I’m always impressed by how many skills you have and how many machines you use for your work 👍👏

Absolutely amazing Dan! I was going to wait until they turned up in Aus before I watched the video! I just couldn’t wait though! I am absolutely stoked with the finished outcome on video! Can’t wait to see what they are like in person! Cheers and thanks for the amazing job and time recording! Cris!

@ivanhoe6366

Жыл бұрын

Cobblers mate............... ain't ya got any down under? 😂

@AnotherCutAbove

Жыл бұрын

@@ivanhoe6366 got loads mate but I have no idea how good they are and I have seen some absolutely horrendous cobbler work over here as well. At least having watched Dan for ages I know he actually does a good job and uses premium stuff. I probably went a bit mental with these but it’s the start of the handmade journey for me.

@JaysonM-

Жыл бұрын

27 bucks?! What op shops are you visiting 🙌

@AnotherCutAbove

Жыл бұрын

@@JaysonM- been very lucky of late 😆 Salvos. Also managed to pick up a pair of Adidas Yeezy in amazing condition for $5 recently 😆

@adeh503

Жыл бұрын

I was in Oz in July (ballarat) and picked up a pair of these in brown at the Salvos virtually brand new for 10 dollars, didn't realise at the time until I Googled them what an absolute result that was. I think aswel it's probably the only time I've found footwear in a charity shop thats actually fit me 😄

You always leave the soles prettier than the upper part. The soles are so pretty that I would be sad to wear them and get them dirty.💯🔥 You are a fantastic artist! 🐐👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻

I appreciate you keeping some of the out takes in the video. It makes it feel so homely and fun.

Aussie first time poster, long time watcher - I loved you singing Acca Dacca while working on the boots we all were down here. Legend mate :)

I've never felt so nervous watching a video about shoes. Your skill is impressive. Placing that elastic with one shot to do it right had me nervous AF. Thanks for the content this week.

And now we have a luvverly tight gusset, well done Dan...great job as always

I love the details and finish on these boots. A huge improvement in the original. Every time I see the heel press being used, I can't help but think of the scene in Return of the Jedi at Jabba's palace. Reminds me so much of the droid torture device.

Dan... Brilliant workmanship... Cheers!

great work, love transformation , i just really like watching your channel, you make it look so simple and explain things so even i can understand it and that's saying something , well done 👍👍

You rock Dan - thanks for the great video!

You can buy rolls of elastic which are sized to the shape required. RW Williams elastic is black on one side and brown on the other. The brown boots have brown on the outside and black on the inside, the black boots simply reverse the colours. This of course enables a single roll of elastic to do both boot colours. A genuine RM Williams repair will set you back AU$150. I buy the elastic myself and take it to a shoe repairer in Thailand or the Philippines when I'm on holiday.

Great job man! A little tip I use to get contact cemented pieces into tight spots and all aligned before sticking them together is simply using a piece of waxed bakery paper! You can see through it enough to line your parts up, it doesn't stick to the glue, and you can just slide it out slowly once your pieces are aligned! Hope it help!

Didn't you cut the new panels the same size as the stretched panels and end up with the same fit? And isn't that stich across the top a strait stich that cant stretch at all?

@jeffislearning

4 ай бұрын

The final product looks like it has a wider opening than before. He should restitch the gusset.

Wonderful video. Watched both videos, glad to see the whole boot finished up. Looks superb. And if I’m not mistaken is that volbeat playing, with you humming along.

Just made them better than new. Great job mate

WOW!, Just saw your work of art, absolutely amazing, just picked up my first pair of RM Williams boots ever, $675 worth every penny! 🇦🇺 🪃

Nice to see a craftsman enjoying his work 😀🥾👟👞👍👍

This is one of those rare channels that I enjoy watching to the end and at normal speed, which is saying something cause I’m sure I have ADHD. Excellent content, thanks Dan.

I was just having a convo with my mate about this exact situation! Sending over to him to show him now!

Dan. I'm genuinely curious as to how you got to where you are in shoe repair. Did you go to some sort of cobbler school or were you mentored by someone as an apprentice for awhile? Did you open your own store in Tring or did you buy someone out? I'd love to know how you got started in this line of work. Also, your wealth of knowledge down to the details is amazing.

@dannyasmith

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking exactly the same just now!

@johnimg

Жыл бұрын

I think I remember he said is he is self trained,but the shop I'm not sure .

@noble_customs

Жыл бұрын

He touched on it a bit on a past video, about going to a "school" of sorts and or working for another shop as an apprentice... if my memory serves me correct.

good job i get so much inspiration from your videos to start my own footwear. greetings from Denmark

Lovely finish dude 💚

Just really nice to see a cool guy taking pride in his work. Hope you get your celebrity collab. That’ll be pretty cool.

Another job well done!

Hi Dan. I'm really pleased with myself. I made the jump from the half sole video to this one, and I cleared the entire gap between the two! I'm bushed. Time for a whiskey and cola.

Awesome job.

I thought we just said the gusset was stretched out and baggy, why would we make the new one the same size? Surely it should be smaller.

@chrish1657

Жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking. Surely should be smaller to remove the stretching.

@TimothyEnloe

Жыл бұрын

I came here for this. Great video and great work but it seems like duplicating the stretched-out gusset results in a new but loose gusset.

@spitfire5675

Жыл бұрын

The same thing was going through my mind while watching the video. Hopefully the owner is satisfied with the end result.

@alandowney8847

Жыл бұрын

Yes you guys are right. It should be 7cm at top

@chrish1657

Жыл бұрын

Nothing worse than a loose gusset 😐

Nice finish 👍👍👍👍

this was a great shoe repair .

Brilliant!!!

Terrific! Need this done to my 5-year-old Blundstones … at least I have an idea of what needs to be done!

Good job

They are great boots. I've got a pair that I wore almost every day on our farm. In the stockyards and all. Probably nearly 30 years old. Given they are a bit battered and since we sold the farm 10 years ago, they haven't seen as much use since then. The elastics have been replaced a few times and re-soled. They could last a lifetime with normal use.

Soo cooooolll👏🏼✌🏻

You are a skilled worker son.

Welcome back

This is strangely relaxing....

Excellent!!!!

wicked mate .

Спасибо за видео и за работу

Brilliant

I'm here for the gusset ❤

Heard volbeat in the background I love it

Fantastic repair Dan, so elaborate! Good job as usually!! The 'small' snack in the other video was funny😝 P.S: I love your cover up tattoo💀👌🏻

06:14 I have to tell you that you have a really cute and natural laugh. Your work is always exceptionally good. Very talented.

I love your work, Dan. Been a long time subscriber for a couple years now. There was something I noticed with the gusset replacement that I wouldn’t have noticed had I not bought a new pair of RMs a month ago: it seems the measurements you took for the making of the new gussets didn’t account for the stretch in the old ones. The replacements are noticeably wider than stock. That’s it. Just my 2¢. Love your work.

@richardhayling4339

10 ай бұрын

All cobblers have strengths and weaknesses .

Not seen that before - looks really awkward but what a smashing result.

Amazing job, but I'm thinking you should have made those elastic replacements a little shorter on the upper side, since they were streched by use, that way you can fix all the cracks and deformations on the front of the shoe.

You can actually buy rolls of elastic gusset material that’s black on one side & brown on the other side, like all the Oz boot makers use. Because old gussets stretch over time, it’s good to go into a RM Williams store & surreptitiously measure the width of the gussets for each size of boot & keep a catalogue in a note book. For example 10.5 boots have gussets about 60mm on the outside & about 65mm on the inside. Most shoe repairers seem to just measure them off the old ones & they end up way to wide because the old ones have stretched, so they end up too loose after the repair. Of course they vary for different styles, but it gives one a general guide.

@karrielouden1986

2 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing… it’s standard boot elastic here!

First thing hit the like then watch and enjoy.

The R.M Williams factory is just down the road from where I live in Adelaide. After watching your last video I looked into buying some... 🤯 I had no idea they were $650... $30 bucks from an op shop is a bargain!!

I’d be absolutely up for a multiple episode series of you making a pair of Tring Luxury dress shoes from scratch. You could keep them or do an auction to raise money for the channel.

nothing worse than a baggy gusset

@Dan_the_cobbler

Жыл бұрын

Haha I hate it!

@davewilson7565

Жыл бұрын

😂

@egalitarian-rex

Жыл бұрын

@Chris Bruce, I knew a bloke who said he suffered from one baggy gusset, one like new, and the mismatch affected his pride err…I mean stride.

@chrisbruce8777

Жыл бұрын

@@egalitarian-rex ha ha ha

@bigbadbith8422

Жыл бұрын

..or a slack soul…

Fantastic video and always entertained by your skills. One question about the gusset, it looks a little large/wide compared to a new boot. They’re supposed to be tight when putting on. It maybe the style of boot?

With the stitching on the upper edge, doesn't it stop the elastic from stretching?

@Punchgirl4

Жыл бұрын

That was exactly the point I was coming here to make. Unless it was elastic thread or a zig zag stitch, the stitching on the top edge would prevent the elastic from stretching, defeating its purpose. Great repair apart from that.

Awesome

That looked tuff

Hi Dan. As always a top job. I was really surprised the effort you went to getting brown elastic on the inside. I've got a few pairs of both chestnut and black RMs. They use the same elastic in both, so the black ones are brown on the inside and chestnut black on the inside. I'd always assumed this allows them to use a single roll of elastic and it doesn't matter which boots type, the elastic with go one way or the other. Was the two layers simply for the aesthetics or will the two layer take longer to stretch?

Are you listening to Volbeat? incredible band and incredible job Dan!!!

I love the Costa product placement 😂 I hope they paid you!

Your repair skills are top notch. I wonder if you could make a pair of shoes from scratch? Idea for future video?

Coloured elastics options would be great

I’ve got a lot of admiration for artisanal restoration like this. May I ask purely out of interest please, how long did this whole job take you and what was your charge for it?

Great job Dan. How much in total was the resoling and the new gussets? I’ve a few pairs that need some TLC.

Lol gussets… Fair play though pal, I love your channel

Hey man, love the vids. RM actually doing a leather stretch as well to get the boot back to factory shape, is this something a shop like yours can do or really only the manufacturer?

Redstich to match sole would be awesome

i wish i had that stitching machine at work XD

$27!!! great find.

Great that's the shot the K29 in action. What number is that one, looks like a low number.

Top class work Dan but fiddly

@Dan_the_cobbler

Жыл бұрын

Can say that again

Excellent job on the soles! Commendable. Should you have allowed for stretching (5mm?) when cutting new elastics from the originals they look a bit big. Been wearing RMs since I was a teenager and the elastics always go prematurely. They should find a more resistant to stretching material.

That is so easy to do

Surely if the new gussets are measured against the stretched old ones they would be too loose?

@andrewmcconville9571

7 ай бұрын

Surely he will know better than you

@karrielouden1986

2 ай бұрын

If you have ever had a new pair of RM boots you would know how snug that elastic should be. I just pulled a new pair on (pregnant feet needed a new size) and the elastic is not wider at the top. It’s really snug.

@vanwilder1101

20 күн бұрын

​@@andrewmcconville9571Surely you're a sheep and have no free thinking capacity

Love RM’s, $27 is super cheap, paid $500 for my first pair, after 9 years bought a second pair for $800. Even after repair and shipping that is a good price for a pair of boots.

@unachimba9

Жыл бұрын

IDk I wasnt amazed with the leather of the boot (I'm actually starting to think how my boots will hold up after 5-10 years now. Though with the better sole that's a net upgrade.

@davidkeenan7420

Жыл бұрын

@@unachimba9 my first pair were kangaroo leather, super soft, incredibly comfortable. The RM store had so many leather options, some of the other choices were thick and quite hard.

Dan do you think you could make a shoe or boot from start to finish?

What was the cost of the repair? Fantastic job BTW and thank you!

Dan, could you please answer a ? For me. I have a pair of high, country boots with a waterproof liner. The vamp is smooth leather and the shaft is nubuck. Could you advise on the best product to condition and waterproof the nubuck? Thanks.

I think I heard some Volbeat there in the background was that correct? Guess after the concert you are listening a lot more!

I hope you're using that new glue product ! 😉

@Mk-oy9ns

Жыл бұрын

The hard on didn't last.the French tip was the end of it 😂😂

@annasilver4861

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly. Cheeky monkey 🐒

Dan, why do u hammer the stitches flat?

👋👋👋👋👋

hi, where do you get your extra wide gusset elastic from pls Donna

After seeing you work on the uppers, it made me wonder: have you ever tried making custom shoes start to finish?

@stick004

Жыл бұрын

Came here to say the same thing.

F…..nnnn badass

Had to stop and go to the old video 😅😂

What about suede or a new Nubuck or an M Williams

What is your new tattoo on the right arm? Finished or still in progress

It would have been better to have used tailor's chalk to draw round the pattern piece onto the elastic sheet.

where can we buy the gussets?

👍👍👍.

3:51 third time’s a charm eheh

Bloopers included, no need to buy the DVD extras!

Hi I'm in Australia I was wondering if you could help me with a sole stitcher I have. It's a Pedersen model 318 I'm trying to get a manual for it. Cheers Anthony Metry (Anthony's Shoe Repairs

👍👍👍😎

What's the name of the radio song at 13:10? I can't remember.

@tuplas1877

Жыл бұрын

Volbeat - Cape Of Our Hero

Didnt you already polish the boots? surely you would moisturize before sealing the leather with polish otherwise it wouldnt be able to absorb the stuff?

Dan your figuraine doll is so scary😅

It looks like the final elastic is way too big(large)compare to the first one in the beginning of the vdo

@hamishmurie3579

Жыл бұрын

I’ve done hundreds of them. 68 to 70 mm is the gap. There is a proper black/brown elastic for RM,s that is the right thickness for black or brown boots without having to spend time making them. It did look bigger than 70 mm. But good trades man all the same.