Dr. Martens Restoration - (Using ORIGINAL Parts & FIRE) 

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I made Doc Marten boot soles in the mid nineties at a moulding factory in Leicestershire, England. Good money too. A canadian bloke got the firm in debt so our factory got closed down and everything moved to France. Love the video you guys.

Great repair, the OG made in England Doc's were of pretty good quality and the stuff coming out of China is pure junk! Nice to see a nice pair of Doc Martin boots!

This was a great one! I bought my Doc's in '85 when I was stationed in England. I used them as duty boots so I had to dye the thread black. I used to wear them off duty too and without the yellow thread they were unique. Got a lot of compliments. I might have to dig them out of the attic!

Where I live in Northampton there were 3 doc's factorys, I live in a little place called finedon. And my girlfriend worked there, she did the resoles and repairs. They're all gone now, sad times 😩

new boot goofing...reno 911! haha... I spend my teens and early 20's in Doc Martins, loved them!!!

I was a child in the sixties and seventies and into the eighties into my late teens early twenties in the UK. back then these were the working class boot of choice for factory workers and police officers as they were cheap and comfortable. The skinheads in the late sixties really started to turn them into a fashion statement, especially the oxblood ones and then came punk where they really took off as did the prices which slowly went up and up. The end of the real quality for me went in the late nineties when DM started to farm out to China and other far eastern countries. I remember buying my last pair early this century made in China and they lasted a year. The insoles were compressed fibre board which disintegrated within a year and the soles soon followed. I then changed to the still English made Solovair who used to make boots for DM ( it was in the early days a cooperative of Northampton factories all making un the DM brand. The English made DM´s now are more fashion statements, the ones made out of the UK are like throwing good money down the drain. Now I stick to Solovair who use much higher quality leathers and a country mile better than DM´s

You can also source new soles from Solovair. Technically they aren't DM parts, but they're made exactly the same way as the vintage ones.

Reno 911

Damn, I remember growing up in the early to mid 90's and seeing the punks with the bomberjackets and Dr. Martens and a boombox blaring Discharge, Motörhead, Ebba Grön or Anti Cimex. Always fascinated by the boots. Thanks for the throwback :) (sorry if my english isnt perfect, not my native tongue).

Loved this video. I'm really surprised those gummy soles sanded down that well. I know people bag on Doc Martens, but they were hard to beat for going to rock clubs in the 80's/90's. They had enough squish to stand for hours, souls that resisted the glass, beer and unthinkables of a club floor, plus they always looked good.

Since it is PVC you should have used pipe glue it it chemically welds PVC together. It would have been stronger than your contact cement.

In the 90s I was stationed in England. Every year we had a Christmas Bazar in the hanger on base. I always volunteered to work at the Dr. Marten booth. I left England with 14 pair of Docs.

I truly love watching skilled craftsmen performing their chosen trade. Love your videos! I am grateful you choose to share the love you have with what you do with others.

Was waiting to see my boots on your channel. Glad they were given new life and have a good home. Cheers!🥾🤘

I bought my Docs back in '94, and I'm amazed at the restoration job you were able top pull off here. Awesome stuff. Just wish the Made-In-England ones were as cheap to buy now as they were in the 90s...

Never been a fan of the brand, but it was interesting to see how they're done. The workmanship to bring them back is your usual top-shelf effort. Definitely brought new life to them.

If you guys ever get a pair of 10 work boots that would help with a broke back with a L5S1 implant and a ACL replacement, I still work , on my feet all day, I wear Kswiss with memory foam now. My feet tend to roll over outward , can't afford good work shoes. I really would be grateful for a used donated pair ! I've heard good work shoes would help alot , I'm 53, so maybe I'm just getting old..lol. If not I totally understand, enjoy watching 😉

I Get Compliments On My Docs & The Young People Are Amazed When I Say That I've Owned Them For 25+ Years. The Soles Are Like Bowling Shoes Now, But I Still Rock Them!! When Did Docs Go From Being Made In England To Wherever They're Made Now??

Had a pair of brown lowtop wingtips with the lugged sole. Loved those shoes. I walked at my HS graduation wearing them. Class of '91. Yes, feeling very nostalgic watching this wonderful restoration. Thank you, Brothers!!

Absolutely love this video. For most of my high school years I wore a pair of 10 eye docs. Miss those boots.

Wore the dark burgandy Doc Martins boots at senior school in the early 70's in Southern England... bought back memories.. Great work guys...

Original DM units are easy to source worldwide,DM edgers are just as easy to get and make the finished repair look like they were done by a professional.

I enjoyed this video and it was nostalgic. I also wanted to say that the sound production while you are doing the repairs is top notch!

I am not of the Doc Marten generation, but my young cousin wore them. Her grandmother was horrified. I don't know if you had Greb Kodiak work boots in the US, but these were really popular in Canada in the 70's and I wore them throughout college. I loved those boots. Now that I am retired, I seldom wear my AE shoes and have taken to wearing cowboy and work boots a lot. I guess you can take the boy from the farm, but you can't take the farm from the boy. Another excellent video, BTW.

For my pommy mates out there...who remembers Alexy Sale in The Young Ones song Doctor Martin's Boots? There's some nostalgia

😂 new boot goofin Reno 911, and for me in the mid 90’s I wore military jungle boots, the same kind I was later issued when I joined the military.

Ive seen a few cobblers through the years do Doc Martens. They pretty much all say Doc's and Ariet's suck to work on

I bought my first pair of Docs when i was 17 years old, im now 60 years old and still wearing them, not the same ones lol. Manchester England here

That was fantastic as usual. Down here in Australia in the 70's and early 80's they were the boot of choice of the local 'Skinhead' gangs so no one was game to wear them. In the 90's they become a fashion boot with teenagers and school kids. Quality boots, made to last.

WOW, what a good job! I think they look even better with that sole. Appreciate that you used only original parts. I started wearing Docs in the ninetees and never stopped since. now i have a collection of 30 Martens, some of them 40 years old. 5 years ago started repairing them for me and for friends but getting your fingers on an original sole is really hard, thats true.

My Docs were the brown steel toes. Rocked them with Girbaud's

I have to be honest, I see that style of Dr Martens as a women's boot because I hardly saw men wearing them. I can not actually recall seeing men wearing them in person but do recall women talking about them and wearing them. I grew up in the 90s, well that was when I was in high school any way and I do not recall them back then. Then again I didn't pay much attention to footwear back then and the only brand I recall is Nike. Growing up I recall buying shoes at payless, wallmart, sears, and target. I also think we could not go above 15 or was 30 in price. I have never bought a pair of nike's by the way. Now I did buy a pair of Dr. Martens a year or so ago at Bambaars because they had them on sale but they were not the style in your video they were the steel toe work style. it is the ASTM F2413 but it looks like they do not have that any more. The one with the same numbers on ebay is not the same thing so may be hard to show what it looks like with out taking a picture of mine and sending them to you, Any way good video.

Nice work. In general I have never been a fan of that doc martins leather. It seems like plastic in texture and sheen.

Hey guys. As you know, I've watched MANY of your videos, dating back to your early days. And I still remain impressed each time I see you work your magic on shoes and boots that I would have given up on long ago! Great work, as always. Hope you're both doing well and enjoying the early fall (at least it is here in Minnesota).

No wonder my cobbler refuses to touch my old brown padded collar Docs from the 1990’s. I’ve had them since I was a freshman in High School and wore them everyday until I graduated. I wore through the soles and they’ve been sitting in my closet for decades

Thankyou so much for doing the Dk Martins, brought back so many memeries for me from the late 70s and through the 80s.I was in the shoe trade for 18 years. I went to night school twice a week, and then had day releace to go collage and got my btec in shoe manufacture after some 5 years. Our factory was right next to John Whites in lime street Rushden, in Oak street. We made a shoe called Pods which was also very popular at that time. And the shoe trade was very big in Northamptonshire, before the cheap inports killed it off. At one point it was cheaper for us to mould our own soles for the shoes, cut out all the uppers etc, box them up and ship it to Portugal to be put together as a finished shoe, and then shipped back again. And this was still cheaper to do than making them with our own labour in the factory. We did this to 10,000 pairs before we ceased manufature of the shoe. Funny thing is when we did, Dc Martins were looking to increase production of thier boots, so we just ceased, and the people we employed (some 120) carried on as John White employies, so no one lost their job.

"New boot goofin'!" Hah! Now I get it. Had to look that one up. 🤓 Been waiting for thiiiis! I still have one pair of 90s MIE Dr Martens in storage. They are like museum pieces for me. And yep--they are so very much better than the current MIEs! Beckmans and a pair of Oak Streets are now my go-to boots. Still, I occasionally don a couple pairs of current MIE Docs for nostalgia's sake. Ahhh, the beautiful days of my youth. Great job, sirs. Many thanks and happy weekend all! 🙋🥾

I grew up in Philly, PA in the 80s/early 90s. Had a dude in the neighborhood (Kensington section) that wore these with red laces. It looked cool until I learned what red laces meant (idiot, he was). Anyway, I joined the Army in 94, got a pair of black ones in 96, wore the hell out of them. Lost them when I got out of Army in 99/during relocate from Ft. Bragg to Philly.

Awesome. Made me nostalgic to listen to some Clash!

I have a pair of shoes from this brand they are brown and lace up to the toe and still have them when winter comes around

Absolutely amazing. Kick ass job. Thank you for this video. I was one of those who annoyed you with doc comments. Thank you.

I’ve been told by everyone you can’t resole Dr Martens

I recall someone having original soles here in the US, but that was some years back.

Hi , incase you are interested, DM's were very popular in the 1970s, as part of the skinhead culture. Worn with shrink wash jeans, and button down coller, Bensherman shirts. However today see's DMs being worn by those members of society, that hate men. Still it's nice to know that their boot can be repaired, while their dungarees are drying, along with their tattoo's.

Wow, what a blast from the past that was! I remember when I thought those were the coolest, most comfortable boots ever. Amazing job, guys!

I bought my first pair when I got my first real job (teacher), I'd always wanted a pair but never could afford them. I still have that pair! Is there any way you guys would restore a pair like mine?

Reno 911 just made my day! That's a joke that my wife and I have with each other too. So good.

That's all I wore as a teenager

Hi guys, great video and great repair. thanks for the shout out and hopefully we can work together in the future. Thank you Chris

Had a pair of blue sparkle ones in the 90s during my thankfully short lived David Bowie phase.

Doc Martens are great boots but damn their heavy 😂

Don’t ask me how I found this channel, but it’s great. Enjoyable and entertaining.

Can you put the soles on non doc Martin boots?

This was fantastic (as was your Jim Dangle impression!)

Man this video was too cool. I’ve always wanted a pair re stiched with white or silver like Solovair. But not bad enough to send them off. I had no idea you could cut the souls off with exacto knife. This was a pleasure to watch. It looks so easy.

Honestly shocked nobody’s commented on the Reno 911 reference. Such a gem of a show

Trying to work out the age of my docs (eBay) does anyone know when dr martens switched from their original soles?

Doc Martens have never been my preference but your video was entertaining.

Great understanding of why most cobblers refused to work with or do repairs forDr Martens. Why the change in the type of stitch used on the welt?

I remember my first pair orDr Martins boots... OX BLOOD colour... Lovely Thanks for the memory...

Fantastic video as always. I too fell in love with Docs and owned many over the years. Never had their soles wear out! Only the leather. What a product.

They look better then store bought .. the polishing dying lug made it look way more better ..

I got my first pair of Docs from 99X in NYC back in 86/87, great to see a video using authentic soles (are Docs with leather soles or Vibram still "Docs"?) and that they can be sourced. I had been thinking about using Solovair soles but this might be the way to go. Thanks for the video.

Amazing restoration and great job finding the original soles! A 20+ min video from you guys never felt so long.

Always enjoy watching you gentlemen do your magic. While I don't care for the boots themselves and believe that you could have made them much better than new, I do appreciate that your goal was to return them to their original standards. Yours is one of the channels that I recommend to people who are interested in good quality footwear so that they can make informed decisions about what they buy. Thanks for entertaining and teaching. All the best.

Those Dr. Martens are from back in the days they don’t make them like that anymore. Enjoyed the restoration.

it would also be cool to see you make some modifications on Solovaires or DrMartens as for example make a goodyear welted boot from it.

I’ve learned so much about shoe care from this channel

Great video, actually here in England their hey day was in the 1970s for all the wrong reasons, skinheads [Rascist people] used to wear them, also British army standard foot wear, but in 2000s started to sell at really high prices along with other vintage clothing, keep up the great videos😁😆🙂🙃😉😊😊😊🤓🤓😎😎😎😎😎😎

Another phenomenal video. I really love how you guys make the old quality shoes restored quality shoes. 👞 👢

I've seen a lot of comments over the years calling Docs cheap, poorly made boots. Being a person with really flat and wide feet I need to wear orthotics. My Docs have actually been the most accommodating boots for my feet over the years.

Well, well, well, you convinced me! You CAN make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. I'll keep my comments about Doc Martins to myself, just not a boot I would ever consider. As always, great work. I really am impressed all the time.

Aw, man! I wanted to see you do a chain stitch by hand. Dang it! You said you were going to put it back "original"!

i wear a pair of 90s docs all the time

I was already a fan but you quoting reno 911, makes me a lifetime subscriber!

Love the way you guys polish and mead any type of 👞 shoes that challenges you

Hello. I watch you guys since some time now, but its my first comment, since this video brought back memories! I am almost 40 and have an older brother, in the ’90 he begged in our Mom to buy him the brown Dr. Marten’s boots. Those were the times. Thanks guys! Great video ;)

I still have my original 9349s that I bought when I was 15 years old and I'm now 38. They are in pretty great shape! I should get them back to 100% and start wearing again. They definitely bring back memories.

I started wearing doc's in the 70's and still wear them today

This is when being 'old' has an advantage. I remember wearing 'Doc's' in the late 1970's!

Lt. Dangle with his new ostrich boots! Reno 911

Wore eight-eyelet docs for summer motorcycling in the 'eighties and 'nineties. Loved them! I went through several pairs and sadly threw them away when the soles wore smooth. So wish I'd kept them and had them restored.

I use to wear Dr Martens back in the 70's (I'm 61 now) you could only buy them in two colours, black & ox blood! They was an absolute mare to break in!

As someone with a few pairs of Docs, I know where I am sending them when the time comes. (For those who have never had a pair, they are incredibly comfortable right out of the box)

Dr. Marten’s and silver tabs, I remember the days well. Always wore the 6 or 7 hole brown boots and I loved those shoes. My brother had all of the guys in his wedding party wear Dr. Martens. Great video!

Another way you could get new soles would be buying the replacement soles from solovair

Holy cow, I just threw away my 90s pair of Docs. Never did I think they could be redone.

I’m from the UK and grew up wearing Doc Martens (or DMs as we call them over here). My advice is that if you have a contemporary pair, don’t bother getting them repaired as they’re not worth it.

I went to the Nicks Boots showroom in Spokane, Washington last week. I was very disappointed. They do not take the showroom seriously. The sales associates did not seem know how to fit boots or have much experience. It was almost impossible for me to get the right size trying to buy a pair from the internet. I went to Franks Boots and had a much better experience. Frank is the best. He spent a long time measuring me for custom boots. If you're going to spend that kind of money on Boots - Go to Franks.

Great video! As always, THANK YOU!

Got a pair of 10 eye Docs from the mid '90s in the cupboard. Perfectly serviceable. Must dig them out and start wearing them again.

YOU GOT ORIGINAL MADE IN ENGLAND SOLES?????????? ARE YOU SATAN??? alright, you guys are rebirthing my pair of 20 eye 80's white made doc's I have, serious, make a video of it too.

HI all the best from Serbia great channel I wana ask you a question i gott a Doc.Martens old actually made in 2001and I voufht them on 31.12.2001 and after sooo long in just a year street dogs(plural) attacked me and I kicked theyre asses with my steel caoed boots vut one bit me actually tried to he maneged to meke a hole in leather of right boot and from little hole it spread through the year now its like cutted 1cm or longer here ------------------------------------------------------------- from middle of boot to inside (outer part) ,from outside till half way to sole and its wide because of it size and wlkinf killed it its mm's away to up from steel cap and woderously(is it a word?) i can feel when i push my finger the remaining of inside material thet goes all around I guess so question if you can write it here would be great FB same name last name when you reply me i get it it's just yes and rhen how ot no .So can I anyhow fix rhe leather so the hole would be patched and not by some super flue that after wearing rhem couple hours it would break or maybe not I know it cant get perfect but I love tgem they are older then my 16/17 in huly kid the line would not make me wanna throw them awat I a still keeping them at the end I am thinking of findinf hardest thread or some fishing string of any kind of material just not plastic or that too just not like invincible colour nylob U know what I mean so it wouldnt matter if scar stays like mlike it is just to close it best it could be done so if u got advice or not PLZ. answer me your moderator can ask you or any tech guy that works with.for you just no saw it with gardest thin u can find and great I thinh tgat too in housae hust awhat i need and what is vetter some IDK thread really strong small wire rope or super crazy glue zwei ton flue or filler then sand them and paint them back to black joke I am car painter and bodywork. AGAIN YOR GREAT KEEP IT ON LOVE FROM SERBIA AND ALL THE VEST TO YOU ALL THE SUBS IF YOU CAN HEKO ME MAYBE SOMETIME DONE SOMETHING SIMILIAR REPLY IT MEANS ALOT TO ME JUSWT TO WEAR THEM ONCE IN A YEAR I GOT OTHER PAIR THE SAME AND MORE DR.,ARTENS RANGERS?EX-COMMANDO GOT ORIGINAL VOMMANDO DOC.MARTENS FROM LATE 80S WHEN I WAS A KID :) THANX SRRY FOR LONF COMMENT AND ADIOS AMIGOS :) BYE-BYE

Many Thanks... Love the fact that you sought out the legit parts to do justice to the Iconic Docs... The job well done...

GREAT video!! However...I would beg to differ on the heyday of this classic boot. And because I am the Class of 1984 (We are the future! Try and stop us!!), I'm pretty sure that THAT was the heyday for DM's!! 😝🤭 All in good sport... thanks for taking these on and for listening to your fans👍👍

Tremendous amount of work, beautiful results. I still have an old pair of Doc's, once that lug sole starts to wear down you have all the traction of ball bearings! Another great video!

Good morning guys. Cool restoration on these Docs. I used to wear brown Docs for work back in the '90's and if I wore them long enough the soles would start to separate. I also had one nice pair of burgundy Docs.(which I foolishly sold at a garage sale a few years back) The boots that I had always had the lug soles. The soles on these boots were usually used on their shoes back in the day. It was always a challenge trying to keep that yellow stitching clean and replacing the laces with OG Dr. Martens laces.😆

I've been waiting to see someone do this. Only person I've seen who did this with original parts on RU-vid was The Key Cobbler, who does DM resoles as a major part of his business. I've never seen a resole that also used the heat sealing method, only cement

look really good!