Nice job Tony, great explanation.

A couple of things - both good! 1. Fantastic video!! Genuinely you are a fantastic resource for education and entertainment. 2. I will forever now use "Lou Bootin" whenever someone gets huffy about Louboutin. BTW it is pronounced similar to Loius Vuitton, "loo-boo-tahn," but as I said they are now Lou Bootin's to me!!! 😂

@WyattDadCobblerCompany

5 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 Thanks!

Good lesson and demonstration of the lesson. Much appreciated and thank you 😊

Awesome job, Tony!

Very nice video a true craftsman

Nice detailed video! Thanks!!

Nice job they look killer 👍

They look great.

I’ll tell you what. I really like you guys and will definitely have you do a pair of my boots at a later date.

Beautiful work

I appreciate your attention to detail. Fun to watch the process!

Love the deep dive on this! How do you feel about the mixture of JR leather outsoles and Vibram sole protectors? When a resole is needed is there a benefit to having both? Thanks!

@WyattDadCobblerCompany

9 ай бұрын

JR is a premium leather that is known for its flexibility, stability, water resistance, and durability properties. Some people prefer to have these qualities under the sole protectors. Most people use house leather under sole protectors. I think that you can’t go wrong either way.

"Loo Bootins" 😂

Thanks a lot for the education is "sole guards." BTW, I know now that sole guards generally have a specific purpose but, they also look very cool as well! I have a pair of Wested Boots that look a lot like those, they are actually Alden Indy Copies 😂, I may send them to you to have guards put on them. Great job!

Fantastic content. Tony, when replacing thin sole guards on loafers, does the upper leather get pulled? How do you peel them off? I have some unlined suede loafers that I’m worried about the uppers stretching during replacement.

@WyattDadCobblerCompany

Ай бұрын

They shouldn’t get stretched during the process. The shoe goes in the jacket stand (metal last that we work on) and we put pressure on the soles as we peel off the old one. That puts only pressure on the soles and not the uppers

Cool video, are the glue-only ones stronger than stitched?

@WyattDadCobblerCompany

Жыл бұрын

Not necessarily stronger, but not weaker, and less expensive to replace.

@ckra2001

Жыл бұрын

If youre not hiking or working in the boots i see no reason to stitch the outsole. When i resole my boots i only restitch to the slipsole/mindsole. You can add products to your glue to basically make it inseperable while making it more resistant to chemicals/oils and heat. (e.g. Köracur TR 280 or Renia "Härter")

I dunno if I miss this in the video but can add sole protectors in used shoes or is it better to do it when they are brand new?

@WyattDadCobblerCompany

10 ай бұрын

They can be added to used shoes, but not on worn out soles. It’s bad for your feet to do that. If the soles are worn out, it’s best to do new soles and then put the sole protectors on

I don’t have a cobbler near me. Do you take orders by mail in?

@WyattDadCobblerCompany

11 ай бұрын

Yes, we offer services by mail. You can visit our website WyattandDad.com for purchasing and mails instructions. If you need help, just send us an email, wyattndad@gmail.com Thanks!

Sole-guards are always good coz it's easier and cheaper to replace sole-guards than replacing whole leather sole. Leather sole will always be damaged by wearing shoes and even worse it will fraying unconsistently which means there is a chance that you will face an issues like losing it's balance which could affect your gait and with time passed could leads into problems with a spine and so on. So just use sole-guards and replace em when they are frayed too much.

Is there a soul guard that would be good for dancing, I watch to put some in my doc martens and new rock boots I ask a cobbler here he told me to send pictures I did and he stopped responding, I know because they are platforms they are difficult but I'd rather a sole guard now while they are new since getting the sole replaced later isn't really possible with the unique design of the platform

@WyattDadCobblerCompany

5 ай бұрын

Email me some pictures Wyattndad@gmail.com

@victorlopez8585

5 ай бұрын

@@WyattDadCobblerCompany thank you so much!

My question is should I go Sole guard or Steel Toe taps? I keep hearing steel Toe Taps protects the sole better.

@WyattDadCobblerCompany

3 ай бұрын

Steel toe taps protect the tips of the toes only. If you wear out the toe tips fast, you may want to consider them. If you don’t, solegaurds are the better option

On a different note, why do you peel pressed cork out and replace it with sheet cork?

@WyattDadCobblerCompany

Жыл бұрын

The majority of the time, the pressed cork is already crumbling, so it has to be replaced. In cases of new shoes that we do, the customer requests it to be replaced because they don’t want it in there to crumble later. In cases where the cork is still good on a used shoe, they are typically bought second hand and the customer wants new to remove previous owners impression in the footbed. That’s the majority of examples why. Good question.

@kevinorr6880

Жыл бұрын

@@WyattDadCobblerCompany so, IF I can restate what I think you said. You feel as though the sheet cork is more stable than the heated and pressed courk?

@WyattDadCobblerCompany

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinorr6880 correct. In an overall sense.

@AndyPak-138

2 ай бұрын

My Vibram lug sole protector keeps pulling up from the tip of my right shoe. Is there anything I can do to prevent this?

Can I just it is nice to hear an American talk in millimetres, normally it is only US military that does that.