Floorsheim double monks straps resole - Restoration of Dress Shoes

Philippe shoemaker, owner of Gerry 1958 in Outaouais. Today a great camera came into the workshop, and I want to share it with you. Here we have a beautiful painting by Flore Shine. My customer wants to restore his shoe, so we are going to do a complete reassembly. New top-lift, change of elastics inside, refurbishment on the top. If you like repair and restoration content on leather accessories and shoes, you are on the right channel. Come on, let's start.

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Gerry, without further ado, we can go straight into ordering today. Super candidate Shim for Shy'm, a pioneering company in dress shoes founded in 1892, based in Chicago.

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Five generations later, more than 130 years of production, it is still owned by the Florchim family. The only difference they made was that in 2022 they bought the brand back under the Wayco group.

Last historical fact about this wonderful company: during the Second World War, Florshim was responsible for more than 50% of the production of shoes for American soldiers.

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Let's go back to the order a little. As you saw, we removed the top-lift, removed the heel base to compose, and now we are cutting the nails which hold the base. We deconstruct the shoe in this way to more easily access the seam that holds the sole. As you can see, we are in the process of peeling off the cemented welt of this sole to access this seam and do a proper deconstruction.

In the industry, there are generally two types of stitched shoe construction: welt stitching or Blake stitching. The difference, the welt seam is sewn on the outside of the shoe, and the Blake seam is sewn from the foot bed to the sole inside the shoe.

As you just saw, the original welt was in really bad shape, so we decided to upgrade the product and put in a new one. As you see, it is a cemented welt with a seam on it. We have several products to accommodate several shoes. We have sewn, unstitched welts, with low wall, without low wall, all to accommodate your shoes.

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And like any good restoration, it is extremely crucial to remove the original stitching to avoid future problems.

Here we have one more step in the complete reassembly order. My client had mentioned to me that these elastics had become faded. So, as long as we see them in the workshop, we might as well do the restoration properly.

We are now at the stage of sewing the elastic in place. Here we use the Adler 30-70, a mill highly coveted in the workshop for its versatility with its 360 pivot foot.

For the best possible restoration on leather accessories and shoes, it is really important to patch the same holes to avoid further scarring the skin and maintain the integrity of the product.

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One of my favorite steps when doing a full restoration on shoes is fading the trademark. So, true to form, we're going to tag Gerry in the comments section to make sure you're still with me.

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More often than not, I install Vibram rubber soles. But when it comes time to install a leather sole, I can assure you that I don't miss the opportunity to offer a custom dye to his shoes.

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We start editing and it's moving forward. As you can see, we are applying the cemented welt to properly accommodate the sole, and then sew it.

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While the glue hardens, we'll prepare our mill and swap our midsole foot with our finishing foot.

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Here I'm going to thread my reel from my mecascher or Blake stature as it's called in the industry. But that, a little more on the history of this mill a little later in the video.

We are finally at the winning assembly, the order is progressing very well. As you see here, we have just reactivated the glue with a little heat, apply a little pressure. This stage makes me absolutely happy, because we are nearing the end. I can't wait to show you the final product.

See you at my friend's here. We simply remove the excess to have better control on the finishing bench and less damage to my abrasive belt.

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There, we are making progress in this segment. We are in the process of straightening the sole with the cemented welt to then place the sole that we are going to create a quality to introduce the seam of the Blake stature, and we are going to finish by creating a location for the stepped leather base.

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With all this preparation done, my shoe is ready to receive the sewing of the mecacher or the Blake stature. The mill that I spoke to you about a little earlier, I have put together a little information to help you discover the origin of this fabulous mill.

Mainrie has a multi-faceted career in the footwear industry. At the age of 16, he already operated a shoemaking workshop with his brother. A few years later, he began working for Isaac Sengers of the Singer Corporation, which produced excellent sewing machines for several products on the market.

Blake became a partner in the Singer company in 1856, working and developing, inventing new solutions for their sewing machine. It was in July 1858 that Monsieur Lenoir, at the age of 23, obtained his patent for the sewing machine which could sew from the upper footbed to the outsole.

Barely an apprentice, he decided to sell his patent to Mr. Golden Mickey for a total of $70,000. Well full who worked for Mickey until his retirement developing the machine with ideas that made the sewing machine simpler and more efficient.

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But for me, I learned a little history about the products I use every day. Tell me in the comments with the little man with the glasses or the little bag of popcorn if you prefer small contents to more narration or more as a spectator and just watching visuals. I would like to offer you the best possible experience on my page by showing you the restorations that come into my workshop.

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That being said, we will return to the order. We finally installed the composite base. We glued it, we nailed it with Larry Wheel. Now we are finishing the top-lift.

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Now that the reassembly is complete, we're going to give a little attention to the top of the shoe. Because in every order, in every restoration that I offer, there is a refurbishment included on dress shoes like that. Typically, this should be a shampoo or conditioning cream with pigmented cream. Then, we finish it with a hand polish, as you will see shortly.

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For more questions or information on the cleaning products I use, do not hesitate to contact me. It will make me happy. I have access to several types of products that accommodate different budgets, in particular.

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That means not really caressing much. With that, I'll let you watch the penultimate finishing step on these stunning...

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On my finishing bench, I like to use paraffin-based wax, because it helps with the longevity and preservation of the leather. In addition, it gives a beautiful finish, well illustrated on the order we have just completed.

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That's it, we got there. This is officially the last step. All the way on this super restoration on the two beautiful fork monstraps. Thank you to everyone who is still with us. I greatly appreciate the support. There, I will leave you with the final reveal shortly.

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We did it. If you're still with us, write the little dress shoe in the comments, just to show you that you're still with me for the final reveal. Without further ado, we have the beautiful double.

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My client wanted a complete restoration, we offered him a re-make. I was a little artistic on the skate, but here it is. We have several new top-lift guys. They are refurbished pages, new elastics. Still good for several years to come.

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More information, a quote, acquire my services, you can join me on all my social networks, apps at Gerry 1958. It will be my pleasure to help you acquire quality service.

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