GOLDEN OLDIE Â Â 15 #1 Posted February 11, 2019 Finding an old hobbing foot in a relatives attic makes me wonder who remembers their father repairing the family shoes using one obviously not able to afford the cobblers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
francypants   441 #2 Posted February 11, 2019 Yes I remember it well. We called it a cobblers last. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hillsbro   28 #3 Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) Yes, the old hobbing foot - and having taken lessons from dad, here I am in 1950. https://i.postimg.cc/02kLw5Qf/Cobbler.jpg Edited February 11, 2019 by hillsbro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
willman   10 #4 Posted February 11, 2019 We had one, although i think we only ever used it for ensuring that our "segs" were safely knocked in place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
trastrick   866 #5 Posted February 11, 2019 All working class houses had one. Also that curved leather knife.  Used to sole and heel shoes, knock in studs, segs, heel plates, toe plates and the old football studs!  You could buy leather by the sheet, then Woolworths came up with proper sized stick on rubber soles and heels! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Padders   2,850 #6 Posted February 11, 2019 12 minutes ago, hillsbro said: Yes, the old hobbing foot - and having taken lessons from dad, here I am in 1950. https://i.postimg.cc/02kLw5Qf/Cobbler.jpg . You never cease to amaze me Hillsbro, man of many talents. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Dozer   13 #7 Posted February 11, 2019 35 minutes ago, hillsbro said: Yes, the old hobbing foot - and having taken lessons from dad, here I am in 1950. https://i.postimg.cc/02kLw5Qf/Cobbler.jpg You've hardly changed at all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hillsbro   28 #8 Posted February 11, 2019 5 minutes ago, Dozer said: You've hardly changed at all! Well, Mrs hillsbro says I do sometimes act like a two year-old... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Annina   11 #9 Posted February 11, 2019 I well remember Dad mending our shoes back in the fifties. I also still have a hobbing foot to use as a doorstopper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
bazza63 Â Â 12 #10 Posted February 11, 2019 Yes do remember the hobbing foot, my Dad used to mend shoes on it put new leather or rubber soles came up like new. stiil got one in our garage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
winks   10 #11 Posted February 11, 2019 I remember my dad hving one of these. When he had a hole in his shoes, he used to ask my mum to fetch a piece of leather from the rag and tag, the sit like a little pixie on the floor mending said shoes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
JOHN HABS   10 #12 Posted February 16, 2019 Hobbing Foot: I've still got one and still use it to repair my wife's shoes and my own.  Got a bit fed up taking my boots to place like Timpsons to have the soles replaced at a cost more than the boots were to buy, having the soles replaced and the boots heeled was looking at a £27 price tag.  Ordered the soles and heels off Amazon did the job myself at a cost of about £11. Don't think it takes that much skill in using the hobbing foot.....all it is, is an extra pair of hands to hold the shoe in position whilst its being repaired. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...