Narrator: These Lucchese gator boots have been worn for about 10 years. The friction of wear has created a hole in the toe area. They will be restored by Unsung House, a Tennessee shoe-repair shop ...

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Rotate your trainers, oil your leather footwear and use toe protectors – and whatever you do, don’t chuck your shoes in the washing machine ...

Almost 50 years ago, Dave Page — then a professor of American history at the University of Washington and Western Washington University — was bouldering with his girlfriend on a beach in California.