5 things you didn’t know shoemakers repair

What do hockey equipment, shoulder straps, and riding equipment have in common? Probably this is not a question you’ve thought a lot, but it has a simple answer: shoemakers. In fact, your shoemaker can repair a lot more than just your shoes.

Do you have a pair of gloves you really like, but it has broken seams? Don’t throw it away, but take it to your nearest shoemaker. Shoemakers are experts in leather and details and have both the tools and the knowledge to easily repair your equipment.

Hockey equipment is actually becoming an increasingly common task for shoemakers. More people see the value in repairing and maintaining instead of just consuming new equipment.

Riding is like hockey, a sport with a lot of equipment that is worn out. It is also both expensive and bad for the environment to buy new equipment. Whether it is about a jumping saddle, girths, stirrups or tack, shoemakers repair them.

Do you need to wash covers, saddle pads/saddle blankets?

Number three on the list is not so surprising but something that is often forgotten, the bags. Straps come loose and bags end up lying in the closet. So number three on the list is a reminder to you to take care of what you have lying at home and give your bags a new life with a simple repair. So whether it is the sports bag, hockey bag or the handbag, take it to your nearest shoemaker. In short, don’t let your things lie around at home. It’s time, right now, to take them to a shoemaker and improve them!

On the threshold of spring and it is finally time to take the motorcycle out, so wonderful! This also means gathering all the clothes that belong to motorcycle and this is when you start thinking if the leather suit didn’t need to be repaired… AGAIN. It doesn’t have to cost a fortune and you definitely don’t need to go to a motorcycle store, come to Downstairs instead. Our shoemakers have long experience working with details of the highest quality.

Opening, closing, opening, closing your zipper can eventually lead to the zipper giving up, getting stuck or breaking. Don’t put the bag or the jacket in a corner in the closet because you can’t put it to rights, go to your nearest shoemaker. Zippers are actually one of the most common things that shoemakers repair.