Can a shoe welt be repaired/replaced?

• Oct 23, 2019

• #1

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xenoxols

New in Town

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I went to a cobbler the other day and he said that he couldn't do anything because the welt was damaged. Is this the end of my boots or is there somewhere I can get them fixed?

 

• Oct 23, 2019

• #2

3fingers

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Illinois

Yes they can be replaced. Either your cobbler was not interested in doing it, didn't have the skills or equipment to do it, or whatever but a full service cobbler can replace them for you if you want to make the investment.

 

• Oct 24, 2019

• #3

Willybob

A-List Customer

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It is of course predicated on the quality of the boot. If it's a $120 pair of Imported boots made in one of those mass production countries that you buy at The Boot Barn, maybe the cobblers view is the boots not worth the $70 repair, as opposed to say, a pair of Redwings, Whites or Wesco's.

 

• Oct 24, 2019

• #4

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xenoxols

New in Town

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They are Frye boots from the 70s, or maybe early 80s. They have nice thick leather and and very comfortable once broken in. Though now I can feel the ground through the soles.

 

• Oct 24, 2019

• #5

Pdawg

One of the Regulars

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USA DC

You need to replace the welt and the soles.

 

• Oct 24, 2019

• #6

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xenoxols

New in Town

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Yeah, the soles are trashed. They have holes and are coming off the shoes.

 

• Oct 26, 2019

• #7

Ernest P Shackleton

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Maybe contact https://www.bakershoe.com/ and ask some advice on cobblers. They would probably prefer to act as a middleman. They're experts, and it isn't out of the question they would want compensation for their experience and knowledge.