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.
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!
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.
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 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.
@@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.
RUclips 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.
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!
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
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.
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 :)
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.
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
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 👍👍....
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 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.
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
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?
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.
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.
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 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.)
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.
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.
I have a few pairs of TLB Mallorca shoes. All have narrow waist and thus very narrow welt around the waist. Does that mean those shoes need new welts during resoling?
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 🙏🏽🙏🏽
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:)
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?
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 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.
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.
Dumb question and I think I know the answer, but I will ask anyway. I have a pair of Alden shoes, I purchased, my foot has grown since I purchased the pair. Is there some way to make them a 1/2 - 1 size larger?
Ecco’s, as a whole, are constructed with comfort in mind over more so than the ability to be repaired for years of wear. I usually tell most of our Ecco customers to just buy another pair once theirs wear out.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I originally thought toe taps were decorative but now it seems they are not. Is it indicative of a gait problem if toes are wearing out sooner than heels? Perhaps I need a chiropractor and a cobbler. 🤔
A lot of people put a lot of wear on the toe part, I do; I've had to get shoes resoled when most of the sole was fine but at the toe it was completely worn through which was annoying.
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.
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.
Can you widen a boot when resoling a boot. I bought a pair of iron rangers used, they were basically brand new, I think the guy wore them for 20 minutes and said no, so I got a discount, but they're tight, I have about 12 14 hours in trying to break them in but it's they're not budging. Finding a wide iron rangers is hard and I really don't have the money to buy another pair, but these boots are the only boot I ever really wanted. (I known there's better options, but these are my holy grail), any way, do I keep destroying my feet and hope they give, or can it be possible to get a some space. Sry for the long post.
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
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!
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!
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.
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 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. 👍
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.
Love the informational aspect of the shoe repair business. Thank you!!
Good info. Definitely helps a lot to make that decision on things needed to be looked at before moving forward with the project.
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.
RUclips 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.
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.
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!
Yes, very helpful for boots maintenence
Good job getting the word out, thanks for posting !!
In the past that people must assume you can do anything with nothing. Great information.
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
Thank you Trenton!
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.
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 :)
Very informative thank you , i have some thinkin to do before bringing my doc martens pull up work boots in
Good info! I had no idea that those videos could be so interesting and entertaining at the same time. Keep up!
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.
Very informative as always. Thanks Sir
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
As an automotive mechanic, I feel ya!
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 😬.
Thanks for the informative videos. Question, Can you re-tread re-groove the worn out portion on rubber soles? Thanks in advance
excellent info. Very good to know. Thanks
Excellent topic to cover
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 👍👍....
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
Thank you guys for the advice, knowledge is power my friends.
Good Information... Thanks for Sharing
Good to know. Thanks!
Great vídeo just a question, is it possible to resole a shoe with cupsole construction?
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 would probably give a leg to apprentice for these gentlemen. This craft is truly an art!
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.
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. 🇫🇷
Really helpful! Thank you!!
Always love your content. Good work gentlemen.
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
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?
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.
You have done such a good job
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.
Great info right there. Many thanks.
When do you need to address stitches on the bottom of the outsole that are wearing through or worn through?
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 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.)
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.
Question can you attach a weld on a blake stitch shoes?
Good advice and things to look at early on. Thanks.
Always love your videos, thanks.
Where do you guys buy rolls of insole gemming and leather welt?
Helpful man, thanks 👍🏻
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.
I have a few pairs of TLB Mallorca shoes. All have narrow waist and thus very narrow welt around the waist. Does that mean those shoes need new welts during resoling?
Of the upper leather is very flexible they should be able to reach the welt.
Great tips and info. Very thankful for the time you take to share this with us.
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 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Do you guys everwork with elevator shoes? What do you think of Calto brand?
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:)
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.
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 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 RUclips. 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.
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.
Dumb question and I think I know the answer, but I will ask anyway. I have a pair of Alden shoes, I purchased, my foot has grown since I purchased the pair. Is there some way to make them a 1/2 - 1 size larger?
Is it possible to have both sole proyectors and toe caps? My boots are pretty much brand new, but they start to wear mostly in that toe area
Cobbler plus has some videos where the customers asked for sewn on sole protector and French tips.
@@terranempire2 Nice, I gotta check his video out.
Yep, absolutely.
Thank you!!!
I would love to get your insight on Ecco shoes. They are very comfy but want your insight on construction and chance of longevity.
Ecco’s, as a whole, are constructed with comfort in mind over more so than the ability to be repaired for years of wear. I usually tell most of our Ecco customers to just buy another pair once theirs wear out.
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.
I respect an honest tradesman.
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.
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.
Great video!
Words of wisdom
Comment for the algorithm. Great video. Thanks
great info.detailed...
4:28 "hill block" or "heel block" ?
Where do u buy plastic tip on shoe string. Any help I appreciate it. 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.
I originally thought toe taps were decorative but now it seems they are not. Is it indicative of a gait problem if toes are wearing out sooner than heels? Perhaps I need a chiropractor and a cobbler. 🤔
Do you all do different color soles for redwings?
You guys should do some Jordans would do great view wise and would be interesting
Very useful information! By the way, what is the purpose of a toe tap? Is it just cosmetic? Thanks in advance!
A lot of people put a lot of wear on the toe part, I do; I've had to get shoes resoled when most of the sole was fine but at the toe it was completely worn through which was annoying.
4:35
The one time you've went to say this on a video it got edited out
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.
What I’ve always wondered is how much does it cost to fix separated seams and can tears in leather be repaired?
Great info
I wonder what the $125 resole service AE offers would cost from you or another cobbler?
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.
Question…Does the same apply for boots/cowboy boots?
Can you widen a boot when resoling a boot. I bought a pair of iron rangers used, they were basically brand new, I think the guy wore them for 20 minutes and said no, so I got a discount, but they're tight, I have about 12 14 hours in trying to break them in but it's they're not budging. Finding a wide iron rangers is hard and I really don't have the money to buy another pair, but these boots are the only boot I ever really wanted. (I known there's better options, but these are my holy grail), any way, do I keep destroying my feet and hope they give, or can it be possible to get a some space. Sry for the long post.
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
Finally, a cost breakdown.
I wonder how much it costs to resolve a new boot I hate some of the soles on new boots
I have a pair of shoes for repair where do I send it. Thank you.
What do you think of tallmen shoe construction and are they repairable?