Chisel / leather / rubber day down Indy way

[C. in Indy]

A rainy Saturday,

Catching up on some watch-strap leather work and shoe-heel rubber work.
A nice cutting edge gets 90% of the trimming done,  then I'll move to power sanding equipment.

   

[C. in Indy]

And,  we're good for a bit more foot-stompin' music....

   

   

   

   

[Mike Brady]

You didn't tell us how the new heel is fixed to the sole/heel.  I recall from when I wore shoes,
 that the heel stack had brads, as well as cement, attaching it the sole.  Are those there?

[C. in Indy]

True enough!

The heelstack has some factory brads going downward which had just pierced the heel-lift rubber pieces.  I cemented the new heel-lifts with contact cement, but before doing so I marked them and made a few divots (partial drill holes) to allow the existing 6-nails-per-heel to mate to them approximately.    I don't have a cobbler's stand or such things, but I walked in them right after gluing on the oversized heels, to really pound the glue joint