Things to Consider Before Resoling Cowboy Boots 

Got back from my local Tack Shop today. I walked out of there with a jingle jangle coming from my feet. I bought myself a pair of spurs and I don't even ride horses.

Easiest and most efficient solution is to install good quality rubber half soles over the new leather soles and preserve them. It's way cheaper to replace the rubber ones in a while than messing with the destroyed leather soles. None of my boots are with the bare leather soles- all of them have Vibram half soles installed. Vibram x 3 more durable than any leather. It also gives you the superior grip.

Awesome video, good job spreading your experience and cautions! If I get anything resoled anytime soon I’ll be sure to post my experience.

Awesome that now we can see you in your boots while talking, much better, keep them coming, cheers Jeremiah

I already have holes in my soul. That's why I wear cowboy boots

That was a lot of good information thanks and keep the Great cowboy boot videos coming

"You will get holes in your soul" Sounds like a school counselor trying to convince not to drink alcohol

I have always resoled all my boots. Always did full resoles. Had a great boot shop that was full service repair. They did all my custom boots, measurements, orders etc. People cane from all over Northern Ca to get to this shop. Shasta Boot in Redding Ca

Hey Jeremiah, This is one of your most helpful videos ad I’ve had two pairs of my favorite boot boots ruined by taking them to someone who did not know what they were doing. Even though they said said they were specialists in boots! Wrong! I could never wear them again. Do your homework as Jeremiah says, be really careful. Someplace are good, others not so good. Listen to Jeremiah . I wish I had!

hey man love your vids. I get a really thin rubber half sole on my boots and then a whole sole. I chose rubber due to the fact I live in England so it rains 24/7 and I have a really bad right leg so I wanna be as safe as I can as far as grip goes. keep up the amazing work :)

My boot soles are wearing down, so I bought a pair of rubber soles sheets and they where glued to the sole for reinforce it, now my boots are back again and they look better than before!

You should do a collaboration with Trenton & Heath! That's a videos i would watch.

Great video

Having to break in a boot again is very common when you have a full sole replaced, especially if they had to replace the cork that is underneath the sole which may have broken down and needed to be replaced. That cork molds itself to the shape of your foot as you wear the boot, that is what people are talking about when they mention breaking in a pair of boots so that it fits the same again. This happens with high end dress shoes as well, every time the cork is replaced underneath the sole. It isnt something that the cobbler did wrong that made the boots not fit the same, it is because they did the right thing and replaced the old cork that needed to be replaced.

always love your boots videos

Great information brother!👍🇺🇸

Hey Jeremiah, good info... Thx

One of the few benefits of El Paso, most of the major brands factories are located here, so I just go straight to the factory and have them do it.

Nice video, as usual. I have a comment about the song at the end, though. I bet you could make a really deep song using the homonyms soul and sole, how if you develop a hole in your soul (sole) you need to have it repaired. Could be a happy sappy love song or a down and dirty song about heartbreak. 🤷‍♂️😁

Good advice for keepin' the soul in your soles!

I've had dress shoes resoled. They came out looking gorgeous, but for a full re-sole, yeah, ya gotta break 'em in again. Ouch. Oh well. Having my first half sole of cowboy boots done as I type this, hope they come out okay. Thanks for the info!

Thanks for this video…

Jeremiah, We here are using our boots for riding and ranch work.I have both rubber and leather soled Boots such as Boulet,Ariat and Andersen Bean.Rubber soles will last much much longer than leather.The thing about Leather soles is if you walking on dry grass,they can be so slippery!!With out leather soles,what we do is as soon as we get them we put a hard rubber sole cover on.This keeps moisture away from the leather and saves the leather from wear.These rubber cover soles vary from 1.8 mm up to 3 mm and last along time. Yes as you mentioned some Boot firms do their own resoling such as Andersen Bean.

There's a shop in Nashville Tennessee Trenton &Heath where you can send your boots to them they do good work they know what they are doing Potter&sons.com

Soles show the most character...cool to know you did all that wear! When you showed that boot on your foot with the whole Stitch which ones are those?

I really miss your hair that length man it was badass you were like a Arthur Morgan or John Marston

Good Advices!!!

I have heard that when you have boots resoled.. if done correctly they will feel new.. and need breaking in..

Will you advise to use sole protector for leather sole ? Also for the cobbler does it make a different if he hands stich or machine ? I guess the welt might get bad if they punch new holes on it instead using existing ones?

I do land surveying in my luccheses and breaking them in was a bitch for sure...

Just got some used Ostrich Ariats for $100, they’ve been half resoled already and I can’t decide if I should get the whole sole resoled once I have to or go ahead and add a sole saver

I came across this video, thank you to any videos that give advice on taking cowboy boots to a cobbler and what to lookout for. I took an old vintage pair of cowboy boots in to a local cobbler (I have had no experiences with cobblers before) I noticed he had other boots he was working on and asked if he was experienced with cowboy boots, which he said yes. The boots I had seemed to have something going on with the fabric around the heel cup, it was just bothering me on the inside. I didn't know if it was fixable, worth fixing etc.. all in which I asked and he said he was experienced. Well long story short he took the heel cup out put some kind of cardboard inside, did a horrible stitch job, that part of the boot was like a whole different boot. When I nicely confronted him he claimed he had no idea what I was talking about. He didn't want to look over my boot with me, and claimed he did not remove any parts from my boot. It was an overall horrible and very unprofessional experience. He automatically gave me a refund without me having to ask and seemed angry I confronted him on his job. I didn't know what to do in such a horrible situation so I just left with my boots which I haven't done anything about since and got rid of them, thankfully they weren't a favorite pair. Now I know to never go back there again, ask around to an experienced cobbler in leather coy boy boots, and give a heads up to anyone with cowboy boots who is local so a similar situation doesn't happen to them. I hope this story helps someone else out👍🏻

Hey there kind of question for you I have a pair of the Johnny's the honey suede in the back of the part the heel feels funny what do I do

Good people, I get heal plates put on my boots. This prevents the heel from ever running down. I walk alot in the city so I would destroy my heels in a matter of weeks without the heel plates. They last about a month. The toe plates last a year. The plates really help your heel to last a long time. City streets try to destroy our boots!

Jeremiah, I have a pair of boots and need to be half sole.Is it possible to have the toe end of a boot change shape?It is square and Prefer more of a point.Have you heard of anybody change the boot toe shape before?

I can almost buy a new pair for the price of a half sole and a partial heel if you are smart wen you get a new pair of boots they can put a thin piece of rubber on the bottoms of your boot to make them last and a little more traction also if your boots are to tight they can stretch them safely it’s a quite a bit they can stretch them the only stretch they can’t do is to make longer other than that they can widen them the shaft the top of the boot they can stretch them also and the vamp which is toe top of your foot so if ther to tight take to shoe repair and they will make them right for you

All my boots I take to the boot repair shop and put rubber on the bottoms very thin but it saves my boots

Can u please tell me where in Seattle u recommend? Im in Seattle and need new soles....

I. Am. From. Tacoma Washington. I. A. 10. Miles. From. Seattle. WA. Awesome. I. Need. My. Cowboy. Boot s. My. Dan post. Resolved. On. My. Boot s

I can wear through my replacement heelcap in 2 months. I think cowboy heels dont last long. My logger heels take forever to wear through

Nice video. I've had half soles done on boots in the past with some variations in the technique. One cobbler re-stiched the edging which is a nice true to original touch and glued the sole while another Cobbler just reglued the sole. Is the stitching really effective or more for looks? You see most boots where the threading is worn through on the bottom yet the sole is fine. Another variation is one Cobbler tapers the new half edge to meet the existing sole whereas another does not so there is a pronounced edge where they meet. A few times I've had to use contact cement since the tapered half soles was starting to separate. My favorite boots are Harness square toe boots and I still have several Frye Campus Boots from the '70s; like the block style heels. They sure don't make those like they used to. Problem back then were sizes over 12 were hard to find. As a size 13 (and now almost a 14), it is tough. Fortunately many of my size 13s stretched pretty well so they still fit but my feet better stop growing! Thanks..

I'm in Burien, where's a good place to get a full resole to a Lucchese roper?

What's a good place in Seattle to have Cowboy boots resoled?

Hey Jeremiah I love your vids! Are ariat boots worth there price? I was thinking about buying a pair!

When you buy them,take 'em to a shoemaker and have cats paws installed before wearing.Right on top of the factory soles/heels.They'll last forever if you don't let them wear through the cat's paws.

How many pairs of boots do you take on tour? Do you just throw them in a bag or do pack them specifically?

Get what u like and how u wear them I get vibram or rubber grip soles

How far gone is too far. I have a pair of leather sole square toe boots that I have neglected and there's about a half dollar size hole all the way through the soles. Cheaper to just get new boots?

It takes 24 hrs ( like 3 days of use) to break in a boot no?

Do you not like sole protectors? Is there a reason not to put sole protectors on?

Question, I had a pair of boots that were resoled and I lost the width to the point it was too uncomfortable to wear anymore. I even had them put on a boot stretcher. Is that normal loosing the with everytime you resole your boots ?

Will Tony Lama take boots back and re soul them? Just asking where I got a new pair recently.

"Hey everybody this is fu***ing JESUS" xD

Have you ever been to boot barn in Oklahoma?

I'm from Myanmar. There's no resoling place for cowboy boots. Pretty depress I got two cowboy boots with holes

How much does it cost

Is there a limit to how many times you can get a boot resoled?

Take a shot every time he says resoles

Do you repair boots?

I need my soul repaired, knowaddamean? 😛

It cost at least a hundred dollars to do your soles and heel s that’s in Canada so if you ask me it’s a waste of money if you are smart wen you get your new boots you take to cobbler and get a thin rubber sole over the leather then they are not going to wear I do it to every pair of boots it also makes them not so slippery your heels as soon as the fist piece of rubber gets to the leather part take them in then it is next to nothing to fix your boot wen the rubber wears down to leather go get it replaced with another thin piece of leather it will last at least a year and then you will not hav to resolve your boots

Hate Lester soles always get grip or vibram soles and no u can’t change toe shape and may make boot tad smaller and tighter to wear

No you can get the leather heels restocked and totally re-sold at the same time or one of the other next time put rubber on the soles so this way you won’t show up damn fucking soles, lol

Why didn't you just go back to that first cobbler who did a great job?

So ur saying u wear boots out till when they r garbage then go ask somebody to make them wearable again and they do but u complain they dont fit the same? And they dont know what their doing? Although that's how they feed their family but yet u cant do ot at all? This is why I hate being a mechanic everybody can tell me how to do my job but they r bringing it to me instead and when it should of went to the scrap yard I made it drive again. Ok ok ok lol btw boots r cheaper to buy now days then to fix.

cowboy boots are high heels for men, plain and simple. unless your riding a horse every day, there is absolutely no reason to wear them. they are terrible for your feet, knees and back,.not to mention your balance

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