Posts Tagged "Construction"
Resoling and Shoe Repair: What Is Worth Fixing
Some shoes can be resoled several times while others end when the sole wears through. Knowing the difference, and how to describe a fault clearly, helps you decide when repair is better than replacement and when the money is wasted.
How Shoes Wear Out, and What the Wear Pattern Tells You
Where a sole wears thin, where the midsole collapses and where the upper creases all carry information. Reading those patterns tells you how you walk, which parts of a shoe fail first, and whether a pair is worth repairing again.
How to Tell Real Leather from Synthetic
The word leather on a label covers a wide range, from full grain hide to reconstituted scraps, and the differences show up in how a shoe creases, breathes and ages. A few simple checks will tell you what you are actually buying.
Shoe Construction: Lasting, Stitching and Soles
How a shoe is built decides whether it can be repaired and how it ages. The upper, lining, insole, midsole and outsole each do a different job, and the way they are joined matters most of all when the sole wears through.