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Rep Power: 6 ![]() | Looks similar to jacket studs, of which the tangs or teeth are normally punched though the material then folded in. Presumably in the case of heels just hammer them into the heel tip- smaller "stud" than tip. obviously they are thin and will need replacing possible quite often. Al
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Rep Power: 3 ![]() | Avoid! you hammer them onto the existing heel, but often this makes the original heel brake its moulding around its attaching pin & you lose both of them.
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Rep Power: 8 ![]() | Yes, thanks! I figured that that's exactly what would have happened if I really tried to attach them. That stuff is just b...sh.. |
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Rep Power: 82 ![]() | Superglue? Just a thought...
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Rep Power: 3 ![]() | See attached picture. I have seen some high end designer shoes with those on the bottom shoes of the pointed toes. It saves the soles at the tip of the shoes. I think someone is trying to use them at metal heel tip covers. |
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Rep Power: 10 ![]() | You may be right, bss, but the 'sole tips' shown are not round (as heelma was initially describing). But those boots in your pic look great - where are they from? |
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Rep Power: 3 ![]() | Puffer, The picture that I posted are Gianmarco Lorenzi boots. I had a pair of boots or shoes with the round metal tab that looked just like the picture heelma posted. I can't remember the brand, and I can't find any pictures of the round type. bss |
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