Anonymous

I often wondered about taking a hack saw to a pair of wedge heeled shoes to turn them into a shoe with a "stand alone heel" just wondered if anyone had actually done this?
HHDS

jankas

Hi hhds
I don´t think that´s a good idea cause they are made very differntly.For example the wedge shoe the heel is made in one pice with holes inside the heel to make it lighter.And the stilletto heel has a metaltube inside the heel so it would not break so easy.If you tak a hacksaw and do what you wanted to you´ll only destroy the wedge beoynd recognition and use.It will only snap or fall to pices within your first step.If you don´t drill a hole in the pice that´s left and put a steelrod in there.But its not adviseble.Cheaper to buy new ones.The result of doing what you wanted to do does not get fine.
That´s all from me Jankas

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Firefox

Jankas is spot on. Also wedges won't have a stiff steel shank. They rely on the wedge shape for stiffness so if the heel doesn't break, the middle will. It's much easier to go the other way, filling in the gap to make a stiletto into wedges, using papier mache or car body filler with leather or tape covering.

The same problem exists when trying to create a stiletto out of a thick heel. Often a thick heel will be hollow so if you cut down the edges the whole heel will disappear. The only time you have a chance is when the heel is solid with a metal tube in the middle. Then you can reshape the heel with a knife by slicing off some plastic and recovering. Eg You can make thick flared stilettos into needle or tapered ones.

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Dr. Shoe

A good shoemaker will be able to take the sole off and replace it with shank, sole and heel.

Heelfan

Yes, but aren't we getting into the realms of specialist one-off labour which will start costing more than a new pair of ordinary mass-production shoes?

Cheerfully yours, Heelfan

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Firefox

Yes, if you really wanted I suppose you could convert a wedge, but it requires too much work to make it worthwhile. I think hhds was talking in terms of 1/2 an hour with a hacksaw which definitely NOT work.

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Joak

Well,

I agree with Firefox - I gues a wedge heel shoe would be quite instable without the steel shank in the sole, which are used with stiletto heels.

The question isn't that necassary for me :) - I'm often looking for wedge heels, but only see the stiletto stuff . The way from stiletto to wedge heel would be more interesting for me

best wishes
Joak

Dr. Shoe

I don't know, I've never priced the job but you'd be looking at around £20 ($30) I should imagine. You don't lose anything by asking.

Dr. Shoe

This is far more easy to do than the other way around. You just need to infill the space.

high10

why is the stiletto heel is much taller and thinner than the wedge heel