good work. I love the videos Trenton and Heath and Bedos do. They are super informative and entertaining. And a great marketing tool. But they are not the only cobblers in the country.
Second comment, glad I got a notification this early!! Was JUST wishing you guys would drop a new video not five minutes ago when the notification popped up. Thank you very much guys!! God bless 🙏🏽🙏🏽
This is so cool, I couldn't wrap my mind around the gemming, I was sure it was cotton or canvas but not a clue as to what its purpose was until now. B.T.W. Google doesn't know either, it panics and shuts down when you try to search for "gemming," after it cleans its self off, it grins foolishly and asks, "did you mean gymming"? Anyways, you guys are awesome and brighten my day, thank you.
What would have really been helpful is to have you give the dollar amount we're taking about. I understand your prices may be different than others, but other than the mention of the $30 sole protectors, I have really no idea how much the baseline is, and then how much these problems add to the cost. It would save both customer and cobbler money, especially if the cost is worth more than the shoes. Yes, yes, I understand sentimental value and all, but I haven't heard once on this channel that they wouldn't recommend resoleing a particular pair of shoes/boots.
Check out our video “Top 10 Brands NOT to Buy”. We lay out 10 brands that we WOULD NOT recommend buying nor resoling. Spend the weekend binge watching our videos. 😉
If the costs for the shoes to be repaired is more than 50% of what you paid for, just buy new ones.Wear em til they are really gone and then the bin if you paid 400 or 500 and you wore them 10 years, then you had a good pair and then it's ok to pay 400 to have them another 10 years around.Otherwise like I said the bin is the next stop.
Once I wore a pair of cowboy boots till the heel block got damaged too. Took it to a "cobbler" and he filled the gap in the heel block with rubber. I was very upset but I did not complain to him because I did not want him to have t fixed it again. I just took it to a real cobbler and never went to the first one again. The funny thing in it is that before this incident he did better job on my other pair of work boots (by stitching on an originally glue-on sole) than all the other cobblers in town. It is very sad that by the increasing number of low quality shoes on the market the number of real cobblers is dramatically decreasing and gets replaced by services like Mister Minit.
1. Awesome advice Heath, some of these are just common sense, although common sense is not so common these days. 2. I say as soon as you purchase your shoes put the sole protector for your leather investment with the Triumph Toe Plates or get a nice Dainite Sole and put a Triumph on top and truly protect the invest that assists you to be able to move around🕺🏻 -Thanks Again Heath- Zohair Merchant
Hello, and thank you for these useful insights on shoe care. I have a practical question. We generally agree that we should not wear the same pair of shoes twice in a row. Is this only referred to two days in a row? For example, if I have a meeting in the morning, let's say from 8:00 to 12:00, and then I get back home and take the shoes off, should I wear the same pair for an evening meeting the same day, or should I wear another pair? Thank you!
Could you do a video on the equipment you use in your videos? What they're called and how to use them. This is for someone who is interested in cobbler work and doesn't know where to start.
Yes repeat exhaustive all time to all children there who doesn't anticipate protect right away after buying theirs shoes ❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞
The used sneakers that I donate to a sneaker refurbishment center, cost less than $10 to restore. It's interesting that when shoe repair is done on an industrial scale, that the cost is "much lower" than it is when you take shoes to a shoe repair service.
I only ever bought one pair of shoes (Stuart McGuire) that I considered worth repairing. When I took them in to be resoled, the cost was more than the price of the shoes when new. That was the last pair of shoes I ever had repaired. I don't believe there are any local cobblers left.
I know the range is broad, but what would be an expected resole, welt, foot bed replacement be? So what would be considered over priced and what would be considered under priced, and again I know it's going to vary from cobbler to cobbler and location to location.
I did not mind it needing new gimming or new heal blocks and the extra cost for good quality repair. If my tops are split I am going to assume they cannot be repaired. A&E sold the MacNeil shoes for $499.00 retail and usually about $399.00 on sale back in 2000. I finally threw out my pairs from 1976 through about 2004 or gave them to Goodwill with new soles and heals. The black pair of Cordovan leather ones I kept. I wore them once since you recrafted. I will send them back and want you to look at them again after you installed new deming, welts, sub-soles, too soles, new heal blocks, and new heals, and brass toe taps. When looking from the back they got messed up and off centered somehow. I want to donate them but, I can’t the way they are. Just one of them got messed up as the other one is perfect.
If they cannot be fixed please just throw them in the trash. I bought them originally and they were fantastic. I could wear them 18 hours before I knew I had them on my feet. Now, four hours is max and my feet hurt or at least that one hurts and the heel of the upper is off about a half inch or more. You have fixed three of my Dalton boots since and they are perfect.
I could be totally wrong, but isn't saying, "shoe cobbler" redundant? I thought that a cobbler was, by definition, someone who repairs shoes. I've always just said, "cobbler." It feels kind of like saying, "space astronaut." 😅
Not gonna lie tho, a good pair of shoes that fit just right are worth almost any cost to repair and upkeep as they can last you literally years compared to cheap throwaway shoes.
I've been a machinery/electrical maintenance mechanic/technician most of my life....same deal, "run it until it breaks, then fix it".......even if it's completely worn out and DEAD....!
I've screwed up a lot of heel blocks. Looks like the shoe I wear on my right foot for driving. Maybe you guys can come up with a way to protect the heel for people who wear dress shoes while driving. Great video, Thanks!
@@DarkNaifu long story...I wear loafers now. I have a bad hip...really bad....when I wore shoes with laces, I tied my shoe once for the day. Too painful to reach it in order to bother with tying more than once each day. I double knotted it and pulled it off when I got home....then I untied it for the next day. I had no problem driving, but I was hard on my right shoe.
In case of welts cut very closely around the waist. Wy dont you leave yourself sufficient amount of thread, run most of the stitching with the machine, and finish up around the waist with handstitching? I would assume stitching whole welt around would be equally or more time consuming, and by having that much more of it around the waist you significantly change overall look of the shoes. Just trying to think outside of the box:)
Hi I’m looking to appear taller without changing the angle of my foot downwards. I can wear an insole, but do you sometimes put thicker outsoles on to give the boost? Essentially making it into a platform shoe but without being crazy huge and obvious platform?
A few questions about preventative maintenance that you didn't cover here but probably covered in one or more of your other fine videos: 1. How often should shoes be cleaned with saddle soap and conditioned? It's pretty obvious when the shoes are worn alot but what about shoes with little use? I assume 2-4 times per year is probably good. 2. What should be done for scuffed leather soles? It's too late for sole protectors but should the bottoms be conditioned and what product should be used? I've used mink oil which seems better than the conditioners used on uppers. Thanks in advance. P.S. Just checked all my heel blocks and there good. Whew!
How long is the lead time for resoles. I am planning to be in Nashville May 2022 and would like to time my shoes so I can pick them up when I am in Nashville. Thank you for all your videos as they are very informative.
Love your videos. Quick question. Why don’t cobblers steam out the creases in the shoes when refurbishing shoes to make them look newer than leaving the creases?
I stopped wearing naked leather soled shoes. When that rubber gets thin or heels get too work, off they go. Also, at some point, they may fully be done, worn out. Sad, but it will eventually happen. My Thorogood moc toe boots usually last for 3 or 4 resoles. Still, cheaper than buying new ones regularly.
If you're just using the rubber as an indicator of wear, that's fine, but you make it sound like leather soled shoes are inherently less repairable, which is not true.
@@wbfaulk Sorry, that is not what I meant. Example, I have some cap toe boots from Allen Edmonds. They have the Dainite (sp?) soles. I have an older pair that are leather. It was time to get a resole so off they went. All went well and they came back upgraded with the rubber sole. I just like the rubber better. Also, when it is damp or wet out, the leather can cause you to slip. I only wear dress shoes when I have a meeting or go to church, etc. Most of the time I am in a work boot. Dress shoes take forever for me to wear out. The pair I had resoled lasted almost 20 years before I had that done.
I have a pair of shoes where the rubber bottom has come loose and the nails are showing. Do you know if there is an easy-ish way to fix that or would that end up being an expensive rebuild at a cobbler? (They are a pretty nice pair of leather/suede shoes, if that makes a difference.)
Do you guys hit these shoes with some kind of disinfectant or spray (like they use at a bowling alley) before working on them or do you just go in there raw?
![[ASMR] Everyone Does It Wrong! - How to Clean Red Wings, Thorogood, Thursday Boots](/img/n.gif)
Detailed, useful, entertaining, great video!
Thanks, Dan! We appreciate it.
As a huge fan of both Dan's channel and Trenton and Heath, I find myself wishing for a transatlantic shoe repair collab video!
@@TrentonHeath can you give me price to cut 8 inch high boot to 6 inch? Is redwing 10877
You are giving good information that just isn't common knowledge. I am learning how to care for my shoes in ways that my parents didn't know to teach me as I was growing up.
We’re happy to hear that. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for expanding on some of the pitfalls. This is much like taking your car in for repair, getting angry with the Cobbler for "Hidden" difficult to see additional work is uncalled for. People immediately thinking they are being scammed is why I quit working as a Service Writer/Service Estimator.
I wore my outsoles down to about 50 percent and THEN topped with rubber sole saver. 6 months later they are still doing their job. Not ideal but it was cheap and effective at a dyi cost of $5.
Sweet deal! Can’t beat DIY. 👍
It'd be nice if you gave us a range of what these added costs were for the different repairs
More than the shoe is worth, for all but super expensive shoes.
It's just best practice to buy a good quality shoe or boot in the first place.
Long life soles, after numerous years/wearings, have the whole shoe refurbed for approximately 50% cost of a new replacement.
Excellent information. Never gave any thought to some of those things. Definitely have me looking at my shoes and boots more closely now! Thanks for all that you do!
As an automotive mechanic, I feel ya!
In the past that people must assume you can do anything with nothing. Great information.
Good info. Definitely helps a lot to make that decision on things needed to be looked at before moving forward with the project.
Love the informational aspect of the shoe repair business. Thank you!!
Attention to detail is amazing. Glad Adam turned me onto yall.
To me all the videos are wonderful, the daily ones are fun, but you are the one that is doing the videos and that are hard. They are all great.
Well done, as are all your videos. That said, I get all this. I'm going to continue wearing my shoes until they're worn out, then I'll decide if they're worth resoling, whatever the ultimate price. In the mean time, I have plenty of shoes to rotate them, and stresch out their useful life.
I just had two pairs repaired and was hoping there were no further issues. I lucked out because my toes wore awfully close to the welt 😬.
Would find more useful with at least some average costs mixed in
If the sole protector is $30 and it's the cheapest option... I bet you can guess at the price of other repair costs.
@@confusedwhale the sole protector being the cheapest option at $30 tells you practically nothing about the cost of other procedures, other than it costing more than $30. From that alone, I bet you cant give me a rough estimate of the price for other repair costs.
TH-cam videos have long shelf life, prices especially under current conditions get dated very quickly, I’m sure a cobbler would give you an estimate before you approve work.
@@jasperdsmithwe all know this. Not a good excuse for the clickbait
Check their website. Potter and Sons have a thorough list of services and charges.
Yes, very helpful for boots maintenence
Thanks for the advice. Have a good week. Thank you for all your hard work you gentlemen put to make these videos. I really enjoy them.
I respect an honest tradesman.
That's a treasure. Thank you for that video, it's really helpful. Gemming failure is probably the most controversial issue but pretty well-known in shoe afficionados community. But the rest, I didin't realize until seeing on your video :) Job well done :) Cheers :)
The day that the algorithm starts flagging people for mentioning that word when asking for likes, comments, and subscriptions is not hen it’s game over. At least y’all have awesome content regardless of all that stuff. Thanks
Fantastic advice I understand the frustration I myself manage a repair shop this I Fantastic information for a customer to know as alot of the time the shoe has to be repaired so that further repairs can be done time ,materials and skill or not free unfortunately
I would probably give a leg to apprentice for these gentlemen. This craft is truly an art!
As much as I love how beautiful leather soles look I think having a vibram sole protector is the best choice to keep them in a good condition for a longer time…
The leather soles don't look so good after you wear them a couple of times, so you might as well go for the topy or vibram sole protector.
Maybe have a combination sole so that you have some artistic expression
@@martintanz9098 .,........m
Good job getting the word out, thanks for posting !!
Costs? This video is 2 years old and costs change every year and you are taking it to a cobbler to repair or rescue the footwear. They charge whatever the materials and labor costs. The video is informative and has given me the insight to make the call about my worn out footwear, repair, new pair or landfill.
Thank you Trenton!
Great info. I’m new to your channel and have learned more about shoes than I ever knew. Can you or have you done a video on what to look for or ask a cobbler to learn if they are a good cobbler or not. I wear work boots like Red Wings and Thoroughgood. They are expensive to replace. I now know by watching your channel that I could have had some repaired.
Thank you! We appreciate you watching. We have not, but that sounds like a good topic.
@@TrentonHeath You don't have to ask anything to your cobbler, just watch his shoes, if they are worn out,shabby and look awful he hasn't enough time to work on his own shoes because is busy repairing shoes of other people.
Good info! I had no idea that those videos could be so interesting and entertaining at the same time. Keep up!
The only thing I dislike about you guys is that you're to far away from me to be super convenient haha, love the channel, never thought I would be so interested in learning about being a cobbler and proper shoe maintenance but I'm sure glad you showed me, keep it up the content is great.
Haha….thanks, Michael! Glad you’re enjoying the videos.
Definitely a make sense of what a need to be done...thank you for letting us know much appreciated 🙏 so far I haven't got to this point yet....great content as always 👍👍....
Great tips and info. Very thankful for the time you take to share this with us.
Thank you guys for the advice, knowledge is power my friends.
Not sure why I'm so addicted to your repair videos. I've always wondered about nails in shoes. All I can think of is my feet being impaled by tiny death sentences.
Always love your videos, thanks.
Very informative as always. Thanks Sir
Love you all and your explaining about these hidden costs. You all do such great work in this process wish you would make these dress shoes as that would be perfect! Thank you all again Sir! Stephen R. In Haslet, Texas.
Excellent topic to cover
Thank you for sharing the hidden cost factors. I have a few ready for resole and it was informative.
Can you present, publish a listing for cost per item needed just as you shared? A rudimentary breakdown per say. Thamks again.
Good to know. Thanks!
Always love your content. Good work gentlemen.
Very informative thank you , i have some thinkin to do before bringing my doc martens pull up work boots in
Good advice and things to look at early on. Thanks.
excellent info. Very good to know. Thanks
Thank you so much for your great clips. For may new shoes I want to add tip pads but I feel uncomfortable that the nails or screws could damage the stitching
I would like to have a couple of shoes repaired.... but, Trenton and Heath are too backlogged... I hope they can work through the piles of shoes soon and being taking orders again!
No cobblers near where you live? I'm lucky, we have an excellent cobbler close by.
The pandemic was hard on those guys. Several closed in our area.
Find a good local cobbler. Support the industry all over, not just your favourite online cobblers!
There are cobblers out there, just do some digging, they most likely would love to have the work.
Try bedo leather works. Another TH-cam. Does great work
A lot of cobblers are old school, so have minimal online presence. it might be a place tucked away in an small store front with a little Shoe Repair sign out front to let the public know of their presence. But they are still out there. Support them if they do good work.
I love the videos Trenton and Heath and Bedos do. They are super informative and entertaining. And a great marketing tool. But they are not the only cobblers in the country.
Second comment, glad I got a notification this early!! Was JUST wishing you guys would drop a new video not five minutes ago when the notification popped up. Thank you very much guys!! God bless 🙏🏽🙏🏽
You have done such a good job
This is so cool, I couldn't wrap my mind around the gemming, I was sure it was cotton or canvas but not a clue as to what its purpose was until now. B.T.W. Google doesn't know either, it panics and shuts down when you try to search for "gemming," after it cleans its self off, it grins foolishly and asks, "did you mean gymming"? Anyways, you guys are awesome and brighten my day, thank you.
Really helpful! Thank you!!
Finally, a cost breakdown.
Good Information... Thanks for Sharing
What would have really been helpful is to have you give the dollar amount we're taking about. I understand your prices may be different than others, but other than the mention of the $30 sole protectors, I have really no idea how much the baseline is, and then how much these problems add to the cost.
It would save both customer and cobbler money, especially if the cost is worth more than the shoes. Yes, yes, I understand sentimental value and all, but I haven't heard once on this channel that they wouldn't recommend resoleing a particular pair of shoes/boots.
Check out our video “Top 10 Brands NOT to Buy”. We lay out 10 brands that we WOULD NOT recommend buying nor resoling. Spend the weekend binge watching our videos. 😉
If the costs for the shoes to be repaired is more than 50% of what you paid for, just buy new ones.Wear em til they are really gone and then the bin if you paid 400 or 500 and you wore them 10 years, then you had a good pair and then it's ok to pay 400 to have them another 10 years around.Otherwise like I said the bin is the next stop.
(Dude it doesn't work like that) love it.
You guys should do some Jordans would do great view wise and would be interesting
Great info right there. Many thanks.
Helpful man, thanks 👍🏻
Hello Trenton and Heath, from France... Very good advices, as usual ! Have a good. day.
J.
Hello Jacques! Thank you for watching. Glad you enjoyed it. 🇫🇷
Words of wisdom
Comment for the algorithm. Great video. Thanks
Once I wore a pair of cowboy boots till the heel block got damaged too. Took it to a "cobbler" and he filled the gap in the heel block with rubber. I was very upset but I did not complain to him because I did not want him to have t fixed it again. I just took it to a real cobbler and never went to the first one again. The funny thing in it is that before this incident he did better job on my other pair of work boots (by stitching on an originally glue-on sole) than all the other cobblers in town. It is very sad that by the increasing number of low quality shoes on the market the number of real cobblers is dramatically decreasing and gets replaced by services like Mister Minit.
1. Awesome advice Heath, some of these are just common sense, although common sense is not so common these days.
2. I say as soon as you purchase your shoes put the sole protector for your leather investment with the Triumph Toe Plates or get a nice Dainite Sole and put a Triumph on top and truly protect the invest that assists you to be able to move around🕺🏻
-Thanks Again Heath-
Zohair Merchant
Hello, and thank you for these useful insights on shoe care. I have a practical question. We generally agree that we should not wear the same pair of shoes twice in a row. Is this only referred to two days in a row? For example, if I have a meeting in the morning, let's say from 8:00 to 12:00, and then I get back home and take the shoes off, should I wear the same pair for an evening meeting the same day, or should I wear another pair? Thank you!
Thank you!!!
Could you do a video on the equipment you use in your videos? What they're called and how to use them. This is for someone who is interested in cobbler work and doesn't know where to start.
Thanks for the informative videos. Question, Can you re-tread re-groove the worn out portion on rubber soles? Thanks in advance
Great tips.
Yes repeat exhaustive all time to all children there who doesn't anticipate protect right away after buying theirs shoes ❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞👞
The used sneakers that I donate to a sneaker refurbishment center, cost less than $10 to restore. It's interesting that when shoe repair is done on an industrial scale, that the cost is "much lower" than it is when you take shoes to a shoe repair service.
Thanks for sharing this, I'm a young guy and I am getting into nice footwear.
I only ever bought one pair of shoes (Stuart McGuire) that I considered worth repairing. When I took them in to be resoled, the cost was more than the price of the shoes when new. That was the last pair of shoes I ever had repaired. I don't believe there are any local cobblers left.
I know the range is broad, but what would be an expected resole, welt, foot bed replacement be? So what would be considered over priced and what would be considered under priced, and again I know it's going to vary from cobbler to cobbler and location to location.
Mid Week Video Great
I did not mind it needing new gimming or new heal blocks and the extra cost for good quality repair. If my tops are split I am going to assume they cannot be repaired. A&E sold the MacNeil shoes for $499.00 retail and usually about $399.00 on sale back in 2000. I finally threw out my pairs from 1976 through about 2004 or gave them to Goodwill with new soles and heals. The black pair of Cordovan leather ones I kept. I wore them once since you recrafted. I will send them back and want you to look at them again after you installed new deming, welts, sub-soles, too soles, new heal blocks, and new heals, and brass toe taps. When looking from the back they got messed up and off centered somehow. I want to donate them but, I can’t the way they are. Just one of them got messed up as the other one is perfect.
If they cannot be fixed please just throw them in the trash. I bought them originally and they were fantastic. I could wear them 18 hours before I knew I had them on my feet. Now, four hours is max and my feet hurt or at least that one hurts and the heel of the upper is off about a half inch or more. You have fixed three of my Dalton boots since and they are perfect.
Great video!
These video's make me want to get a nice pair of shoes so I can eventually send them to Potter & Sons to get resoled.
Where do you get gemming? I can't find it online. Thanks for the videos, they're giving me the confidence to try this for myself!
I could be totally wrong, but isn't saying, "shoe cobbler" redundant? I thought that a cobbler was, by definition, someone who repairs shoes. I've always just said, "cobbler." It feels kind of like saying, "space astronaut." 😅
It's important to distinguish from the type of pie.
As often as he said it, it sure is redundant.
I thought the same, i cant find shops any more
He wanted to be sure you wouldn't be taking your shoes to a peach cobbler.
Not gonna lie tho, a good pair of shoes that fit just right are worth almost any cost to repair and upkeep as they can last you literally years compared to cheap throwaway shoes.
Question can you attach a weld on a blake stitch shoes?
I've been a machinery/electrical maintenance mechanic/technician most of my life....same deal, "run it until it breaks, then fix it".......even if it's completely worn out and DEAD....!
Great info
Wow, I just noticed ya’ll are less than an hour from where I live
I've screwed up a lot of heel blocks. Looks like the shoe I wear on my right foot for driving. Maybe you guys can come up with a way to protect the heel for people who wear dress shoes while driving. Great video, Thanks!
Do you have to wear them while driving? Maybe you could slide them off or put on another pair?
@@DarkNaifu long story...I wear loafers now. I have a bad hip...really bad....when I wore shoes with laces, I tied my shoe once for the day. Too painful to reach it in order to bother with tying more than once each day. I double knotted it and pulled it off when I got home....then I untied it for the next day. I had no problem driving, but I was hard on my right shoe.
@@lotsabirds Sorry to hear that, my friend. Hopefully you'll be able to find some relief soon.
@@DarkNaifu thank you for your kind thoughts!
Heel taps would give a lot more durability to the heel.
In case of welts cut very closely around the waist. Wy dont you leave yourself sufficient amount of thread, run most of the stitching with the machine, and finish up around the waist with handstitching? I would assume stitching whole welt around would be equally or more time consuming, and by having that much more of it around the waist you significantly change overall look of the shoes. Just trying to think outside of the box:)
If i use shoe polish on my work boots they last about 5-7 years, last time when they broke i used duct tape and extended the wear another year.
Where do you guys buy rolls of insole gemming and leather welt?
Hi I’m looking to appear taller without changing the angle of my foot downwards. I can wear an insole, but do you sometimes put thicker outsoles on to give the boost? Essentially making it into a platform shoe but without being crazy huge and obvious platform?
Another great video
When do you need to address stitches on the bottom of the outsole that are wearing through or worn through?
Where is heath at, not in the last two videos. Though you do a great job
Great vídeo just a question, is it possible to resole a shoe with cupsole construction?
A few questions about preventative maintenance that you didn't cover here but probably covered in one or more of your other fine videos:
1. How often should shoes be cleaned with saddle soap and conditioned? It's pretty obvious when the shoes are worn alot but what about shoes with little use? I assume 2-4 times per year is probably good.
2. What should be done for scuffed leather soles? It's too late for sole protectors but should the bottoms be conditioned and what product should be used? I've used mink oil which seems better than the conditioners used on uppers.
Thanks in advance. P.S. Just checked all my heel blocks and there good. Whew!
Do you guys everwork with elevator shoes? What do you think of Calto brand?
Quality goodyear welted shoes made in England are designed to allow a resole.
How long is the lead time for resoles. I am planning to be in Nashville May 2022 and would like to time my shoes so I can pick them up when I am in Nashville. Thank you for all your videos as they are very informative.
Love your videos. Quick question. Why don’t cobblers steam out the creases in the shoes when refurbishing shoes to make them look newer than leaving the creases?
The customer using shoe trees is the best way to keep good shoes in good shape.
I stopped wearing naked leather soled shoes. When that rubber gets thin or heels get too work, off they go. Also, at some point, they may fully be done, worn out. Sad, but it will eventually happen. My Thorogood moc toe boots usually last for 3 or 4 resoles. Still, cheaper than buying new ones regularly.
If you're just using the rubber as an indicator of wear, that's fine, but you make it sound like leather soled shoes are inherently less repairable, which is not true.
@@wbfaulk Sorry, that is not what I meant. Example, I have some cap toe boots from Allen Edmonds. They have the Dainite (sp?) soles. I have an older pair that are leather. It was time to get a resole so off they went. All went well and they came back upgraded with the rubber sole. I just like the rubber better. Also, when it is damp or wet out, the leather can cause you to slip. I only wear dress shoes when I have a meeting or go to church, etc. Most of the time I am in a work boot. Dress shoes take forever for me to wear out. The pair I had resoled lasted almost 20 years before I had that done.
I have a pair of shoes where the rubber bottom has come loose and the nails are showing.
Do you know if there is an easy-ish way to fix that or would that end up being an expensive rebuild at a cobbler?
(They are a pretty nice pair of leather/suede shoes, if that makes a difference.)
Do you guys hit these shoes with some kind of disinfectant or spray (like they use at a bowling alley) before working on them or do you just go in there raw?
spraying with alcohol will do the job on the other hand just take a drink and you're okay.
I get the heal block wear a lot on my right shoe. Its on my the gas pedal foot.