For jobs that involve a lot of walking, it's easy to tear through shoe soles. Tire treads, on the other hand, can take a lot of punishment. As Hackaday points out, you can take remove the tread from ...

This week, for the first time in 49 years, there will be no one behind the counter at Paul’s Shoe Repair in San Jose. Paul Cruz, the man behind the name of the shop and the cobbler known for making ...

HIROSHIMA--In late August, when the daily high reached 34.8 degrees, a “clip-clop” sound repeatedly emanated from a flapping ...

In a small room scented with leather polish and the whirring sound of a buffing wheel, John Garwood is busily tapping the sole on a shoe. Garwood, who came to Greenwich from the island of Jamaica, has ...

We talked to two shoe artisans who have not only survived but at times have more business than they can handle: Greg Martens of Olde Town Cobbler in Wauwatosa and Bruce Cziske of Shoe Healers in ...

Mark Benson gripped the tops of a pair of leopard print heels, black shoe polish stains under his fingernails. He raised a gnarled heel below the frames of his oversized glasses, tilting it back and ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Greg Rusnak, owner of Andy’s Shoe & Luggage Service, displays the hundreds of shoes he has ...

Hong Kong cobbler Wong Yun-keung has been repairing shoes in the city for more than 25 years – using the very same machine he started out with. The 52-year-old tradesman, who works with his wife Chan ...

SALISBURY — When it came down to it, all Pat Weddington wanted was a hand-stitcher and a polisher to help with repairs he sometimes had to make to shoes he and his wife were selling on eBay.

Trade Names After dipping a toe in shoe-repairs in the 1930s, five generations of Cleggs have stayed in the trade, writes Rose… Trade NamesAfter dipping a toe in shoe-repairs in the 1930s, five ...

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