Can a shoe welt be repaired/replaced?

[xenoxols]

I went to a cobbler the other day and he said that he couldn't do anything because the welt was damaged. Is this the end of my boots or is there somewhere I can get them fixed?

 

[3fingers]

Yes they can be replaced. Either your cobbler was not interested in doing it, didn't have the skills or equipment to do it, or whatever but a full service cobbler can replace them for you if you want to make the investment.

 

[Willybob]

It is of course predicated on the quality of the boot. If it's a $120 pair of Imported boots made in one of those mass production countries that you buy at The Boot Barn, maybe the cobblers view is the boots not worth the $70 repair, as opposed to say, a pair of Redwings, Whites or Wesco's.

 

[xenoxols]

They are Frye boots from the 70s, or maybe early 80s. They have nice thick leather and and very comfortable once broken in. Though now I can feel the ground through the soles.

 

[Pdawg]

You need to replace the welt and the soles.

 

[xenoxols]

Yeah, the soles are trashed. They have holes and are coming off the shoes.

 

[Ernest P Shackleton]

Maybe contact https://www.bakershoe.com/ and ask some advice on cobblers. They would probably prefer to act as a middleman. They're experts, and it isn't out of the question they would want compensation for their experience and knowledge.