What we stock
Eight styles, and every one of them can be resoled.
That is the whole stocking policy. A shoe that cannot be resoled is a shoe we would have to sell you twice, and we would rather sell you one and repair it four times.
Derby, plain toe
Goodyear welted
- To buy
- $340
- To resole
- $115
Two to four years of daily wear
D and E, 6 to 13
Service boot
Stitchdown
- To buy
- $420
- To resole
- $130
Three to five years
D and EE, 6 to 14
Work boot, safety toe
Goodyear welted
- To buy
- $385
- To resole
- $130
Eighteen months on a site
D, E, and EE, 7 to 14
Loafer, unlined
Blake stitched
- To buy
- $295
- To resole
- $95
Two years
B, C, and D, 5 to 11
Chelsea boot
Goodyear welted
- To buy
- $395
- To resole
- $115
Three years
C, D, and E, 5 to 12
Oxford, cap toe
Goodyear welted
- To buy
- $380
- To resole
- $115
Four years at office wear
D and E, 6 to 13
Nurse and kitchen shoe
Cemented, but resoleable
- To buy
- $210
- To resole
- $75
Ten to fourteen months on a ward
B to EE, 5 to 12
Walking boot, hillwalking
Stitchdown
- To buy
- $460
- To resole
- $145
Six hundred miles, roughly
D and EE, 6 to 14
Makers are described by construction rather than named, pending written confirmation from each. Prices are examples pending confirmation.
What the construction actually means
- Goodyear welted
- A strip of leather stitched to the upper and the insole, with the sole stitched to that. Resoleable many times. Stiff for a fortnight and then it is yours.
- Stitchdown
- The upper is turned outward and stitched straight to the sole. Flexible immediately, resoleable, and the usual construction on a boot.
- Blake stitched
- Stitched through from inside. Slimmer and lighter, resoleable fewer times, and needs a machine most shops do not have. We have one.
- Cemented, but resoleable
- Glued, which normally means disposable — except where the maker has built it to be taken apart. Only two things we stock are cemented and both are on the list for a reason.