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MissQueenie said:The pair of vintage hiking boots Miss Lauren passed on to me are rapidly giving up the ghost -- soles are split and the cork mid-soles are crumbling. I nearly cried when I realized what happened to them. BUT! I am a stubborn sort of person and I'm not letting those darlings go without a fight.
I did a search for shoe "recrafting" in the hope of finding someone who can actually make new boots for me using the originals as a pattern.
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Oh no! Good luck... if you're still looking I know of a business (two people--an older gentleman and his apprentice) who does this sort of thing in San Francisco and is supposed to be very good according to those who've used them (the samples I've seen look very nice). If you're interested I can give you the contact info. (When I looked into it a while ago it was ~$600 though, but I think that is standard...maybe cheaper if you went to Italy or Spain!