Shoe Damage Report & Shoe P0rn Central - Part II - Page 705

For me personally, I don't care whether my soles are closed or not. They are going to wear down and get replaced anyway. Don't get me wrong though, if my shoes have closed channeling that is what I am going to get them resoled with. All in all the way the soles are attached don't change the fact that if they are goodyear welted they are already and more seriously flawed, which brings me to a question. If gemming rots, or slips, can it be repaired? Can it be replaced? If an insole wears badly enough that makes the shoe unwearable, can it be replaced?

To do it correctly requires the original last and essentially recrafting--relasting, replacing the gemming, the welting, and sometimes the insole.

The same applies to the insole, naturally...the original last, relasting, rewelting and rebottoming.

So basically, not worth it.

I wrote so much I forgot what my initial response/question was

Good to know. My shoes are going back to the manufacturer no matter the cost.

Thanks

Great collection- for the unwise- can you possibly give details for each of the shoes?  (Particulalry the first and the last! I'm in the market for some chestnut/tan shoes and i like the look of these!)
 

 

"shoe damage"

my favorite grenson-for-p-stuart just did this. shouldve had them toe-tapped.



cause for panic and immediate resoling?

Pssh, I'd leave it alone for a good while. If you get the metal taps that would be filed down anyway.

You can do this: topy the toe. Since I don't like the metal sound, I got the toes topy'ed.

I really hate you topy people.

I don't like topy either but I wear my toes out extremely quick and the only way to protect the toes without using the metal sounds is topy . Topy also doesn't put scratches on my wooden floor while the metal piece would ruin my expense wooden floor.

Not if they are the flush ones. My wooden floors are unscathed.

Oh that's good to know. Now I need to find a cobbler who can do the job in LA.

Cosmetic mostly. The stitches are exposed and will begin to wear now. But if the stitching was done correctly, you can wear the exposed stitches all the way off (probably roughly half way through the outsole) before it will be in any danger.

some of those fabulous shoes have failed gemming?

The first is from the Scribe line by Bally - extremely solidly built shoes.