Samual Windsor Shoes

[Fast Fix Elgin]

Samual Windsor Shoes........sounds like a quality shoe maker but my god I think these shoes are made out of paper mashie try and do a goodyear stitch and the things pull apart every which way.

They are sold very cheaply throu a mail order company CLIFFORD JAMES two pairs for £90.

 

I ordered oxfords to see what like.....Thought it was too good to be true....I was right

 

Take care if you get these shoes in for leather soles, blake them if you have a blake...

[kobblers]

Lol, you only just found all that out

 

Rick.

[Gray]

[annette]

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[hibsjo(SCO)]

Take care if you get these shoes in for leather soles, blake them if you have a blake...

this view is not representative of the industry.

carry on!

[gav]

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[ironplanet uk900]

 

Take care if you get these shoes in for leather soles, blake them if you have a blake...

 

 

What a crappy statement.....

[Gray]

Whats a blake?

[Michael]

Whats a blake?

 

It's how a sole SHOULD be stitched on........

 

 

[Gray]

Oh I think i heard about those years ago. Insole munchers. Little did the manufactures know they could become so abused

[Lee]

I've heard horror stories on repairing these, but if your sympathetic to their quality when you strip them down ie. using glue stripper with little tugging & a sharp knife then the rebuild if done "properly" using an outsoler set at the correct place on the welt should cause no problems & improve the shoe measurably.

 

I don't treat these any differently to any other repair, I don't even comment on the shoes when they are brought in anymore I just do the job asked & have to say (touch wood) so far I've NEVER had a pair back that have failed due to work I've done on them.

 

Lee

[Gray]

These shoes are put together with machines that have no thread tension or they are hand stitched by people with no physical strength. The welts are hanging off and should be restitched in my opinion. Strip them with extreme caution. I don't stitch new soles back on because i don't think they could stand it.

[Fast Fix Elgin]

I typed in Samual Windsor shoes into the search and nothing came up....is this the first post/debate on Samual Windsor?

[Lee]

because i don't think they could stand it.

they can & I'd never NOT stitch them

I typed in Samual Windsor shoes into the search and nothing came up.

thats because you can't spell samuel & a lot of topics on these end up getting deleted for Liable reasons. search for "Windsor" instead

 

Lee

[Gray]

I typed in Samual Windsor shoes into the search and nothing came up....is this the first post/debate on Samual Windsor?

 

 

Oh No!!

 

That would be libel BTW Lee.

[Fast Fix Elgin]

you have found me out...... can't spell for toffee, the silver linning is if i could i probably not be self-employed with a good wee business

 

Life is good \:D/

[Guest Klazykobbler]

told a customer what i thought of these the other day . directed him to a local shop which sells seconds of barkers loakes etc came back and thanked me. then asked me to put some stick ons on a pair of loakes.

[keithm]

Whats a blake?

 

It's how a sole SHOULD be stitched on........

 

 

 

to a moccasin

[Hugh-Candoit (ENG)]

These shoes are put together with machines that have no thread tension or they are hand stitched by people with no physical strength. The welts are hanging off and should be restitched in my opinion. Strip them with extreme caution. I don't stitch new soles back on because i don't think they could stand it.

 

The Welts are Hand Stitched.

The Soles are Machine Stitched.

[ironplanet uk900]

I've had a few pairs back for re-repairing, some of em aint too bad (for the money) I'd rather have them, than a pair of moulded bottomed, plastic upper shite....which are probably about the same price.