CONSIDER THIS Before Repairing Your Shoes | Potential Unexpected Costs of Shoe Repair 

Detailed, useful, entertaining, great video!

You are giving good information that just isn't common knowledge. I am learning how to care for my shoes in ways that my parents didn't know to teach me as I was growing up.

Always love your videos, thanks.

Thanks for the advice. Have a good week. Thank you for all your hard work you gentlemen put to make these videos. I really enjoy them.

Excellent information. Never gave any thought to some of those things. Definitely have me looking at my shoes and boots more closely now! Thanks for all that you do!

Love the informational aspect of the shoe repair business. Thank you!!

Good job getting the word out, thanks for posting !!

Good info. Definitely helps a lot to make that decision on things needed to be looked at before moving forward with the project.

Good info! I had no idea that those videos could be so interesting and entertaining at the same time. Keep up!

Always love your content. Good work gentlemen.

Very informative as always. Thanks Sir

Thank you guys for the advice, knowledge is power my friends.

To me all the videos are wonderful, the daily ones are fun, but you are the one that is doing the videos and that are hard. They are all great.

Attention to detail is amazing. Glad Adam turned me onto yall.

Great info right there. Many thanks.

Really helpful! Thank you!!

Good advice and things to look at early on. Thanks.

Extremely informative video Thanks 🙏

excellent info. Very good to know. Thanks

Thank you Trenton!

Good to know. Thanks!

Yes, very helpful for boots maintenence

Definitely a make sense of what a need to be done...thank you for letting us know much appreciated 🙏 so far I haven't got to this point yet....great content as always 👍👍....

Excellent topic to cover

Good Information... Thanks for Sharing

Really great information thank you

Thank you for expanding on some of the pitfalls. This is much like taking your car in for repair, getting angry with the Cobbler for "Hidden" difficult to see additional work is uncalled for. People immediately thinking they are being scammed is why I quit working as a Service Writer/Service Estimator.

You have done such a good job

Love you all and your explaining about these hidden costs. You all do such great work in this process wish you would make these dress shoes as that would be perfect! Thank you all again Sir! Stephen R. In Haslet, Texas.

Thank you!!!

Fantastic advice I understand the frustration I myself manage a repair shop this I Fantastic information for a customer to know as alot of the time the shoe has to be repaired so that further repairs can be done time ,materials and skill or not free unfortunately

Second comment, glad I got a notification this early!! Was JUST wishing you guys would drop a new video not five minutes ago when the notification popped up. Thank you very much guys!! God bless 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Great video!

Perfect video. I'll definitely share.

Another great video

Great tips.

That's a treasure. Thank you for that video, it's really helpful. Gemming failure is probably the most controversial issue but pretty well-known in shoe afficionados community. But the rest, I didin't realize until seeing on your video :) Job well done :) Cheers :)

Great info

Thank you so much for your great clips. For may new shoes I want to add tip pads but I feel uncomfortable that the nails or screws could damage the stitching

Words of wisdom

It'd be nice if you gave us a range of what these added costs were for the different repairs

Great tips and info. Very thankful for the time you take to share this with us.

Mid Week Video Great

I just had two pairs repaired and was hoping there were no further issues. I lucked out because my toes wore awfully close to the welt 😬.

I wore my outsoles down to about 50 percent and THEN topped with rubber sole saver. 6 months later they are still doing their job. Not ideal but it was cheap and effective at a dyi cost of $5.

Thanks for the informative videos. Question, Can you re-tread re-groove the worn out portion on rubber soles? Thanks in advance

Very informative thank you , i have some thinkin to do before bringing my doc martens pull up work boots in

Thank you for sharing the hidden cost factors. I have a few ready for resole and it was informative. Can you present, publish a listing for cost per item needed just as you shared? A rudimentary breakdown per say. Thamks again.

As an automotive mechanic, I feel ya!

Hello Trenton and Heath, from France... Very good advices, as usual ! Have a good. day. J.

Where do you get gemming? I can't find it online. Thanks for the videos, they're giving me the confidence to try this for myself!

Well done, as are all your videos. That said, I get all this. I'm going to continue wearing my shoes until they're worn out, then I'll decide if they're worth resoling, whatever the ultimate price. In the mean time, I have plenty of shoes to rotate them, and stresch out their useful life.

In the past that people must assume you can do anything with nothing. Great information.

Comment for the algorithm. Great video. Thanks

Would find more useful with at least some average costs mixed in

I would probably give a leg to apprentice for these gentlemen. This craft is truly an art!

This is so cool, I couldn't wrap my mind around the gemming, I was sure it was cotton or canvas but not a clue as to what its purpose was until now. B.T.W. Google doesn't know either, it panics and shuts down when you try to search for "gemming," after it cleans its self off, it grins foolishly and asks, "did you mean gymming"? Anyways, you guys are awesome and brighten my day, thank you.

great info.detailed...

I respect an honest tradesman.

How long is the lead time for resoles. I am planning to be in Nashville May 2022 and would like to time my shoes so I can pick them up when I am in Nashville. Thank you for all your videos as they are very informative.

Great info. I’m new to your channel and have learned more about shoes than I ever knew. Can you or have you done a video on what to look for or ask a cobbler to learn if they are a good cobbler or not. I wear work boots like Red Wings and Thoroughgood. They are expensive to replace. I now know by watching your channel that I could have had some repaired.

Could you do a video on the equipment you use in your videos? What they're called and how to use them. This is for someone who is interested in cobbler work and doesn't know where to start.

Not sure why I'm so addicted to your repair videos. I've always wondered about nails in shoes. All I can think of is my feet being impaled by tiny death sentences.

Great vídeo just a question, is it possible to resole a shoe with cupsole construction?

The only thing I dislike about you guys is that you're to far away from me to be super convenient haha, love the channel, never thought I would be so interested in learning about being a cobbler and proper shoe maintenance but I'm sure glad you showed me, keep it up the content is great.

Hello, and thank you for these useful insights on shoe care. I have a practical question. We generally agree that we should not wear the same pair of shoes twice in a row. Is this only referred to two days in a row? For example, if I have a meeting in the morning, let's say from 8:00 to 12:00, and then I get back home and take the shoes off, should I wear the same pair for an evening meeting the same day, or should I wear another pair? Thank you!

As much as I love how beautiful leather soles look I think having a vibram sole protector is the best choice to keep them in a good condition for a longer time…

You guys should do some Jordans would do great view wise and would be interesting

These video's make me want to get a nice pair of shoes so I can eventually send them to Potter & Sons to get resoled.

Great , informative video. Thanks!

Trent, another great video. Would you actually recommend sole protectors or is there a downside? I have some lightly worn Beckett Simonon oxford shoes that I really like.

Hi I’m looking to appear taller without changing the angle of my foot downwards. I can wear an insole, but do you sometimes put thicker outsoles on to give the boost? Essentially making it into a platform shoe but without being crazy huge and obvious platform?

When do you need to address stitches on the bottom of the outsole that are wearing through or worn through?

Where do you guys buy rolls of insole gemming and leather welt?

Do you guys everwork with elevator shoes? What do you think of Calto brand?

Love your videos. Quick question. Why don’t cobblers steam out the creases in the shoes when refurbishing shoes to make them look newer than leaving the creases?

Can you review the origin boot by jocko willink.

Do you all do different color soles for redwings?

Where do u buy plastic tip on shoe string. Any help I appreciate it. Thanks.

Question can you attach a weld on a blake stitch shoes?

I get the heal block wear a lot on my right shoe. Its on my the gas pedal foot.

Very useful information! By the way, what is the purpose of a toe tap? Is it just cosmetic? Thanks in advance!

I wonder what the $125 resole service AE offers would cost from you or another cobbler?

Question…Does the same apply for boots/cowboy boots?

How do you feel about echo shoes?

Thumbs Up!

I know the range is broad, but what would be an expected resole, welt, foot bed replacement be? So what would be considered over priced and what would be considered under priced, and again I know it's going to vary from cobbler to cobbler and location to location.

What do y'all think of the nicer shoes coming out of Vietnam? Fugashin, CNES, etc.

What I’ve always wondered is how much does it cost to fix separated seams and can tears in leather be repaired?

I would love to get your insight on Ecco shoes. They are very comfy but want your insight on construction and chance of longevity.

Costs? This video is 2 years old and costs change every year and you are taking it to a cobbler to repair or rescue the footwear. They charge whatever the materials and labor costs. The video is informative and has given me the insight to make the call about my worn out footwear, repair, new pair or landfill.

Dumb question and I think I know the answer, but I will ask anyway. I have a pair of Alden shoes, I purchased, my foot has grown since I purchased the pair. Is there some way to make them a 1/2 - 1 size larger?

The day that the algorithm starts flagging people for mentioning that word when asking for likes, comments, and subscriptions is not hen it’s game over. At least y’all have awesome content regardless of all that stuff. Thanks

Are there any moccasin makers or models you guys recommend? Getting tired of repurchasing Bass Monte drivers every 18 months.

Finally, a cost breakdown.

Is it possible to convert a blake stitch to Goodyear?

Once I wore a pair of cowboy boots till the heel block got damaged too. Took it to a "cobbler" and he filled the gap in the heel block with rubber. I was very upset but I did not complain to him because I did not want him to have t fixed it again. I just took it to a real cobbler and never went to the first one again. The funny thing in it is that before this incident he did better job on my other pair of work boots (by stitching on an originally glue-on sole) than all the other cobblers in town. It is very sad that by the increasing number of low quality shoes on the market the number of real cobblers is dramatically decreasing and gets replaced by services like Mister Minit.

How do you repair a cut or gouge in leather shoes?

I have a pair of shoes for repair where do I send it. Thank you.

I wonder how much it costs to resolve a new boot I hate some of the soles on new boots