Lobb Resoling; Opinions Wanted

[TCN]

I have a chocolate suede pair of Lobb Lopezes that are great, except they came with rubber soles. They're fine, except the look is bothering me more than I thought it would. I haven't worn them much, they're virtually brand new.

My options (as I understand them) are to send them to Lobb to have a leather sole put on for probably close to $400 at the end of the day, or to send them to a good shoe shop and resole them with leather for around $125. What do you think, is the resoling by Lobb worth the expense?

 

[Manton]

Does Lobb have a refurbishment program like EG? If you take the shoes to the Lobb store in NYC, they will not send them back to England; they will use a local shoe repair shop.

 

[stilmacher]

I once had a pair of Lobbs re-soled (mind: not refurbished. They didn't even bother to polish them) and that cost 200 Euro. Find a good local cobbler and tell Lobb to go .... themselves is my advise.

 

[distinctive]

Is sending them to a decent cobbler for a $60 leather sole replacement an option for you?

 

[Kuro]

Originally Posted by Manton

Does Lobb have a refurbishment program like EG? If you take the shoes to the Lobb store in NYC, they will not send them back to England; they will use a local shoe repair shop.

I believe that they do, or at least this poster believes that they do: http://www.styleforum.net/showthread...highlight=lobb

 

[TCN]

I asked the Lobb store in London, and they said to ship them direct to them and they would go back to the factory.

Prices for channeled resoling at the shops I would use, with the materials I would prefer, range $80 to $130. I thought someone said that B. Nelson was $150 with closed channels and Rendenbach soles. Come to think of it, perhaps B. Nelson is who I would send them to.

 

[haganah]

Originally Posted by TCN

I asked the Lobb store in London, and they said to ship them direct to them and they would go back to the factory. Prices for channeled resoling at the shops I would use, with the materials I would prefer, range $80 to $130. I thought someone said that B. Nelson was $150 with closed channels and Rendenbach soles. Come to think of it, perhaps B. Nelson is who I would send them to.
I don't think B. Nelson exists anymore.

 

[grimslade]

Originally Posted by haganah

I don't think B. Nelson exists anymore.

It does. They just moved.

 

[grimslade]

Originally Posted by Manton

Does Lobb have a refurbishment program like EG? If you take the shoes to the Lobb store in NYC, they will not send them back to England; they will use a local shoe repair shop.

Lobb definitely has a refurbishing program. I'm told, in fact, that it is a high-margin business for them.

 

[haganah]

Originally Posted by grimslade

It does. They just moved.
WTF? where? have you been there in the last month or called?

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by grimslade

Lobb definitely has a refurbishing program. I'm told, in fact, that it is a high-margin business for them.

Then why don't they offer it through their damned stores?

 

[TCN]

Too busy helping the 2008 Berluti-esque models fly off the shelves? ;-)

 

[grimslade]

Originally Posted by haganah

WTF? where? have you been there in the last month or called?

No; admit. I was going on Nick Venturi's word, per this thread:

http://www.styleforum.net/showthread...elson+landlord

He was on SF on Sunday; send him a PM. Or call. The phone number still works, but they close at five, so I wasn't able to raise anyone on their number.

Originally Posted by Manton

Then why don't they offer it through their damned stores?

I'll ask my source next time I talk to him.