/fa/ - Fashion

>>10508957

You have a few options. Most of the time a cobbler will try to shave down the sawtooth outsole to be flush with the sides and put a new rubber outsole veneer over it, filling the heel drag space with extra rubber. This is the most thorough and long last option. Eventually as the shoe wears down you will need this done anyway.

Secondly, you can do what I did and just have the heel sculpted with new rubber. It retains the original sawtooth in areas without major wear while still being relatively unnoticeable. The major downside to this is it costs about the same as the above option and of course isn't as long term of a solution either.

Third, you can have heel taps placed... But this is the WORST option for sneakers. YOU SHOULD NOT DO THIS TO SNEAKERS. Heel taps are ok when they don't penetrate the heel of an outsole. On geos you will be penetrating the outsole which can fill with moisture and rot your soles from the inside out over time. Obviously this is extreme, but it does happen in climates where I live.

>>10475558

Those are legit. However, the insole indicates they are a 38, not a 39.

Anyway,
Got my Ramones back from the cobbler. He did a decent job. Hard to find a good cobbler for some reason. He originally wanted to cap the entire outsole with this new rubber, was really not into that even though it will happen eventually...