r/BuyItForLife • u/Boeing-B-47stratojet • 1d ago

Repair Got these wolverines resoled

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The original one had become separated, the heel was falling off. Still lasted over 17 years working at a glass plant, can’t complain too much.

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u/Level-Historian6435 1d ago

A resole makes so much sense once the uppers are already broken in to your feet. Fresh grip without restarting the whole boot.

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u/vacuous_comment 1d ago

Holy crap 17 years. I burn through vibram soles in 18 months.

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u/the_perkolator 1d ago

And what did the cobbler charge you?

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u/Boeing-B-47stratojet 1d ago

$86, which is about 1/4 of the cost of replacing these

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u/the_perkolator 1d ago

Dang, not bad. Years ago I went to a cobbler to inquire about resoling some Irish Setters, and it was going to end up around 3/4 the price of new boots, so I just got new ones.

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u/moldibread 1d ago

where you working in the office? thats an impressive run for work boots.

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u/Boeing-B-47stratojet 1d ago

I work in a glass plant, on the floor. Similar temperatures to a steel mill, but less foreign objects.

The soles themselves probably could have had another year or two, but the glue was destroyed

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u/glen107wood 1d ago

Viracon? Got them metatarsal toes! Lol

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u/Boeing-B-47stratojet 1d ago

Anhueser Busch/Anchor Hocking

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u/HAL_9_TRILLION 23h ago

Bought my first pair of Wolverines (Durbin) in 2014. I've averaged a pair every two years since. I work them ridiculously hard. Daily wear for construction. The soles wear out and come loose and I get holes in the leather at the steel toe. They just discontinued them, so I gotta figure out, after 12 years, what can replace them.

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u/ape16200 58m ago

Haven't got them in yet cause they take like 8 damn weeks to make, but I'm very excited for the JK OT bison boots to come in. They should last me for life as a soft handed contractor lol but seems like they'll hold up better than basically anything else without going super heavy

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u/Confident_Success_37 2h ago

How do you care for the leather?

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u/Ijzeraffe 14h ago

I'm mildly peeved at Wolverine.

Bought a pair years ago and they've been great, but recently I had to replace my work boots and figured go with Wolverine again.

Ended up going with their Floorhand because local store had them on sale.

The right boot felt almost a half-size larger than it should have been. Bought another pair of Floorhands from a different store, same thing but maybe a quarter-size too big.