cross-posted from: https://wolfballs.com/post/12435
So in an effort to think up more sustainable footwear, I stumbled upon a concept of a sandal that goes over shoes. This was being marketed towards "sneakerheads" I think, or people with nice shoes. My use case thought with this design would be, you put on the "sandal" to walk some distance (maybe you need to walk a mile each way to an event) and then you take them off for light walking arount at a destination. This would allow the "sandal sole" to be worn out faster than the shoe itself.
I've looked in to the idea of "resoling shoes" but this looks complicated. So I was wondering instead if you could just have a sole that attaches as a sandal (sandal sole) that could be disposed of or reused when it gets used up. Or you could design shoes this way where the sole attaches like a clip in sandal so they're easily replaceable.
Redundant concept? Not useful? Got an alternative idea?
brie@venera.social 2 years ago
squashkin@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
yeah I think that could work, just with a beefier sole probably
the point of the galoshes was to keep the feet clean or dry, idk if they were optimized to last a long time with soles
The idea is to make the sole easy to attach and detach, and to create maybe a durable shoe so you would only have to keep easily swapping soles
idk what is needed to make the shoe part durable. I guess they compress and can fall apart over time. Not an expert enough of a cobbler, but sometimes it amazes me to no end how these aren't like solved problems with readily adopted solutions. Or maybe shoes simply die and that's ok too, but I was looking to minimize the amount that needs to be replaced.
brie@venera.social 2 years ago
As for re-soling (sorry, I don't know English term), it was quite common operation not so long ago, done by cobblers. I suppose its decline in popularity was due to falling cost of machine work in comparison to artisan's one; at some point it was just cheaper to get another pair of mass produced shoes.
It wasn't real re-soling, though; the real sole, as construction element of shoe, was covered with a layer of leather or rubber, and only this layer was replaced; so, the real work was just to adjust the shape and apply a good glue.