I think you are in error Jacob. This isnt the first Wallabee resole on RU-vid. It's the first resole EVER! (They did it purely for the RU-vid fans, dont deny it!)
The coolest thing about this video is that it shows how y'all can pretty much do whatever y'all want, to just about any shoe out there!! This, along with that Walmart video and anything's possible! Man, the perks to having the skill and your own shop are crazy!! 😆 We'll have to come up with some off the wall ideas for the next video! 👍💪
The sound of that old school leather cutting wheel is my absolute most favorite sound in the world. I love it every single time. It’s organic and real and sounds like work and craft and care. Fantastic.
That was awesome. So cool when you trimmed the lining down to not change the size of the boot. Side note, I've had my Anson belts since Sept '21 and they're great (back then you could get 3 belts and 3 buckles for $99).
Since I discovered your videos I watch them all. You are skillful and remember me of the love for a well done job by my grandfather, who made wood sabots in his small workshop. Greetings from Italian Alps.
That’s great, Riccardo! I love meat memories like that. We appreciate you watching! By the way, we’ve both been to Italy many times, including the Alps. Such a beautiful area!
Very nice...they should be warm! Just a note on health matters. I notice that you dont wear a mask or respirator when you sand down rubber or leather soles. Are you not concerned about breathing in particulates when doing this? Over a lifetime , this could be considerate . I guess your machine has a vacuum extractor attachment to cope with the particulates coming off the soles?
Wpuld it be possible and easier to just cut off the glued part of the sole, leave stiched one on and glue new one on?seems like that could be a simple resole job moste of the coblers could do
Your channel motivated me to buy my first pair of boots, and I used what I learned from you (and a few others) about build quality, welts, and stacked heels, when making my selection. Never thought I could pull off boots in a white collar environment. Seriously, my feet and I thank you for guiding me to the rabbit hole.
In New Zealand these are called Clark's Nomads. Back in the 1980's these were the ultimate school kid shoe. They had lace tags which kids would decorate to their liking.
You both always manage to find the perfect balance between artisan and ASMR in your videos. Thanks for always sharing tip & tricks while also keeping us involved with the incredible camera angles that also show the materials and machinery involved in this trade!
Impressive work, the number of skills you demonstrated really stands out. The insole stitching was my favorite part, fine attention to detail. The result was as good, or even better than new. Kool vid.
Oh man! You took me back to my junior high school days, in the early 80s. We called these “Chukka Boots,” and the kids who could afford them, were cool kids. My good friend, Oscar, loved them so much, that’s all he wore from 1st grade through high school. I never owned a pair, I was a brown Sperry top siders kinda kid. I was the kid who wore jordache jeans, top siders, collared shirts from the Go Around, and skinny ties. I was really into Rick Springfield and Cheap Trick back then. Excellent video. I’m going to be sending you guys a pair of British military desert boots. They are one size to big
As i watching this thousand miles away from your shop and wonder one day or sooner, i want to send my wallabee for a resole. A neat and nicely done by you, amazing!
A long time since I've seen a pair of these. Great job! I bet your feet will love that lining. Sometimes it's a real advantage to have a cobbler in the family!
Where is a good place to buy templates/patterns for different style boots? Chukka, moc toe for example?? I would love to try and make a simple pair of each. This channel and @theroseanvil have really got me wanting to try
I was skeptical because I was looking for EDC belts, and I wasn’t sure Anson belts was for my me. I took your advice, checked it out and couldn’t be more pleased with the quality, price, and ease of ordering. Love what I got and how it arrived! Thanks! Enjoy your videos because you talk right even if I only wear Merrell’s
You should try putting the rubber in dry ice then sanding it off. Not sure if the dry ice will hurt the leather but it will turn the rubber hard making it much more manageable to work with/remove.
Loved this video. I have some clarks wallabees. Sole came off... I re stuck it back and made a youtube video on my channel . One question. Why not heat gun the glue off ? The heat really helps take the glue off I found !
I like the added lining to winterize these, but wonder even with trimming it down how tight these would be afterwards. I guess they’d have to start out big.
This brings shivers down my spine. I wore these terrible shoes in high school in the late 70's. Suede looked like hell, couldn't keep clean and the gummy soles degraded to a sticky goo that picked up carpet lint and street debris. Can't believe this company is still around with the same product.
Had an original suede pair back in the ‘70s. Most comfortable shoe I have ever worn. Florsheim actually had a pebble grain leather copy that was kid lined. Beautiful wearing shoes. Really nice job on your pair .
Back in the day (1976) I loved my Wallabees. Regrettably, so did my puppy. Her modification of my uppers was not as attractive as yours. Goodbye to the only pair of Wallabees I ever owned. Thanks for the video.
Wow! Great result; and hell, knew it would be but Wow again on such a B***H to do!!!! Who woulda guessed. Fully understandable! Now, wondering if "freezing" would have helped with the sanding but at a much lower rpm? Just a thought. Hat's off to ya!!! :) Be Safe
I remember our mom would take our boots to the cobbler and have "Kimmie-Gum" one piece sole put on. The things would generally out last the upper. Dang we were hard on boots.
I have owned a pair of Chippewa Wallaby Chukka boots in burgundy for over 20 years. The soles eventually came unstuck, they were not sewn to the shoe at all. So my shoemaker sewed me a leather sole on which he glued a cream-colored Vibram Desert Boot sole. Even though the comfort of the original soles was much better, the natural rubber material was much too slippery on smooth wet surfaces, making the shoes dangerous.
🤣 boot lining haircut fade. I'd think you'd want to thin the back of the foot area and leave the toes as insulated as possible-- speaking as a man who's spent _alot_ of time out in bitter winter cold....back when we used to actually have a winter.
Trenton every since childhood cancer cold goes right through me. My hands and feet get freakishly cold. Weston heated socks rock. So nice to have warm feet when it's cold. They are battery powered socks so it you get them get an extra set of batteries.
I bought this belt kit. I have brown and black. They are actually good belts BUT, after awhile, the lock system gets weak and not while wearing but when you take the belt off, the buckle will fall off. I think what happens it the holes in the lock system wear, get lose and the buckle will come off. I have never tried it but maybe some type of glue may do the trick.
Maybee cutting/scraping the crepe sole with a hot wire would be a good method to get rid of the old sole. The kind of hot wite technique model aircraft builders cut styrofoam
These types of soles are usually cemented and vulcanized right onto the shoe. They use a special machine at the factory that takes soles with cement applied and heats the sole and shoe from the bottom to vulcanize/melt everything together. This is very common on non-stitched shoes, usually with a one-piece sole/heel. I'm just about to start working at a shoe repair shop as an apprentice. I've been doing shoe repair as a hobby, but do you have any tips for someone just getting into the trade, or what to expect as the new guy?
As always the craftsmanship is a amazing. However, for the amount of cold weather you get where you live, try 90%Merino wool socks. Then your feet won't sweat in the summer having wool always in your shoes.
Now I'm wondering if the challenges on these apply to Clark's chukka boots with the crepe soles, too. I mean, I don't see why it wouldn't, which is disappointing.
I live right outside of Boston, and Wallabee's are my everyday shoe. I would LOVE to have a pair of these lined, but I can see why you all do not normally work on them.
Rip. Wouldve watched more of the video but the ad company is shit and makes terrible products. And i cant support them by helping your video with watch time
I can tell you that crepe rubber is used to clean wood particles out of sanding belts. Placing the shearling in the sides of the shoes may keep your feet warmer but you would have been better off making the insole out of the shearling. I grew up in the northern part of the country and can tell you that the cold permeates through the sole and not so much from the sides. Think of the Second Law of Thermodynamics (Heat naturally flows from a hotter object to a colder one. This law states that heat will spontaneously move in the direction of decreasing temperature It’s an irreversible process under normal conditions. It doesn't take long for the sole to reach the temperature of the surface that it is contacting. My grandfather repaired shoes from around 1920 until the early 1980's one of the things I regret is that I did not take the opportunity to learn the trade from him.
The price of Wallabees (and Desert Boots) continues to increase, while the quality of the shoes decreases. Thinner leather and poorer construction in general. Shame.
Would you really want to wear these in winter? The minute the ground gets wet my crepe soled Clark's desert boots become so slippery I have to watch where I'm walking.
G’day Heath and greeting from Tasmania Australia, that was a real pain I mean you wouldn’t really bother going to all that trouble especially when it’s a bloody awful looking cheap shoe. I wonder what that would cost to have you do this, it’s a wonder sum of these shoes you do don’t go flying across the room seriously though I love the channel and you are real craftsman, take care especially using the knifes. John
I’m curious, is it possibly easier to tear pieces off if it’s colder? Since sanding melts it, if you freeze it, would it be stiffer and easier to remove? Once chilled, using a chilled blunt knife to separate the gooey sole from the leather? I’m curious but doubt I will ever find out lol
Would you recommend these shoes to someone? Or maybe you would have another recommendation? I am looking for a well made, light weight leather shoe with a wedge sole to work in, in the summer. ( I am a mechanic) and I am hard on shoes. I would like a low top tye shoe but I might have to settle for a ankle high boot/shoe. And it needs to be a Goodyear welt construction or at least something that has stitches not a molded type sole. Maybe a work oxford with a wedge sole? Does anything come to mind? Do you know if Twisted x makes a Goodyear welt shoe, some of them look like it but I don't know if it is real or fake.
This was well done and while I like seeing the standard welt reconstruction/ resole that you do so well, this was far more interesting as it required a different approach. The shearling liner and trimming was clever and the final outcome looks great. Well done!
nice video, but why do you glue the crepe sole, you can simply roughen them, warm them up and press them together, greetings from your colleague from the Netherlands
What may work to get the gooey sole material off is a 3M or other brand eraser wheel. It looks like the sole has a similar texture to automotive double sided tape. I have had great luck using eraser wheels on it, but never on a melted glue like sole material. Might be worth investigating, who knows
Read... Hi dear reader thank you for your teach how to take crier in life also shoes .Did you know in old country shoe maker using the bottom of these shoes cut to small pieces put in to the jar and add gasoline and make glue for using in there work with love for your work thank you
