Shoe Damage - Literally

[CunningSmeagol]

Originally Posted by Fraiche

Out of curiosity, what would happen to cordovan if the same damage was inflicted?

You would hear a whinny. Or a whneigh.

 

[bigbris1]

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by CunningSmeagol

You would hear a whinny. Or a whneigh.

<Insert Vox "Whnay. is short" joke here>

 

[entrero]

Call pest control

 

[Don Carlos]

Originally Posted by sansan65

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Best advice so far.

 

[lawyerdad]

Bummer, Baron. Did you take them to Pasquale, or do you know another good cobbler in LA? If the repair goes well, I (and I assume others as well) would be interested in seeing &quot;after&quot; pics.

 

[Baron]

I took them to Willie's on Cahuenga near Melrose. I've used Pasquale's recently - they replaced the Vibram heel on some chukkas with a different brand but same color of rubber heel, and I gotta say the new heel sucks dog balls. WAY too soft and almost in need of replacement again after just a few wears. I'm also way out east so it's a drag to drive to Pasquale's. Wille's does solid work - they have a history of making true custom (bespoke?) shoes for Hollywood (the shop is full of old lasts), though the original Willie is retired and gone and I don't know that the kid that took over has those kinds of skills. They've done some heel replacement, stretching and some other minor repairs for me over the years and I can say they're reasonable and have a speedy turnaround - the monks will be ready for pickup on Saturday. I'll post pictures when I get them back.

I can say that I'm about 99% sure that I should have just sent them to Ron, and I don't know that I'll trust anybody locally for resoling work in the future on any of my 'good' shoes.

 

[fritzl]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

I destroyed a pair of Saint Crispin's...

So, I know your pain.


- B

totally?

i feel for you guys...

 

[Martin Stall]

That's serious hurt. Methinks that if you're asking how, you'd be better off taking it to a specialist. A cobbler might do, but only if he is into repairing leather. Most that I know just know how to resole etc.

I've worked leather a fair bit, but I wouldn't touch that; it's too tricky.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

I have no doubt that Ron will fix these up nicely, however I did have this problem once after a drunken night at a bar. I ripped the loose pieces off and got cream the same color as the shoe (black) in the tear which took care of the color loss immediately. I buffed them and then put on some black wax, buffed, and repeated a few times. I then started the bulling technique and now you can't even tell that anything had ever happened to them.

 

[RIDER]

Originally Posted by Baron

Damn - I gave them to the cobbler a couple of hours ago. I should have emailed you directly but it didn't seem like a big enough deal to send them out. If he does a poor job I'll be in touch.

No worries...keep me posted -

 

[niidawg3]

Originally Posted by RIDER

No worries...keep me posted -

at the customer service.

 

[emptym]

That's too bad, B. I hope it all works out. I'm a fan of character in my shoes.

Originally Posted by Fraiche

Out of curiosity, what would happen to cordovan if the same damage was inflicted?
That's a good question. My guess is that shell cordovan wouldn't have been affected. Last week I had a mild incident w/ some shell boots from Ron (spectacular boots I might add). Here's what happened:

When I visit my girlfriend, I have to park my motorcycle in her space, in front of her car. If she's already there, she parks toward the right side of her space to leave me room to slip in on her left, between her car and a large, rough, concrete piloti. Last week, she didn't leave me much room. I thought of asking her to move it, but I decided to give it a try. As I should have known, I got stuck. But after moving back and forward a dozen times, I was able to slip by. But not until I had squeezed against the column several times, once with my foot pressed so hard between the bike and the column that I thought I was going to break my foot. (As long as I don't dent her car, I thought.) After I was done, I looked at my boot. It was scratched all over and seemed to have some pretty deep gouges. But they all turned out to be superficial. After a day or so for the leather to spring back and a bit of brushing, and you barely tell anything happened.

I'm not sure that answers your question though, since unlike with Baron's boots the epidermis wasn't broken. Of course, there is no epidermis on shell, is there? So maybe it does answer the question. Maybe Ron, DW, or someone else could answer this better.

 

[bigbris1]

Originally Posted by emptym

That's too bad, B. I hope it all works out. I'm a fan of character in my shoes.

My shoes haven't...wait am I B or BB?

 

[Baron]

Well, I think this goes down in the "I told you so," Rider category. Not that Ron is the type to say such a thing, but I should have sent these to him. I think it's safe to say I could have achieved this level of repair at home. Ron, if you're still reading, I assume there's no harm in wearing these as is for a while? I'd just assume wait till they need a new heel before I send them in.