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> Nobody pays a cobbler $150 to re-sole their $50 sneakers—their $400 leather oxfords, maybe. I paid a cobbler $90 to resole(and re-cork) my birkenstocks after
by soperj 4y ago
> Nobody pays a cobbler $150 to re-sole their $50 sneakers—their $400 leather oxfords, maybe.
I paid a cobbler $90 to resole(and re-cork) my birkenstocks after 2.5 years. It's been 4 years since I've done it, and they aren't even close to where they were when he did it. I honestly just wish I'd done it sooner. He re-corked them as well, but some of that is now falling apart. Might have to go back.
- DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y agouh, aren't birkenstocks cork sandals... so if you replace the cork and rubber soles, it's pretty much a new sandal? It's like the question: if you replace the handle of an axe one year and then axe head the next year, is it still the same axe?
- soperj 4y agoNo, the main part is the leather. Not all the cork was replaced either, it was just firmed up. Regardless, it's still lasted twice as long as a resole (and I didn't have to break them in) for half the price of new, and they're still going strong.
- sethammons 4y agoYou always say, "I rehandled my axe" - to get a new axe head is to get a new axe; you don't "re-head" an axe. Pedantry aside, yes, the Ship of Theseus.
- Tangurena2 4y agoThe Ship of Theseus is still the ship of Theseus. But also because no matter how many parts are replaced, the ship is still owned by Theseus. 0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus