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minus-squarefribbtastic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours agoThe leather was fine. The part between the rubber sole and the leather shoe (I think it is called midsole?) just disintegrated. The were stored in my shoe rack. I wouldn’t say that it is particularly humid there but it would be warm-ish (depending on the weather). I wasn’t particularly shocked by this since they were simply lying around for that long. Maybe active use would have extended their life a bit more. But maybe I can give them to someone that can add a new midsole so that they can be used again.
minus-squarerbos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoSounds promising. My shoe guy charges $50CAD tor redoing the bottoms.
minus-squareITGuyLevi@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 hours agoThey don’t make boots like they used too. My boots from back then (just over 20 years old now) are still in great shape, Bates made some rock solid boots back then (either that or all the polishing in basic made them invincible).
The leather was fine. The part between the rubber sole and the leather shoe (I think it is called midsole?) just disintegrated.
The were stored in my shoe rack. I wouldn’t say that it is particularly humid there but it would be warm-ish (depending on the weather).
I wasn’t particularly shocked by this since they were simply lying around for that long. Maybe active use would have extended their life a bit more.
But maybe I can give them to someone that can add a new midsole so that they can be used again.
Sounds promising. My shoe guy charges $50CAD tor redoing the bottoms.
They don’t make boots like they used too. My boots from back then (just over 20 years old now) are still in great shape, Bates made some rock solid boots back then (either that or all the polishing in basic made them invincible).