Timeless-guy
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So when you refer to ‘hand welted shoes’, you are referring specifically to the Norwegian welted shoes, correct? Because any good year welt can be hand stitched, but as far as I know, there is no machine to stitch a Norwegian welt to the shoe.Thanks for the reply. So in cases where the welt needs to be replaced, do you replace them by hand stitching the welt to the canvas (GYW)/ upper (handwelt)? In cases where you are just replacing the sole, i'm assuming you have a machine to stitch the welt to the sole?
I'm asking specifically about handwelted shoes b/c they're the ones that i'm most concerned about and am afraid to send to just any cobbler. Most of the local ones at malls i've inquired about don't go into detail or simply don't know the difference between handwelt / GYW and also explain "i can make it look new again" -_-".
Factories use a machine to stitch the welt to the shoe, and cobblers use their hands to stitch a welt to a shoe. Virtually no cobblers ever have a gyw installation machine, but EVERY cobbler worth his salt will have an outsole stitcher AND a Blake(McKay) stitcher.
Here is a picture of my two Landis K curved needle outsole stitchers. They stitch the outsole to the gyw.