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Yeah, any leather shoes will wear out much faster if you don't let them sit and dry out after wearing. Shoe trees can vastly prolong the lifespan of a pair of

• jandrese 7y ago
  Are you stomping through mud puddles daily with your shoes? Regular foot sweat should be long since evaporated away with just an overnight stay in the shoe closet unless perhaps you live in an un-airconditioned house in a swamp. I wear the same pair of leather shoes every day and in the end it's the soles that wear out, not the leather. They aren't even fancy shoes, just run of the mill Dockers.
  • Domenic_S 7y ago
    That's a great failure mode as you can simply get them re-soled.
    • jandrese 7y ago
      Theoretically, but the couple of times I've checked it would cost pretty much the same or more to re-sole my shoes as it would be to buy a brand new pair. It's pretty hard to find anybody who even does that anymore, and their clients are people with extremely expensive imported dress shoes.
      • cbzoiav 7y ago
        Not sure where you are but in the UK Timpsons are absolutely everywhere (although the quality and pricing of repairs seems pretty hit and miss - some stores are excellent, others less so). And there are still plenty of independent shops kicking about. Most places offering lock smith services also offer shoe repair.