Florsheim Double Monk Straps Shine + New heels Part 1

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In this video I revive a pair of Florsheim Imperial double monk strap shoes that I picked up for $1! They were going to need new heel Top Lifts soon, so I went ahead and replaced them with 10 iron (approx 5mm thick or about .2" thick) leather and heeling rubber from Landwerlen Leather in Indianapolis, Indianna:

They got a good polish with Saphir Medaille D'Or Creme polish and Medaille D'Or Mirror Gloss on the toes. Yes, the back of the toe cap on the left shoe came out a little darker, I'll correct that. Honestly, I didn't really notice it until I edited the video.

Some related videos:
"Goodyear Welted vs Blake Stitched Construction Shoes"

"How to Replace Top Lifts (Heels) at Home (detailed)"

Music Credit: YouTube Audio Library:
1. "Nice To You" by Vibe Tracks
2. "Costa Rica" by Slynk
3. "Mia" by Jeremy Blake
4. "Mirror Mirror" by Diamond Ortiz
5. "Beautiful World" by Drew Banga
6. "Six Feet Off The Ground" by Nana Kwabena

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Excellent job Bob! I need a pair of Double Monk Strap shoes for my collection. You’ve got me thinking as I think that AE has a Factory Second Sale on right now. You have taken a great thrift shop purchase and refinished the shoes into a pair of shoes you will be proud to wear for many years to come. Great video! Keep up the good work.

edf

Double Monks! Classic shoe & for only a $1? Great vid. Can't wait for the follow up video! 👍

ThriftedGent

These videos are inspiring me to give shoe repair a go.

TomG

You should try to monetize your channel. You won't make much money, but I bet you can go at least 150-200$ a month. And this way you won't spend your own money to show us these beautiful and informing clips.

klorell

Robert, great video. Thumbs up !

One tip, if I may, when sanding the leather & rubber wedges smooth on the edge where they are to join. Try holding them sandwiched together when sanding and you’ll get a more perfect, mirrored edge one to the other. If you sand one, then the other, the angle will be slightly off no matter the care taken. When you hold them together against the belt, they obtain the exact same finish / angle and will be mates of each other and have less or no gap when butted to one another.

Love the information and videos! Thanks

~ Alan

zefdin

Great video Robert - can’t wait for the next one!

PuttPutt

Another great video Robert. I have soaked salt water damage shoes actually in a pail of water overnight. Some salt water cleaning requires several weeks before you can even consider putting creams or polishes onto leather of the uppers. But for a dollar what do you have to lose.

williamfindspeople

Wrapping the whole shoe in a wet (but not dripping wet) towel overnight can easily fix the lumps. The idea is that the top layer/coating over the leather expands when exposed to rain. Re-soaking that same part can help the areas around expand so that the lumps will go away.

conanchi

U really should have sanded the toes, would have came out amazing

barbaraalva

Nice to see how each time you do the heels you have become much better at it. The joys of learning a craft! The punch you adapted is just great: I will adapt mine immediately too. Question though: what made you decide to first drill holes for the brass nails? I seem to remember that in videos of for instance Steve from Bedo's he just hammers the nails in, so no pre-drilling. (Apologies for my English: not my mother tongue.)

gijsbo

So, I happened upon a Goodwill store today and found some Johnston & Murphy plain toed shoes (either Oxford or Derby) that fit me for $7.89! They're part of the "passport" series which is no longer produced...not Goodyear welted but it says on the bottom they're made in Italy...a local cobbler took a look at them when I went to get shoe trees and some polish and said I'd probably get a lot of life out of them judging on their construction. Noticeable wrinkling on the vamp and a couple of dark spots, but color wise they look pretty good! Couldn't find out any info about the passport series and how much they would've sold for new if they were still being made today. Have you heard of that line of shoes? I might try contacting Johnston and Murphy about it as well, but I thought you might find it interesting. If you want pictures I can send some to you if you have an e-mail address!

EDIT: Johnston and Murphy's customer service was still open, so I called them...unfortunately, most of the numbers on the inside of the shoes are worn off, so that makes it harder to tell when mine were made. The lady on the other end did say, though, that the passport line stopped being made probably around 6 or so years ago and went back around 20 years or so. She also said that when it was being made that it was one of their more expensive lines, so it sounds like I hit the jackpot here with my find! I'm surprised they have a pseudo welt rather than a real Goodyear one, but I'm still happy with them. Again, if you want pictures, I can send them to you if you have an e-mail address!

GamingDrummer