Fritzl explains why it's better to get a half resole over a full rsole:
http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.php?p=2456150&postcount=40

l agree. + if you don't get a resole on the original last, the arch areas can flatten out and ruin the fit of the shoo when the repairer tries to restitch the shoo. So, why un-neccessarily undo part of the shoo that doesn't need undoing? + why do it when problems (loss of shape) can result from undoing the whole shoo?

lf you ride horses, a whole resole may be neccessary, and probably done at the factory on the correct lasts. lf you don't ride a horse and don't want to send your shoos back to the manufacturer, it's best to only get a half resole done so problems are avoided.

Last edited by The_Shooman (2009-09-16 14:09:45)

Hooray, at last someone has said it:
http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.php?p=2498629&postcount=12105

lf you put taps on the toes of a welted shoo you are askin' for a whole lot of trouble. Never put them on because it's likely to cut the lockstitch and weaken the construction of the shoo.

A cobbler put them on my J&M Handmades (without being asked) and i'm pretty sure the stitching has been cut and is slowly starting to become undone.


Utter madness (never do this to your shoos):
http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.php?p=2498361&postcount=12102

Last edited by The_Shooman (2009-09-28 00:42:06)

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