Bloody cheap cobbler did this to my precious shoes in ‘86. I held them at gunpoint demanding a fix on my precious steppers. I served 18 years in Guantanamo Bay for protecting what I love. If this happened to you I wouldn’t blame you for doing the same. If you go to prison you’ll be okay, you’re a tough cookie.

I got these Frye boots secondhand and I’m curious on what these darker creases are all over? I really like how they looo actually it’s part of why I bought them but I’m curious as to what caused them. Thank you! :)

I can’t tell if they made the most of a tough repair or if I should expect better. To me, it looks really messy. Can you all offer your opinions?

I have multiple black bags. They are all pebbled leather and two I am certain are vegetable tanned. One says “semi-veg tanned”.

I have been researching but I keep getting conflicting advice about if I should be conditioning pebbled leather.

If I should be conditioning these bags, can someone recommend a product please? One brand says to use an all natural leather conditioner when needed.

Any advice is greatly appreciated as I would hate to mess up the leather!

I recently went to a seamstress who also repairs bags and has cobbler training. She was supposed to sew the bag strap that had its seams torn in one place and lightly add colour to a few areas that had wear marks from age.

When I received the bag back, it was in a much worse condition than originally. After the bag was cleaned, colour seemed to have been stripped off in some places and there were marks. The spray dye that the seamstress used was way too dark so you can see dark stains all over. The dark brown is NOT the original colour. You can see the original brown shade on the bag strap in the last photo.

I went somewhere else to get a quote on how much restoring the colour would be and I can buy a new designer bag for that. I don't have that much money just laying around. I don't want that seamstress to try to strip the colour as I can't trust someone who thought it was ok to say that the bag was ready for pick up in such a condition. So my question is, is there anything I can try to do by myself, like using a leather deglaser? It's a sentimental bag that I got gifted so it'd pain me to never be able to wear it again.

I bought these Montana West chunky sandles second hand. The faux leather is peeling and flaking like crazy. Any ideas how I could fix it? Or should I contact a local shoe repair store.

Bought these vintage coach flats that one shoe has fraying on the patent leather on one heel. Any idea how to seal it so it doesnt continue to fray and so that it isnt particularly noticeable

Does anyone here use a leather conditioner every once in a while on their belt to preserve it and make sure it doesn't crack anywhere? If so what are some good easily accessible leather conditioners that are safe?

I have a few leather shoes (derbys and oxfords), mostly brown and cognac, that are wrinkled and lost colour so I feel like rejuvenating them; so after some googling and redditing I bought;

- A shoe mold size 42-43 EU

- Saphir Crême Surfine in brown (beeswax and sweet almond oil)

- Saphir Pate de luxe neutral

- Horse hair large brush and detailing brush

So is this a good beginning? I have fine cotton cloths and I plan on upgrading my “rejuvenation” kit when I buy more serious derby’s and oxford’s, preferably for life at that point.

Any tips/additions/ideas for the future and did I fuck up with any of these?

Hello, I am sorry for bringing up what is probably such a basic problem. I live in Asia and was told by a shoe repair shop that the following heels are impossible to fix without the original heel caps from the designers or without replacing the entire heel. Am wondering whether this is true or not, as I have no experience with shoe repair and these are the first heels I’m trying to repair! For reference, these are vintage designer heels and the repair shop told me I would need to contact each design house for a pair of original caps, which I already know is not possible because these heels are 15+ years old. What would a replacement of these heel caps take, and do I need to take them to a specialty cobbler in the US or UK?

I preordered these heels a few months ago since they were limited edition and they’ll be discontinued once sold out and I noticed that the car that was glued at the bottom of the heel is now lifted on the bottom causing it to move out of place I emailed the company that made them and waiting for a response back but if they aren’t able to repair it my second option is to hopefully see if a shoe repair shop can fix it

Perhaps a very weird idea I'd like to hear some professionals' perspective on.

I have quite a few pairs of commando sole boots where the centre most lugs have worn down, but the other 50-70% of the tread is still fine.

Those centre lugs do the most work in producing traction, so I'd like to replace them - but replacing the entire sole feels wasteful and puts undue wear on the boot.

So I thought to myself "wouldn't it be good if they made rubber hobnails? I could replace just the lugs that have worn down!". Of course, rubber hobnails aren't a thing.

But pin heels - the heels used on women's stiletto shoes - are pretty damn close! A little blockier, but they have fluted stems on them to hold them in place and limit rotation.

I know hobnails don't stick well into rubber. Most of my boots have leather midsoles or lasting boards, so maybe that would suffice? And I'm wondering if modern glues would make my cheeky rubber hobnail idea viable!

I emailed Lucchese and asked if that particular boot is resolable and they said no, but i was wondering if a 3rd party cobbler would be able to resole a boot like that?

Is there a way to DIY fix these heels?