Random questions to which you seek an answer

[natehate]

yeah what teenwolf i mean seawolf said

[Megatron1505]

I am taking no chances after the last debacle.

[Simon]

@Megatron1505:

I've been talking to who is (by reputation) the best shoe rebuilder in England, and I am still not confident that they could do it to a standard I'd like. The American work boot/ shoe is totally alien to english cobblers unfortunately.

If these get done then it has to be done by Whites only.

Who have you been talking to Gav, I've been looking for a decent cobbler in England?

[natehate]

g? paging doctor g dont you know someone who can do this? you own a billion boots

[Megatron1505]

The Shoe healer, based in Doncaster. The Sufu crowd swear by them, and I have no doubt they do great work….just not on American work boots.

[Giles]

@natehate:

g? paging doctor g dont you know someone who can do this? you own a billion boots

I ship a shit load, I therefore get ridiculous discounts off list, so the cost of shipping for me is effectively a rounding error.  Mine go back to original maker…..Sorry

Oh and to make it worse, anything I do with clothing is a tax deductible expense....Double sorry....

[seawolf]

It's goodyear welt construction? What's the issue?

[Megatron1505]

I think the original maker is the way forwards…...and backwards.

[seawolf]

You'll be the most happy that way for sure. It sucks that it costs so much. Would it be any cheaper to use a proxy? I'd be happy to help if it'll reduce the cost in any way.

[Megatron1505]

@seawolf:

It's goodyear welt construction? What's the issue?

The problems begin when you ask about the availability of Vibram wedge soles and the cobbler looks at you like you have just asked them for a strand of ET's pubic hair.

@seawolf:

You'll be the most happy that way for sure. It sucks that it costs so much. Would it be any cheaper to use a proxy? I'd be happy to help if it'll reduce the cost in any way.

Thank you for the offer dude, but I think the cost runs the same however I cut it.

[seawolf]

Ok, one last thing and I'll leave it alone. Can you source your own sole and provide it to your local cobbler?

[Megatron1505]

Sourcing the sole is only the beginning of the issues…. trust me, after last time it is better to return to source.

[seawolf]

Probably best at this point. That way you're sure of what you're getting.

[Snowy]

Sounds like you'd made your mind up before even asking the question

[Giles]

Gav,

PM me, I can get those to and from US for nixies.

G

[Seul]

Awesome G… I was racking my brain trying to figure out how I could help Gav...

Well I was contemplating it for a second or two…

[Giles]

Took me 24 hours to talk myself into the senility of the idea….

[Megatron1505]

Thanks G 

[Jord666]

This may sound like a silly question to some but here it goes…

I've got a new pair of jeans (shrink to fit) and I've kinda messed up... Usually I get them 2 inches bigger than my actual waist and after a hot soak everything has gone well in the past.

The problem I have with these jeans is that they fit (in the waist) as I would have hoped them to fit AFTER the soak already. My question is, if I hot soak these by sitting in the bath with them on to get them to shrink everywhere else other than the waist, if in future I decided to wash them would the waist then shrink as it would have had I not been wearing them during the initial soak?

Hope that makes sense for you all

Cheers

[Giles]

Depends what make and denim.

Some RJB jeans shrink 3" in waist.  Most TFH and IH raw, only shrink an inch.  My rule of thumb with TFH and IH is that if they fit reasonably well pre-soak then after a shrink and a stretch, they'll be fine.