These boots went from Trashed to Treasured in no time.
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- Опубліковано 2 лют 2025
- Customers favorite boots, now he can enjoy wearing them for many years.
Complete restoration of these old friends, new split welts, shanks, leather midsoles, interior lining repaired, foot beds along with Vibram Christy soles.
Leather Care
Bick 4
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Bick 1
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Venetian shoe cream
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Saphir Renovation cream
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Tarrago Nano Protector
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Lincoln E-Z cleaner
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Shoe Shine
Saphir Beaute Du Cuir Creme Surfine
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Saphir Beaute Du Cuir Pate De Luxe (wax)
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Saphir Medaille D'Or creme
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Saphir Medaille D'Or Mirror gloss
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Saphir Medaille D'Or Pate De Luxe
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Saphir Amiral High Gloss
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Leather Dye
Fiebing Edge Dressing
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Leather Refinish
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Angelus leather dye
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Fiebing's Leather Dye
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MISC
Master Cement
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Barge Cement
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Steve, I have systemic Lupus and I am very sick. I am home in bed most of the time. This morning I was feeling very much in pain and I put on UA-cam. I was so excited to see a new video from you. Watching your level of craftsmanship fascinates me and helps distract me from my pain. I also learn so much about leather work and shoes. Thank you for giving me a window into your world and an escape from mine. Your videos do more than you realize. ❤️👞👞👞👍
Aww thank you
I hope you feel better soon
Totally agree. 🙏
可怜的人， 。 可以试试 青蒿素
Be better, dear Diane
Prayers for you Diane!
Unreal artisanal talent - a true savant you are sir.....soon as my boots / shoes need TLC I am sending them your way.....four of my colleagues had work done on their shoes by you and till this day rave about the craftmanship....
Anytime you’re ready
Even before I watch the video... I know it's going to be great work
*Someone commented saying they think this repair was $350. Nah, this job would most definitely cost more than $350. Why? If you watched the whole video, he had to replace the entire foot bed which was absolutely trashed. He had to mend the heel counter and add a new heel lining. He also had to repair the toe area. The uppers were dirty and filthy, so he cleaned them. The material was also wiped with conditioner since they were very dry. He also had to dye them to fix the coloring. A new midsole and outer sole were added as well. This was a pretty comprehensive repair.*
*Many people commenting on this channel also often forget other factors (important ones too). The shoes hold sentimental value to the customer since they're for a friend of his. So it was definitely worth it for them. If people can afford it and really want it, then by all means do it. I can understand not being able to afford it though. I think it was very smart for the customer to have these repaired, because it would be wasteful for them to have tossed them into the trash. Also, the boots have history and have many memories attached to them. I'm sure the friend was very happy with the results, and can enjoy many more years with their boots 😊! Also, yea it's expensive, but people are paying for his many years of experience, expertise, and his amazing attention to detail. The money also goes towards him buying more supplies such as the leather (it doesn't come cheap), dyes, repairs for his machines, more tools, etc. So I can see why he charges those prices to help with these things. Most importantly his experience and expertise goes into the price. If he lowered it, he would be underpaying himself with how talented he is. Again, I do understand not everyone can afford stuff to be repaired. Not everyone does it. If people are able to have the money for it, they can most certainly go ahead and get it done. He has great results too so it's worth it 😊!*
*With all of that said, the boots look amazing and Steve worked extremely hard on them and the experience and expertise shows! He brought them back to life!!*
*The man has a business to run 😅! He has bills and employees to pay, machines to fix, machines and tools to buy, supplies, and a family to take care of. I wish more people understood these things, instead of tossing their stuff into the trash, and buying new ones. "Hey man! It's too expensive! Just buy new ones! It's easy bro!" Hey bro, be prepared to be mocked and told you're a clown while watching his videos. He laughs at you haters lol 😅🤣🤣🤣🤣! I love it when he mocks the hater with that goofy voice he does lol 🤣🤣🤣!!*
*Let's continue!*
I really enjoy watching you and get a peace of mind watching you and i have done leather work and made a pair of penny loafers just about a year ago an look pretty good ware them a lot. I really enjoy working with leather made all kinds of things in my life. Really enjoy watching you. Keep up the videos.
Magnificent job Steve, who ever coined the phrase "you caint polish a turd" obviously never saw you work your magic....lol
Now they are definitely better than new and have a patina that only hard working life can bestow upon them.
You cant polish a turd but you can patch and polish junk and make it work fine.
I like.... .. You can't bake a chocolate cake out of a pile of shit.
Can you do a video where you show us how you make your coffee? Look liked you were drinking Turkish-style coffee or something and I would love to see and learn.
I’ve watched shoe repair videos almost constantly since COVID came. Gemings get talked about but never shown. Finally!
Do you recommend any other channels?
This project almost started with the birth of a calf! Great work.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great to hear you laugh again and hit us with that dry Armenian humor.
I grew up in the 50's and my parent never bought new shoes each year for school but had ours repaired and hand me downs until they no longer fit. I dont know anyone who has their shoes repaired it is NEW shoes every year. Love to watch a Craftsman who knows his business.
This is a major repair on these boots for sure Steveroo... If they were mine they would be in the can.. BUT if anybody can do it, it's you...! AND you did it, amazing...!!!GG
Steeveroo 🤣🤣
It’s always a good day when Steve uploads another great repair job. Thank you! 🇬🇧
your videos are very therapeutic when watching them God bless
Hello Steve 🙋🏽. It's really good to see you today, in good spirits. As usual another awesome video and Job 👍🏽. Have a awesome amazing beautiful weekend ‼️😃🙋🏽👍🏽.
Amazing job and video. Wish I could bring a cigar and join you after the job is done.
That would be cool
I wish I could be a cobbler what a fun profession to be in surrounded by nice footwear all day and rebuilding it.. I am a boot collector but I spend more time watching your repairs more than looking at boots on youtube.
I love watching you work! Your a great teacher!
My daughter and I came to see you around Christmas time to give you a T shirt! WHAT TIME IS, ITS HAMMER TIME!
I remember, thank you
I’m thankful to have the „HammerTime hehehe“ back.
Welcome back Sir 😁😁😁
Really didnt think the boots will ever look pretty again...but now I wonder if they ever looked this cool, even when new.
don't kid yourself Steve, as soon as you started explaining the "right" way to fix that heel lining and potential easy ways around it, you knew you'd do it the hard/correct way. Great work as always.
Every time that razor blade comes out all I can think about is Julia Child on SNL.Stay safe.Great job as always.
One day I pray to have shoes worthy of your repairs. I am always in awe of your skill.
20:22 “I tried so hard and got so far, but in the end it doesn’t even matter. I had to fall to lose it all, but in the end it doesn’t even matter” one of my favorite songs! Great job as usual!
Letting your footwear get into this condition is indefensible but without such disregard we we wouldn’t get to see such a master at work; amazing work Steve.
Downtown Fairfax, fall day... good coffee, hookah yeah... nice!! Thanks for bringing us along Steve, masterful work!!
When I first started watching your videos I had a distaste for your humor, but now for some reason I love it. Also I am very intrigued and appreciate your awesome work!!!.
Very, very, very beautiful! Thanks! 👍
*great work, and the mustache, ... the mustache is amazing*
Kindred spirits .. you and I.. from the other side of the mondo. You do awesome shoes with a hookah break.. and I do false teeth with a cigar break .. and we even have the same MO.. great job Steve.
Fantastic work!! Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.
20:22 Steve starts whistling Lincoln Park... That's when you know it's been a long day
I was going to write a long reply to your comment, but I realized that, in the end, it doesn’t even matter.
Another miracle worked--in your hands, anything can be fixed and often better than it was originally made. Loved the hookah break--I've seen your coffee breaks, but can't remember seeing a hookah one. And you sitting on your porch took me back many years to when I spent a college summer working in Virginia, living in a frame house with a porch like yours, relaxing and watching the world go by. The 80s were a lot of fun!
Steve your beard and tash looks cool. It reminds me of stylish men from 1890s period.
So great! You are the Bob Ross of the shoe repairs!!
Love your work. You are a true artisan. La creme de la creme.
“We went outta town for ah couple ah days yesterday” 🤣😂 ….. this guy is awesome + he really knows what he’s doing 🤙🏻😎
Watched again Still amazed how this custom repair turned out Steveo No 1 🙌👍
You never seize to amaze me Steve O , you took a pair of broken down beat up old boots and made them shine like Gems .
What a happiness to open youtube and see that you posted a new video. 🙏🙏🙏🙏. You made my day. 😜. Amazing job as always.
Reaching out to my local cobbler is for sure a great thing for him/her. However, it’s so difficult to see what kind of quality you get and unfortunately there are so many out there that just waste the money (and shoe). That is true for many professions btw, you showcase what you can do (basically an online portfolio) and then it becomes an easy choice I guess. :)
I tried my "local cobbler" after being inspired by Steve's work; what a mistake. The boots were ruined and couldn't wear them anymore. It would be nice if Steve could recommend some cobblers he knows from around the world that he can vouch for.
+1 People don't mind spending the money if they receive value. We have all been burned in the past. Maybe the local cobblers need their own UA-cam channel to point to if they want the business.
@@cyrilhudak4568 Yeah, or at least a portfolio. This is where having a degree in something or a CV, doesn’t mean much. If you can showcase what you can do (also for instance with software engineering), I would be way more interested in checking that out.
Yeah, I live in South Korea and all the cobblers I've seen do just average at best. Maybe like 2 places in the whole country that pass in quality. No one does any customs.
Yep. Luckily I got burned once. Now have found another that is excellent and another on you tube Tring shoe repair, his work is top notch. I would trust him with any fine shoe!
That was amazing to watch , You are an artist , It was memorizing, from start to finish .. You have a very calming voice. Thank you . God Bless 🙏✝️
Greetings from Uzbekistan. Classwork.
I look forward to the next video when someone sends you the shoe laces and a photo😂😂. Masterful work as ever a real pleasure to watch.
I honestly think that is one of your better restoration jobs. They were extremely beat up, but looked great when you’d done. Restored but retained the character, cracking job sir.
You are absolutely the best. Your videos always cheer me up. XOXO
Vewy beautifulllll !!!!!! Let's continue !
I am a drafting engineer and I absolutely love to watch you. HAMMER TIME! I love seeing your tools that help your with your craft. Your my best friend, you just don't know it. Lol
Let's continue...
You are a true craftsman
Wow, from 0:06 to 36:09! What a phantastic piece of work!
My dad had a knife like that. It was sharpened so many times it looked like yours. Thanks for the memory.,
Another quality job brought to you by the man with the beard and hammer.
It’s good to see you relaxing after working hard, Steve. I’ve been keeping your family in my prayers.
I bought Bick 4 after seeing you talk about it and now use it on all our leather goods. It’s been great on the Vachetta of our Louis Vuitton bags, as it doesn’t darken it prematurely, but seems to stop it developing water marks and keeps both the vachetta and canvas supple and shiny. My mulberry bags love Bick 4 as well. Not easy to get in the UK, but well worth the effort!
Thank you for showing yourself taking a break and enjoying the weather.
Steve, it’s relaxing to watch you work, no unnecessary music, a nice story once and a while, and a wonderful transformation at the end.
Good to see you relaxing. I relax smoke in a meerschaum pipe have to try water pipe some day.
Earlier this week I countersunk the stitching on a leather midsole for the same reasons you stated. Seeing a master of the craft do this as well was great.
Another amazing work Steve I put on my ear buds just to hear extra hammer time!!! Till the next one...
STEVE, TELL EVERYBODY HELLO, GREAT VIDEO, GREAT JOB...
Hey Steve, I love how you do the narration in each video. Great storytelling. It compliments your craftsmanship.
You got me Steve…lulled me into a false sense of security….you show us a knackered (Brit slang!) pair of boots and then give them the Bedo treatment.
I wasn’t expecting repairs inside the boots to the extent you went to. You did though, and explained all the stages.
The result was a fine pair of boots ready for the next decade or two.
Well done, it rounded of my Friday night perfectly.
Shine on Steve
OMG. Those boots went to hell & back. I would've just bought a new pair of boots. Great work as always Steve.
Wow, great job if the customer is not happy I will take them lol. As always you do great work
Holy crap those boots looked like roadkill.... Your the David copperfeild of shoe repair
I enjoyed your restoration of the boot. You appear to have joy in your life . Bravo!
Another one!! Breathing new life Into some boots that may have been ready to toss out! Steve is Da man!!!
Can't tell you how happy your videos make me - not just for the careful craftsmanship, but also for the honesty and sensitivity you show your clients. Thank you, Steve!
Lovely job . They will never get worked on like that again .They are also better than when made! The owner will be really impressed.
An enjoyable man doing good work.
Those boots scream comfortable. Beautiful restoration Steve!
Another pair of Saturday night boots Steveo Far to good for work I’m sure Really enjoyed this renovation As always great video 👍👍👍👍
Wow! You do beautiful and outstanding work!
Always great to watch....thanks Steve
Niiiice !!! you certainly did make a silk purse out of a sow's ear beautifull wprkmanship Steve I love watching how you do that :)
Hooka and tea! Or coffee? Nice! Bless u and ur family sir!
Great work, I enjoyed watching you very much today. I love watching an artist work.
You look like a Sheriff from the Wild West days, sitting on your porch...😃👍.
OLD LEATHER SMITH here, Hi Steve, great job, A boot maker I know showed me how 2 sand the larger sole down I always did it your way which I still prefer, of course I only make Moccasins from ankle 2 thigh by client request, not cowboy boots like he does. GOD'S BLESSINGS ✝️⚾🙃
Artistry at its highest level. Best shoe repair videos period. Thanks
Hi Ste. Another work of art from a pigs ear to a silk purse looks like you were enjoying the smoke and coffee keep having a good time stay safe from Liverpool England
Another work of art ... Thx ...
As always, Steve overcomes all the obstacles and brings new life to these boots. Boo Tee Full.
That's now the snazziest pair of $80 boots going. Yup, LOVE me some Bick4 !!! Great stuff.
Stevo your talents have no limits.....how about making a pair of shoes of your own design!!!
Great to see you at the top of your game Steve & it was so kind of Mrs Bedo to let you use her washing up brush.
What a brilliant demonstration of how to turn a pigs ear in to a silk purse.
Take care & stay safe 🇬🇧👍
What craftsmanship. I hope the owner appreciates that he's getting a much better boot back than what he left with you.
Wow Steve as ever an amazing job.
Your a pleasure to watch.
I watch your repairs late at night sat in front of a fire when all the jobs of the day are done.
I like the casual nature, the sound of your voice ,the stitching, the bugs outside, the occasional visits of a beautiful Alsatian dog and even your coffee times with friends. It makes me feel like I am your friend, although we have never met.
I bet there are two types (especially)of people who watch your videos, those who want and can afford your shoe repairs, and those who would love to try and repair a pair of shoes that mean a lot to them but fancy their own skills at it from watching great people like yourself.
Gets me wondering how I could get 'off the shelf' leather bits that I could fashion into a footbed and welt.
I have a small metal shoe iron that I use as a door stop. Perhaps I can... you never know until you try, right?
Ps, your a very talented man. X
👍👍❤️❤️❤️
As usual beautiful work and excellent video.
Thank you Steve.
It is very good to hear you laugh again.
Where is your friend to drink the coffee with you?
It is was not so far, I would be glad to come to share the coffee with you.
Beautyful Shoes !! Du bist ein wahrer Künstler. Es ist sehr beindruckend, was du aus den alten Schuhen gemacht hast. Der Besitzer wird lange Freude daran haben. Danke für das schöne Video. Es hat mir sehr gut gefallen. I love it! 😅❤
I wish I had a pair of boots to have you redo !! 🥾👍😎
I know the proper thing to do is to hit that like button before I watch this video !
I enjoyed the drive yesterday with you and your son. I would love to see a photo of the outside of your Cobra. Great video today. The owner will be shocked when he receives his gift. I was impressed with the editing showing close ups. Especially great seeing you kick back and relax. You need to do more of that.
Beautiful work
Long since questioning why customers pay what it takes when they can buy something new. In fact I welcome the most dilapidated projects because then we get to see more of your magic. You made those boots so much better and they will last so much longer than before. Your skill set is amazing.
Supreme skill, knowledge, experience and admirable work ethic
An absolute pleasure to watch a true master craftsman work
A very brave master craftsman in action!
Another amazing job Steve, but I'm always glad you're finished with that knife.
Something about giving a good piece of leather a new life is deeply satisfying. You have to to be able to recognize a good original piece of leather that's not about to disintegrate. The boot upper began with quality upper that has remained so despite the years, and seeing it, you did the magic.
Thoroughly enjoy seeing your craft. I have so much love and appreciation for people like you who continue their passion and educate us too. I really am saddened that there aren't more people like you everywhere, that we can trust. Hoping I can find one locally. Thank you!