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just a thought meth while ive got your attention, your one of the few people ive seen other than myself who have added parts to the shoe namely straps. now personally i hand stitch them all from a flat peice of leather. then hand stitch them to the shoe because any cobblers ive been to never do as good a job with a patcher than i do by hand.
now the fact that yours are often on the toe end of the lace panels i suppose you could go through existing holes by hand more easily than making new ones, i use glue before stitching which is just a rubber based contact adhesive but this is just for the final fit to the shoe or when putting the strap together.
id be intrigued to know how you do yours whether you do hand stitch the same.
ive been looking for a long time for a patcher or indeed a new machine like a factory has but the older and indeed better patchers are becoming scarce and a new machine can run into thousands of dollars(although i slept on one the other week on ebay at $400)
im pretty sure i could do some pretty special things from what ive had a go at before although they were never special enough to post anywhere.
im sure youve toyed with the idea of a machine, have you had any luck?
now the fact that yours are often on the toe end of the lace panels i suppose you could go through existing holes by hand more easily than making new ones, i use glue before stitching which is just a rubber based contact adhesive but this is just for the final fit to the shoe or when putting the strap together.
id be intrigued to know how you do yours whether you do hand stitch the same.
ive been looking for a long time for a patcher or indeed a new machine like a factory has but the older and indeed better patchers are becoming scarce and a new machine can run into thousands of dollars(although i slept on one the other week on ebay at $400)
im pretty sure i could do some pretty special things from what ive had a go at before although they were never special enough to post anywhere.
im sure youve toyed with the idea of a machine, have you had any luck?