1930's WlLSON Baseball Cleats Restoration
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- This pair of 1930s Wilson baseball cleats were worn out, the leather was dry and cracking, and they desperately needed to be cleaned and restored. That's exactly what we do in this video. It's great to see a pair of cleats that are almost 100 years old finally restored to their almost original condition.
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These belonged to my dad and I cannot tell you how proud I am to have them restored in this way . Thank you for a fantastic job!
Thank you! We enjoyed this restoration SO much! We’re glad to hear that you like them. How neat it must be to have something like this of his.
You talk too much, it's annoying.
You should have kept them dirty with the mud still stuck under it. I thought that was so cool
They look fantastic! You can see the quality Wilson put in to making them,that made them last! Such a treasure to have from a by gone era.
@@marshall0814 Shut up you pain in the ass 😭💀🙏
Never fear. You're not the only one nerding out about the historic dirt. I was thinking about it right before you said it. Hey, us nerds need to stick together!!
i was wondering if it was dirt, clay, dog poop...LOL....but to be so old and really historic is amazing!!!
Ditto
My inner perfectionist kicked in when the new laces went in twisted!😜
Haha…notice at the end the laces were perfectly laced on both pairs. My inner perfectionist couldn’t take it either. 😁
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Excellent!😄
Great job on these. I love seeing this type of item with such historical significance being preserved. I enjoy refurbishing old pocket knives and there are some real treasures to be found under the rust and corrosion that accumulates over the years!😃👍🏻
For future projects, consider a wire wheel in your dremil, excellent for rust removal without marking the original metal surface. As always awesome video!!
As a historian who specializes in (among some other areas) the history of sport, especially baseball, you are definitely not alone in geaking out about the century-old dirt!
Haha…glad to know we’re not the only ones. 😁
I appreciate these kind of shows due to seeing real craftsmen work give a positive feeling. You fix up shoes but you could just as well do cooking or build a boat.
Thank you! Glad you enjoy them.
I accompanied my son and wife today to pick up her Dad's shoes.
Beautiful job and the aroma of a cobbler shop carried Mt back to when I was a kid.
Great people and a beautiful shop.
If you are in the area do yourself a favor and drop by!
Another great job on bringing history back to luster. I can picture his granddad coming out of the corn hearing Shoeless Joe asking if its heaven. Except his grandpa lived during that golden age. Beautiful work. Wilson was always the benchmark growing up in our house
No sir, you were not the only one geeking out thinking that the dirt caked on the soles of the cleats had probably been there for, like, 90 years! I was right there with you.
Bravo! I'm 68 years old and wish I had some type of memento from my father or grandfather like this. Great work performed with care. Beautiful, I hope the owner is happy with this transformation.
My dad played for the NFL Frankford Yellow Jackets in the early '30s, at a point when the team basically ran out of money and fielded a bunch of college kids and has-beens - Dad was one of the college kids. If only...!
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I am just so surprised how similar my first metal cleats were! I'm 63. Great video! It brings back wonderful memories.😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm 62 and I was thinking the same thing. They remind me so much of the cleats we were wearing when we were 10-12 years old. It's amazing how little they changed over those 35-40 years, compared to the next 40 years.
Cleaning any type of leather has to be the most relaxing things for me. Nothing like taking a super dirty shoe/boot that most people would call a loss and making them look like a whole new boot! I wish to see more videos like this with deep cleanings/restoration/waxing. Great video as always!
We couldn’t agree more. Thanks so much for watching!
What a interesting and fun look at the past. I too like to make the old refreshed. I'm not much on changing it to. That was fun to watch. Keep doing good work and we will keep watching. God Bless
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it.
I never tire of watching your videos. You guys do fantastic work
Even when you were putting dye on them, they were soaking it up! Nicely done.
Great video, like always! At the end of the 1800s, calf-skin leather was used. In the 1900s, Kangaroo leather was introduced and became the most popular leather to use. The skin was used because of its strength, durability, and softness. It was used throughout most of the 20th century.
I can’t get over how incredible this is, so much history, I almost can’t take it 😩👌🏼🫶🏻
That was neat to see. My dad had some cleats a lot like these that he used when he played baseball in the military.
That Wilson logo on the liner is epic!
Looks like they are ready for another gameday. Great job as usual.
This was one of your best projects!! Really fun to watch. Nice work.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Your content is fantastic. I love the attention to detail and the craftsmanship.
Beautiful work. They look like they could play nine innings today.
Love vids like this! I know me, I'd've slathered the inside of the leather with a healthy amount of Bick4 conditioner as well as the outside of the leather and allow it to soak in from both sides and shoved some shoe trees in 'em while they dried. I have a matching pair of ball gloves that are about half that age, and they drank in a LOT of the Bick4, softened up and feel like new mitts once again. I really love that stuff for workhorse leather gear. It works amazingly well on the old-style military leather rifle slings too. Nice bit of history in those hoof-covers. God bless you guys in your efforts.
I love what you did, very cool. Those will display nicely and offer the opportunity for amazing conversations. I wish I knew the guy.
Great video. Glad to see this restore. That’s pretty cool he is able to have a piece of history of his grandfather. Have a great weekend.
Glad you enjoyed it! Have a great weekend.
I've been in contact with yall, don't use saphir renovateur on beckett simonon boots, it strips some of the color off! It's not noticeable but I'm sure it will be if I use it to often. Yall are great!
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Superb job and story! Goes to show you like the Muscle car boys always say 'Don't crush'em, restor'em , 'ya hear' !
I have a 1965 Mustang that I’ve had since I was 16. I’m all about restoring.
Those are cool. Turned out beautiful Great job
Great job keeping these as original as possible,
I love your videos.
You should do a piece with the owners reaction.
The fact that they are old and worn is what makes them special. I wouldn't do ANYTHING to them other than display them as they are!
Yeah, I feel you. But there was mildew and dry rot to abate and the conditioner will stabilize them. I feel it was a good preservation and didn't alter them.
Awesome to see such old shoes in that good condition, relatively speaking!
I remember seeing a pair of those in the attic for many years. My dad wore them while playing ball in the 30s & 40s. Wish I knew where they went to. Probably discarded by one of my siblings when they cleaned out the house after my father passes at the age of 97.
That was SO AWESOME, almost 100 year old shoes, the oldest in my collection is a 70 year old pair of Weyenberg Massagic Short Wing Derby in Black Calfskin
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice job - I really dig the old school white laces though. The brand new black ones look out-of-place.
Holy cow, I remember wearing those when I stole second off of Lefty Grove. Where did you find them? 😊
Great video and nice to see just a cleaning vs a restoration. Thanks for showing the craftsmanship of the shoe. I talk to a cast iron pan restorer on the weekends when he’s out selling and your fondness for the history of these reminds me of my conversations with him about the 125+ year old pans.
I love these episodes with my morning coffee ☕.. I have an idea for y'all to restore a vintage pair football cleats, soccer boots.😎👍🏼
Glad you enjoy them! If you have some, send them our way.
My Wilson cleats from the 1960’s were also made that same way, and the same style.
And mine from the early 1970’s!
What a great job and a nice history lesson, thanks for sharing guys.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it
4:50 I'm a suburban-raised guy, not a real roots country boy. I can still recognize horse patty when I see it, however. Fantastic refurb~!
😁 Haha…I sort of thought the same thing when scraping it off.
I to am a history geek and really enjoyed this video. I was also curious about how old that mud was on the cleats. The shoe restoration was fantastic. I have a question though, since baseball gloves are also leather, have you ever cleaned and refurbished any mitts? Just curious. Great and interesting video guys. Cheers from this old, retired coot living the dream in Tennessee near Clarksville, y'all.
Great job and fun to watch.
Is there ever a need to clean and condition the inside of a dried out shoe?
Wow! Talk about bringing history back to life. Great job Trent!!
Thank you! It was a fun project.
Beautiful restoration!
Thank you very much!
Thank you all so much. Those turned out great!🇺🇸😄
No, you are not alone. I thought about the dirt the moment you started to remove it. Kind of pair of nerds, aren't we? :D
Glad we’re not the only ones! 😁
I used a pair of Wilson cleats that looked just like those in little league in 77-78.
That was a really cool restore.
Glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for watching!
That was a classic set of baseball cleats and they now look great!
Fantastic restoration! I was wondering why the black laces! :)
Thanks!
Great job. I love watching.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
I enjoyed watching your restoration!
90 years plus Still looking good 👍
It's almost like you can see the leather breathe a sigh of relief when it's cleaned and conditioned 😌
Haha…true! It’s been thirsty.
I was having the exact same thoughts about the dirt when you said that.
Looking good. Would shoe trees help to keep them is better condition for the future?
Fascinating. Looks like they could be laced up and on the diamond today. Just one question - would neatsfoot oil have worked to re-oil the leather? I used to use it on my old baseball glove.
Always fantastic footage. Thanks so much. What has happened to your Dad’s posting? I can’t find it anywhere!!
Now this kind of stuff is cool
I think I saw the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson in the background of your video!
Yes very proud since baseball is the game in which even the players are unsure about the rules.
As a baseball nerd, this was great to watch. One question that I had, did anyone reach out to Wilson to see their thoughts on 1) the existing cleats or 2) recommendations for the family in preserving them. I enjoy all your videos, thanks!
My wife's grandfather was a plant manager for Wilson back in the day. Unfortunately, he passed about 1.5 yrs ago, but I had a lot of questions I would have liked to ask him about these.
@@TrentonHeath FWIW, the very best of that style of baseball shoe were made from kangaroo leather. It was a matter of weight. Perhaps only professional players could afford kangaroo leather.
They came out great! Thank you.
Thank you!
One essential detail you ommited: sharpening the spikes to a razor's edge like Ty Cobb!
Amazing that the rubber bottom isn't deteriorated.
😮 Wow! They look awesome now.
Thanks!
Awesome channel guys always enjoy your videos
Thanks so much for watching!
Well done
The style of these shoes kind of remind me of my black Spot-bilt coaching shoes from the 80's that I have in my closet. Good idea replacing the laces because it's a pain to lace shoes when the aglets are missing.
Ty Cobb coming into 2nd base about thigh high ... ouch .. Nice work
Geek out fan here too. That dirt is probably from the very last time grandpa played in those shoes.
Haha…exactly!
Nice work. I'm sure Wilson would be tickled to see these.
when I first saw the dirt, I was wondering if it was dirt, clay, dog poop...LOL....but to be so old and really historic is amazing since it was brought back to the 1930s again!!!!
Wow, what a nice job you did. Heirloom.
Love this channel
Amazing job!
Thank you!
My guess on the stamping. The 10 and D are probably the size. 32 could be the year of manufacture. And Z, maybe a model style, material, factory or batch code?
Very good points! I appreciate it.
@Trenton & Heath, have you ever used neatsfoot oil on really dry leather? I recently used some on boots that had never been worn, but really dried out in dry-hot high-altitude Colorado climate. It worked really well, but I have no long term experience. Would really value your thoughts on this!
In the early 1970’s I got a pair of hand me down Riddell leather baseball spikes from an older neighborhood kid. They were the best, all leather, I would polish them, probably the only kid that did. Used to clean off the cleats with one of my mom’s butter knives. Sorry mom.
Awesome video!!!!😊
Great shoes
Another great video. 👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it
I have no reason to doubt the story. I will tell you that these are identical to the shoes I wore in the 70s. New.
He’s a buddy of mine. We did some research on them, and they match to many of the shoes from that time. I don’t think much changed in decades.
Where did the original laces go?
Loved this vid!!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
Great to see something like this. More interesting than watching shill jobs for Thursday.
Glad you enjoyed it
Truly wonderful!!!!!
Thank you!
My goodness, I used those metal cleats in the late 60s playing little league.
What happened to the original laces? Did they not make it?
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Nice job. Now they'll last another 100 years. Btw, if the owner hasn't already he might want to hit the spikes with some lacquer or museum wax. The moisture of the shoes will likely rust the spikes if they're sealed in a case.
Will pass on the tip. 👍
I played high school baseball in the mid 1970’s in So Cal and a bunch of the team wore shoes that looked exactly like these…
Very cool video
Thanks!
That dremel tool you used to clean the cleats seems like the wrong tool. Probably best to use a tiny wire brush attachment.
Obviously a great job on the restoration but they no longer look like they are nearly a hundred years old. The poor condition they were in, along with the dirt, is what gave those shoes character and told their story.
When you mentioned the dirt being on there for 90+ years I was thinking the exact same thing, weird.
This is what I got from ChatGPT on the numbers and letters stamped on the tongue of the shoe. Kind of makes sense.
What does the stamped numbers 10 32 and letters DZ mean on a 1930s wilson baseball cleats?
On 1930s Wilson baseball cleats, the stamped numbers and letters typically indicate the model and size of the cleats. The numbers often denote the size, while letters can represent the model or specific features. For instance, a number like "10" might indicate size 10, and a letter or combination of letters could provide details about the style or the specific design of the cleats. These stamps were used to help identify and categorize the footwear, especially important for both manufacturing and retail purposes.
On 1930s Wilson baseball cleats, stamped numbers and letters like "10 32" and "DZ" can provide specific information about the footwear:
"10" typically indicates the shoe size, so in this case, it's a size 10.
"32" might refer to the year of manufacture or a specific model number associated with that era, though it could also relate to the style or design features.
"DZ" could be a model designation or indicate a particular design feature or type of cleat, such as a specific style or functionality unique to that model.
These stamps help identify the cleats' size, model, and possibly their design or manufacturing details.
That’s awesome! Thank you very much for the research and info! We learn something new every day.
@TrentonHeath You're welcome.
You guys have an awesome channel. May GOD continue to Bless you guys with much success 🙏🏼
Peace and Grace be with you 🙏🏼
Definitely should of kept the original laces on them as it shows its character, changing them doesn’t make it seem as emotional connected
It's honestly just a nice looking shoe. I'd wear them if they weren't a cleat!
The dirt had so much histoty, you should have saved it. You could have epoxied it back on.
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