Late to the discussion, but AFAIK some boot manufacturers in Malaysia actually produce goodyear welted shoes. Look for brands such as Hammerland, Black Hammer, Police, Guzzi...etc on Shopee. I wonder if they will accept request to resole dress shoes?

Example with video
https://shopee.com.my/Police-93063-Men'...ee-9618ea9b5530

Recently I've been spending way too much time looking at locally made shoe. From what I've gathered, there a number of companies specialize in making handmade shoe. In terms of styling, they tend to lean towards the western cowboy style, most of their lineup tend to be boots, slip on shoe, and moccassin loafers. Notable brands are Kangaroo, Men's Club, Eagle Hunter...etc

In regards to construction method, if my assumption is correct, they often prefer stitch-down method and blake-stiching. The only GYW manufacturer I've found in Malaysia is POLICE, however, nearly 99% of their line up is safety shoe.

Price wise, I think they're considered a bargain for a handmade leather shoe, ranging from RM200 - 350.

In any case, these are the photos I found online if anyone of you is interested.




If you can read Chinese, most of these companies originates from Serdang, this article tells the story of the shoe industry over there.
https://guangming.com.my/%E3%80%90%E6%B2%99...%8A%9B%E4%BF%9D

This post has been edited by pixelrider: Jul 21 2022, 11:24 PM

Depends on the style you pick, Chuck Taylor clone are tight by nature due to their slimmer design, so you may need to upside, however the other design by them are wide enough for most.

If you pick the design that are common in school, well people are going to notice it. Just pick whatever design you like lol. Durability wise, it's pretty good for what it is.

Bundle shoe really depends since it could be anything ranging from generic PU shoe with a month of life left, all the way to well used handmade shoe.

If you simply want a durable and cheap beater shoe, can consider Warrior shoe, only cost about 20 on shopee and they look decent enough.

Hi all, I giving away this "Good year welted" German Army Trainers that I bought from Taobao, sadly it doesn't fit me that well, and the sole is too stiff for me.

The midsole is made of leather but it is pretty tough and hard. Hopefully someone will appreciate it more. This is a size 8 UK shoe, I wear size 8 but it's a bit too narrow for me.

One of the shoe is darker because I tried applying dubbin to soften the leather, that's how stiff the shoe is.



More picture here.
https://imgur.com/a/PyamI9L

Here's the original link to the shoe
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r....bucket=6#detail

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