I've got a pair of comfy trad shoes that need new soles. I sent a pair to Yosemite Bum last year, and they came back too wide to wear (I have skinny feet and it didn't take much expansion to ruin them for me). I thought I'd try someone else. R&S recommended Cobbler and Cordwainer, but the site says they're not taking in any more work through the end of the year due to heavy workload. They're very expensive, too. Has anyone used these guys? Plattsburgh Shoe Hospital

Kathy

I sent them my Acopas earlier this autumn and was very pleased with what I got back. The fit was essentially unchanged, the resole has been holding up well and they reglued a couple of spots where the rand was starting to pull away from the upper. Turn-around time wasn't especially fast, (no doubt influenced by seasonal work load) but I had the shoes back in three weeks or so. Worth the few extra days.

www.prodealresoles.com
most excellent resoles at most excellent prices with most excellent turnaround times

You could also try www.rockandresole.com

GO

Can't speak for cost and time, but I've had pretty good experiences with Rubber Room Resoles. The resole is worthless if the shoes don't fit afterwards, and I've found with these folks that the shoes have generally come back very close to fitting how I left them.

Feels like I have written this so many time but I don’t see the threads:

mho:

#1 Rubber Room unfortunately also the most expensive, but they’ve done at least 6 resoles for me with excellent work and reasonable turn around time.every time

#2 Rock and Resoles Good to excellent work and lower prices.

I’ve use three other resolers over the last dozen years. Maybe some of the resolers that have destroyed my shoes have gotten better.

Haven’t yet tried Komitos Boots.

That said, the rands of my resoled shoes never seem to last as long as new shoes (from gym use). So if you can find new shoes at good prices you have to consider new too. For me RR resoles and rands are app $60. New Katanas are often $100 and that seems to be about even in terms of life per dollar.

Kathy - I've never head of Plattsburgh Shoe Hospital, please let us know how you make out if you do go with them.

Continuing on the theme of not answering your question though:
My favorite place is:

Barry's Resoles
41585 Auberry Road
Auberry CA 93602
559 855-4511
barrysresoles@netptc.net

It's probably the most expensive place around unfortunately. (I have tried Pro Deal Resoles without much joy. Rubber Room - decent though often slow)


Given the discounting going on these days you may want to consider a new pair, especially if your shoes have already been resoled once or twice.

I have two pair at the Shoe Hospital currently, will inform of the service/repairs.........buy local?

Barry's Resoles: one pair only
Less expensive than Rubber Room.
Visibly excellent workmanship.
Unfortunately the shoes came back a bit small.

Oh, I like the candy – reminds me of Jules (RIP) who consistently did the best resole I’ve ever had.

Barry is really sweet on the phone and I’d love give him my business, but I have to find a way to justify sending him another pair first.

I've had good luck with rock and resole, and I think Komito's has a good rep too. He also seems like a great guy, the couple of times I've gone in there with friends. Both rock and resole and Komito will do "creative" resolings too, like if you have a shoe that doesn't quite fit and you'd like them to make some adjustments while resoling. I had moderate luck with this on a pair of miuras some years ago, though I've finally realized that the barracudas fit me lots better than the miuras... As a side note, my partner has very very old shoes (no longer made) to which she is very loyal, and in addition to resoling, she once had a regular old cobbler (not a climbing one) do some creative patches to the leather parts...I was impressed! So don't forget to check out your local cobbler if you have non-rubber parts that need fixing.