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NY shoe repair - B.Nelson

lefty

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Originally Posted by chorse123
I had them resole a pair of C&J and they did a pretty good job.

Cheers.

Nice website. "Before and afters" look great.

I'll give them a shot.

lefty
 

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I've had them re-sole a pair of Bruno Magli shoes and a pair of JCrew chukka boots (note to self: you really need to buy better shoes).

They did a great job on the Bruno Magli and an ok job on the JCrew, but that might be due to what the had to work with rather than their skill. I have another pair of shoes to bring them whenever I get around to it.

I am still looking for a less expensive option that is convenient to where I work (7th ave in the 40's). If I had expensive shoes I would use them again.
 

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Received my resoled Kenmoor Imperials and have to say that B. Nelson did an exceptional job in matching the old nail pattern,

The shoes look great.

After I picked them up, I stopped by Moulded Shoe to look at a pair of Aldens (worth a visit just to see the floor to ceiling shoe boxes) and we got to talking about repairs. I pulled out the shoes and he said, "I don't know who did these for you, but it's an incredible job."

Recommend.

lefty
 

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Originally Posted by chorse123
Thanks, Lefty. I have to have some work done so I think I'll use B.Nelson again.

While I was there he showed me some Lobbs he was working on, so I think you're in good hands.

lefty
 

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They're really nice guys in there unlike a few other shoe repair places I've tried.
 

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Do they put channeled soles on shoes that have ch. soles?
 

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Is shoe repair popular in NY? In Wenzhou City, China, We can hardly find this kind of places, very few ppl are doing this kind of job now.
 

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