A bank of buffing and sanding wheels hum as shoe repairman Tom Anderson puts the finishing touches on a pair of women's shoes. "The heel has already been put on. Now I have to trim it," says Anderson, ...

For jobs that involve a lot of walking, it's easy to tear through shoe soles. Tire treads, on the other hand, can take a lot of punishment. As Hackaday points out, you can take remove the tread from ...

SALISBURY — When it came down to it, all Pat Weddington wanted was a hand-stitcher and a polisher to help with repairs he sometimes had to make to shoes he and his wife were selling on eBay.

In a small room scented with leather polish and the whirring sound of a buffing wheel, John Garwood is busily tapping the sole on a shoe. Garwood, who came to Greenwich from the island of Jamaica, has ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Repairing shoes may be a service that’s becoming a lost art, but Mt. Lookout Shoe Repair is still saving soles and keeping the feet of Tri-State customers warm and grounded. It’s a ...

As the sun sets in the nation’s capital, painting the sky vibrant shades of reds and purples, John “Peter Bug” Matthews stands proudly outside his historic shoe shop on Capitol Hill. Even on his day ...

In the Sewickley Shoe Repair on Beaver St., Mario Ulizzi toils among rows of worn shoes and boots. The cobbler meticulously works various leathers, sometimes for hours, doing the work by hand. Ulizzi ...

This week, for the first time in 49 years, there will be no one behind the counter at Paul’s Shoe Repair in San Jose. Paul Cruz, the man behind the name of the shop and the cobbler known for making ...