My husband had a pair of Rockports to repair since there were a couple spots on the soles where a hole looked like it was beginning to wear through. The cobbler was able to do a turnaround within a week, and the patches looked very nice and smooth. But upon closer inspection, they didn't entirely cover the problem spots and after another week walking in them (my husband needed to go out of town that week and he took the shoes with him) the soles wore down and actually developed a hole right around the edges of the patchwork. We will not be coming back.
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