Hey y'all thanks for watching! if you have any questions regarding a repair go ahead and message me on IG @shoe.man02 or email me at Olivertheshoeman@gmail.com
You’re a talented young man. Impressed with your work and great attitude when faced with challenges along the way. The finished product looks amazing! Keep up the great work.
Where do you get your leather mid-soles? I use Southern Leather for my shoe repair findings jobber and they say they don't carry leather mid-soles curiously. I'm having to use Italian tanned sheet leather which is for women's outsole use mostly. It's more expensive than pre-cut mid-soles as the leather is an even finer grade ( super prime) than what would be required and sold in smaller partial sheets resulting in just about three pairs of boot mid-soles per sheet. I'd love to buy pre-cut leather boot mid-soles if I could. As a 4+ decade shoe retailer and repairer I appreciate all of the care and labor you've shown here. Viewers may not appreciate how laborious and difficult this job is. It is a lot of hand work and it isn't easy keeping the boot width as wide as the original when you do not have the exact factory last. It can be done with the amount of care you've exhibited though. Awesome job and great to see these skills in a young person as there are too few young people in our industry.
Thanks you 🙏 I use Miami Leather as my supplier for leather midsoles. If customers want a thicker leather midsole I use a cheaper leather sole, but the customers pay more for them
Was holding a straight edge down while cutting leather. Was in a bit of a hurry couldn't see where my hand was. What I could see after running the blade along the edge was something rolling away from me along the table. First thought in my head was. That's my finger isn't it. Indeed it was. Not the whole thing just the tip. Took a second for the pain to start, but once I got it clean and wrapped up I ordered myself a pizza.
Logger/Woodsman Heel Design: A heel with a concave line, tapering inward from the base of the boot itself towards the ground. Traditionally, the logger heel (also known as a woodsman heel) will sit at a height of roughly 1.5 to 2 inches. Shorter logger heels, often known as low woodsman heels, are usually less than 1.5 inches tall.
