Tools & Machinery Needed to Repair Shoes / Boots | Showing You the Tools We Use 

Can’t say I was ready for drill sergeant Heath 😂

This is a real treat, especially for long-time viewers! Bravo!

Thank you so much for showing us all the machinery and the hand tools as well! As an antique dealer, I have come across some of the old hand tools and wondered about them. I was surprised over how many machines you actually had. I think the trimmers are my favorites.

Hah! Great intro! 🤓 Thanks fo much for the tour. Watching so many boot and shoe repair videos over the years, I have always wondered about the array of machines and tools used. I truly appreciate the vintage aspects of everything, especially that ancient Landis stitcher and hand tools. You folks are keeping these traditions alive. Great video, mahalo! Happy weekend all! 🤙🥾👞

Very interesting. I remember when I was a youngster back in the 1950's I always enjoyed watching our local cobbler working, he used a treadle stitching machine. I can still smell the leather and see the sheets where he had cut soles out of. None of the moulded rubber/plastic back then.

Went with PA on Saturdays to Browns shoe shop in Cowpens. I recognized the older machines and hand tools you use everyday. I can smell the leather and glue.

As a home machinist, I ate up this episode! Thanks for producing it.👍🏼

My dad was a cobbler in the 40s too the 70s everything was hand finished zero machines i still have all his tools the closest thing to a machine was a punch for eyelets. The first time they had a buffer machine in the 50s it sat there for a year before anyone used it..

That was fantastic! Thank you so much for showing us your workshop and tools.

Very cool. Thanks for the tool. It means a lot that you guys made time to give us all a tour.

Thanks so much for showing us all this! As an aspiring shoe maker this was a lot of help! Bless up!

Absolutely love these old tools and machines

Very cool, thanks for the thorough tour! I’ve been subscribed for sometime now and really enjoy watching your guys work. This was a nice bonus to go along with everything else.

That is exactly what we wanted to see. Thank you. Lots going on. Repairing shoes is a true art.

Been waiting for this one! Thanks guys! 👍🏻👍🏻

I really enjoyed the video, thanks for the tour

Yes!!! I have been waiting for this one for ages! Thanks gents!

Awesome. I was waiting for this one. Thank you.

I was always curious about the tools. I appreciate the video. Thank you.

This is awesome. I find this sort of thing fascinating. Thanks guys!

Your tour was very interesting seeing your tools. Thanks.

I couldnt have been happier to see this video, very informative. Thank you so much and what a beautiful collection of old and new machinery

That's really cool, thanks for sharing this with us!! I've been watching yalls show for a while now I'm very intrigued by the tools yall use!! 👍🏻

Finally! Been asking for this for a while. Thanks guys! Love the old machines!

Really enjoying these videos- I had been wondering what some of the equipment/tools did specifically now I know. I love how well-groomed you guys are btw; it's great to see and has inspired me to up my game..😄👍

as a mechanic, i love to see how you use the machines in the shop more than anything...my two favorite tools to watch are the stitching machine and the press no matter if you are cutting out soles or pressing on heels...thanks

Awesome video! Glad to see Mt. Gluvious made an appearance in the fume hood. The older Landis machines are awesome, I'm assuming you have become experts on repairs and maintenance!

This is the best!! I have a few of the same cobra and Landis machines. Great machines.

Thanks. Being mechanically minded, I was always in awe of all those spinning mechanical things in the cobbler shop.

So Cool Trent ...I've got a Pfaff walking foot table machine and a Juki DL 555 Thanks For The Tour

Thank you guys for this! I was always curious

Great vid! Answered a lot of questions that I had.

Nice shop!! Very clean and uncluttered.

Interesting tour into the machines and tools as well as the setup of the workspace of a cobbler shop.

Great video! I just made myself a pair of shoes by hand and a lot of these would have been extremely helpful lol. Especially the 5 in 1 and stitcher.

I have been waiting for this. Would love to see one with products and how to use them. BTW, I love my industrial walking foot. It was scary at first, but it sews through about anything.

Great tool tour!

Great video. I missed it last Oct but have been watching you for 3 years or so. My Uncle had an old treadle type leather sowing machine he used to repair harnesses and saddles - anything used for riding or working horses or mules. Always thought it was neat but he cautioned us we were not as tough as leather so be careful - you all do the same. Thanks for the great tour.

Amazing, thanks for making this video. Once you update you tools and machinery we would love to see another one of these videos with the updated stuff.

Nice to see how much we have in common. Most were my dad's . Enjoy the videos.

just started leather working. Got some patterns for wallets and card holders. Hope to expand to shoes/boots repairs few years later. Maybe into boot making too 😜😜 Thanks for the inspiration Trenton & Heath!

Thanks so much for making the tool videos guys! It is very neat to see all the tools. Awesome job on everything it's nice to watch you guys be successful in the work that you do! Keep it up!👍

Omg this is a treat! 😱 cant wait til lunch to watch this, thanks yall.

I’ve been waiting for this video for a long time. This is a trade I’ve wanted to get into and this helps a ton. Thank you so much!

Tools, tools and more tools….can never have too many! That’s for showing us your toy box gents! Side note, thanks for using the shoehorn when polishing few videos ago.

Thank you for making this video. Have a great weekend.

I worked at a shoe repair when I was 15, now 63. A couple of those machines took up a lot of my time. Started on the front desk, ended up doing heels and soles. My twin Barb did all the die work before we moved. Thanks for sharing. Becky from Kansas City

Impressive Shoes/booths Workshop Factory Tour. Thank you 👏 👏👏

Thank you for this tool video!

I've been waiting for a video like this for a while

Very informative, thanks.

Thank you !! Always wanted this video

Cool video. If you run out of video ideas, take one of your machines and demonstrate its use and show how it compares to hand use.

Been waiting for this 🤩

Thanks for answering our request for making the tool video! I said I'd definitely watch it. I'm a tool nerd. 🤣🤣🤣 Great opening scene too! 🤣🤣🤣

Very informative! It's so good to see old machinery being utilised. Also, what make are the yellow handled knives that you guys are using? Keep the good work

Thanks for the house tour - loved it! :)

I've been waiting on this video, interesting to know about all the tools and machinery.

Great intro! Love your channel.

Nice shop tour, thanks!

Great video!

It goes to show that you were a teacher in the past. Congrats 4 making this video! Thx a lot!

Nice video, Heath. Unfortunately , I did not receive the “mechanically inclined” gene, so I found all of this fascinating. Thanks much!

Great information! Thanks so much!

Мастера своего дела. Спасибо за экскурсию. Очень интересно.

Thank you!

It was good to see your sense of humor as well great video

Thanks very interesting. Happy trails

How about the hand sole peeler & nail puller/snipper? Maker(s)? And thanks for much for the show-and-tell on all you equipment!

Thanks Heath some lovely made machines......John

so so interesting! I had no idea there would be so much dust (not sure why I thought that with all those sanders!!!)

Fun to compare equipment. After a lot of work, I have finally amassed the same lot of equipment and am just about to open up for business. I don't have a fudge wheel or edge burnishing irons, but higher on my list is a heel wheel. I'll have to settle for a tube nailer for a while. I do have a heel popper for removal though, at least. Thanks for helping inspire me to pursue this trade and keeping the dream alive!

You videos are addictive; keep 'em coming

Hahaha! That intro!

Cool video! Very entertaining and informative! 👍🏾🙂

Can yall do a video going over the different things for a resole? For example I was looking for what I wanted for my boots and I wasn't sure if I needed a 1/2" or 3/4" welt. Just going over the different options that yall offer in more detail

Have you ever heard of the dress shoe brand, TAFT? I'd be interested to see a review on them and hear what you guys think! Also I love your channel! Thanks for the great content and can't wait for more to come! I've worked with shoes since I was 16. Watching your content feeds the shoe junkie in me!

Yes !

Nice video! Great info!

Give thanks for the info and wisdom... can I please ask what kind of "Stand/Jackstand" you guys use, and what to look out for when purchasing one? Thank you.

Now I have a better idea what all the hand tools that my parents had in their Antique shop were for. One and two dollar items sold back in the 60s. Maybe 1 out of 10 old shops they bought had these items. Long gone now. Between 100 and 150 year old items from back when hand craftmanship was more common. You are keeping the craft alive and as long as people have feet, the need for quality footwear will be appreciated.

I always wanted to see the machinery in the shop, you did a great job showing each one works. With the Blake Stitch machine, many men style RU-vidrs have said that it is harder to get blake stitch shoes resoled. How did you manage to get your hands on such a machine?

Awesome video!

Yeeeeesssssssssssss! Thank you. Loved the beginning too!

Thanks for sharing!

Wonderful to see those well used tools and machines still running so well. Y'all have been taking good care of them. Though I was saddened not to see those razor/box cutter knives you use in every video. Those things seem like they'll cut through anything!

Guys, thanks for the great videos. I have a request. I watched a 13 part series by Andrew Reeson down under on making shoes from scratch. It’s a good series and shows a lot of details. The end result was a usable shoe that didn’t look terrible but having watched your channel I knew it was lacking. Would you guys be able to do a series making a pair of shoes or boots from scratch with quality in mind? That would be a great series! Thanks, Bruce

Watching your repairs on shoes and boots is something to see. I never really knew what went into repairing boots and shoes. Now I do, and you and your brother plus Nick at Stridewise have taught me to buy better shoes and boots. Can't figure out who the 1 person that did'nt like this video..?

Thanks cool video

Fascinating

Thanks for sharing s behind the scenes of the shop! Trent have the day off or was he behind the camera?

Love you guys videos. Where could I get 2 or 3 pieces of leather you use as heels to put inside of my shoe for the heel. I had surgery in 2017 and had a Calcanious slide done and ever since my heel collapses the inside of the heel of the shoe. I have tried everything except leather heel pieces. Thank you all again for the opportunity to come into your world and learn.

Прекрасное оборудование !

Neat video, some old machines are pretty cool, a few years ago I sold a 1940's Singer Serging machine that was my fathers. Ended up freighting it from Ohio to L.A. to get forwarded onto Nagasaki.

I love the tool and machine I look vintage how I wish I have that those😢

That was a really nice video.

That intro was hilarious! 🤣🤣👏🏼👏🏼

This was interesting! But I have always wondered about the roughing tool, the one you use before glueing two surfaces, what exactly is it? I'm guessing a metal version of rough grit sandpaper? But I don't know.

Thanks for the video guys, I find stuff like this fascinating. It's part of Americana. I wonder what the maintenance schedule is to maintain all this equipment. With so many blades, moving parts that need oil and filters, how often do you have to have technicians come in?

I am so happy to see how health and safety focused your shop is….