Posts by sfnapolifan

given that some of the big timers here who own lobbs or eg's may have enough pairs of these shoes that they will not need a resole on any of them for some time, and that the marginal utility of the dollars involved in a factory...

Quote: Originally Posted by Orgetorix In the equivalent thread going on over at AAAC, Nick V (proprietor of B. Nelson Shoe Repair) has weighed and disagreed with DW pretty significantly. I went over to akac,...

Quote: Originally Posted by sully The op has told us that this gemming is a weak point from his experience years ago in the repair trade, a valid opinion of course but this does not prove the case . Are EG and others...

my contention is not that rewelting isn't a specialist job. the op states, however, that gemming can/will fail as early as the first needed outsole replacement. the implication being that the local repair shop will then glue it back,...

Quote: Originally Posted by sully Of course not all RTW is of good quality but this applies to many products and always has. Was all footwear of high quality material and build in the days before machinery, I dont...

Quote: Originally Posted by laphroaig This has been mentioned here a few times. Perhaps never mentioned directly but the link to the excellent AAAC article explaining good year welt shoe construction has been mentioned...

Quote: Originally Posted by DWFII I am am old man...well not that old...but may I give you a piece of advice? It's free...? Don't regret the Aldens, just learn. Learn to appreciate good, better and best. That's all....

Quote: Originally Posted by DWFII I am not certain I know what you mean by "Norwegian." If it is what I think it is, it involves most of the same steps as hand-welted. And all of work. To be...

also, do you have an opinion on norwegian?

Quote: Originally Posted by DWFII I apologize for not addressing this sooner. Assuming you want the best quality in RTW that you can get here's my thoughts (from the perspective of a shoemaker.) Goodyear welted...