How much wear do you get out of leather soles?

[furo]

Originally Posted by withstyle

no I just wipe them with my admin's hair. then she unlaces them for me and slips my freshly polished and gleaming john lobbs onto my feet.

and that moment alone makes the whole thing worth it.

lulz

zing!

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by withstyle

no I just wipe them with my admin's hair. then she unlaces them for me and slips my freshly polished and gleaming john lobbs onto my feet.

and that moment alone makes the whole thing worth it.

You just changed my mind on this topic. See... I'm a pretty open-minded guy

 

[FELT]

Pairs of regularly worn dress shoes in M-F rotation: 7
Approx. miles walked on pavement each work day: 1
Approx. body weight: 170
Typical life of leather sole: 3

But the lifespan varies a lot, and doesn't always correlate to perceived quality of shoes. I also wear out the toes much quicker so only need a partial re-sole (have tried taps in the past but don't like the tapping...).

 

[jdldore]

Pairs of regularly worn dress shoes in M-F rotation: 13
Approx. miles walked on pavement each work day: 1
Approx. body weight: 200
Typical life of leather sole: 3-4 years

 

[SimonC]

Pairs of regularly worn dress shoes in M-F rotation: 4
Approx. miles walked on pavement each work day: 2
Approx. body weight: 150
Typical life of leather sole: 12 months

2 miles is average, but if I do a couple of visits to other offices and a decent walk at lunch we could be talking ~5 miles. Other days it's virtually nothing.

I've got one pair of Trickers with a Topy sole because the originals wore down really rapidly and it seemed silly to replace them already. Conversely I have a pair of re-soled Church's where the sole is like iron - the uppers are falling to pieces and the sole just won't give in. When I get shoes re-soled I get a metal tap put at the front because that's where I wear the most.