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[QUOTE="Pilgrim9, post: 1173078, member: 76159"] It is great to find a competent tradesman who can be trusted to do a good job, and if you have found a good cobbler, then I am happy for you. For many years I used the services of an excellent cobbler to maintain my dress shoes - in fact he was a professional shoemaker who built specialized orthopaedic shoes from scratch and frequently rebuilt leather dress shoes. He replaced the leather soles and heels of several pairs of my dress shoes and did and excellent job. Repairing a heel strike was less than child's play for him. He knew exactly what to do and how to do it, and did it reliably and promptly, almost certainly without needing to think about it. His hands just did the work automatically while he was chatting with his customers. And he was a good conversationalist too. Alas, he retired before I walked my first pilgrimage. That was a sad day for his clients. 😔 I have not found a competent cobbler since then. I did have the misfortune of finding an incompetent cobbler who damaged one of my pairs of leather hiking boots. Bearing in mind that the particular model of leather hiking boot that my feet like is no longer made, and I only have a few pairs, and that I am retired with time on my hands, and am an engineering technologist with a ton of tools, I decided to learn how to do the work myself. My customer is demanding and fussy. That knowledge motivates me to do a good job. It seems that nowadays most folks don't buy footwear of a quality that justifies repairs and rebuilds. As a result, there is less demand for professionally-trained cobblers and the younger generation does not see it as a viable career choice. The remaining good ones are retiring and dying off. [/QUOTE]
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