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Originally Posted by
Jacob_G 
I have little knowledge about shoes so my question is can one add sunken metal toe plates to basically every shoe or does it require a certain construction? also how much would that run? many thanks in advance.
metal plate can be add with any contsruction,
but be very careful,
it can ruin certain shoe.
Avoid with goodyear construction because the plate nail can break the chain stitch used to attach welt,
once welt stitch is broken many many cobbler can not fix it and shoe is ruin.
Also avoid shoe made with older blake machine,
avoid the fairstitch and blake construction that is stitched with old machine because it not lock stitch like the new blake machines.
Also avoid using plate for veldtschoen construction.
Edited by Son Of Saphir - 2/4/12 at 2:35am