Footwear for Sale, Repair & Bespoke Across Scotland

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There's a particular kind of boot that only exists in Scotland — the pair that's walked the Cairngorms in the rain, sat through a hundred cattle markets, and still gets a fresh sole every winter because you'd never throw them out. Footwear in Scotland isn't fast fashion. It's the thing between you and the weather, the bog, the dance floor, and the long walk home.

This is the home of Footwear on ScotBoard — from the high street shoe shop to the home-made boot, from the shoot-maker to the cobbler who'll give your favourites another ten years.

Who should post here

If you sell shoes, make shoes, repair shoes, or source them — this is your page. High street shops clearing stock, independent retailers, home-based boot-makers, bespoke cobblers, leather workers, and anyone with a pair to pass on.

For sellers — what to list

• What they are — brand, style, size (UK and EU), colour, material. State if they're leather, synthetic, or fabric.
• Condition — new, ex-display, lightly worn, or well-loved. Be honest about scuffs, worn soles, and stretched heels.
• Price — and whether you'll post, collect, or swap. Footwear is heavy to post; say what it costs.
• Use — walking boots, wellies, work boots, dance shoes, school shoes, wedding shoes, hill boots, golf shoes, slippers. Tell buyers what they're for.
• Fit — narrow, wide, high arch, flat. A boot that fits one foot won't fit another. Mention it.
• Waterproofing and care — has it been re-proofed? Resoled? Tell the buyer what's been done.

For home-makers and shoots

Scotland has a quiet tradition of home-made footwear — the shoot (a soft, hand-stitched leather shoe), the crofter's boot, the bothy slipper. If you make footwear at home, this is your shop window.

• What you make — boots, shoots, slippers, moccasins, dance pumps, ghillies. Show your work.
• Materials — where the leather comes from, what thread you use, how it's finished.
• Sizing — made-to-measure or standard sizes. If made-to-measure, explain how you take the foot.
• Lead time — how long from order to pair. Hand-stitched takes time; say so up front.
• Price — and whether you take commissions, swaps, or repairs alongside.
• Photos — the making, the stitching, the finished pair. People buy craft they can see.

For cobblers and shoe repair

The cobbler is one of the last honest trades. If you repair shoes, re-heel, re-sole, stretch, or re-stitch, list your service here.

• What you do — re-soling, re-heeling, zip replacement, leather stretching, dyeing, re-stitching, orthopaedic builds, key cutting, watch straps, leather goods.
• Turnaround — same-day, week, or longer. Tell people when they'll get them back.
• Pricing — by job or by pair. A rough price list helps.
• Pick-up and post — can you take shoes by post for folk in the islands or the borders?
• Bespoke and made-to-measure — if you make as well as repair, say so. A cobbler who can build a boot to a foot is gold dust.
• Heritage and rare work — brogues, ghillie brogues, dance shoes, pipe-band footwear, Highland dress. Scotland has footwear the high street doesn't stock; the cobbler often does.

For buyers — what to look for

• The right size and fit (ask for the insole length if unsure)
• Honest condition photos — the sole, the heel, the toe, the inside
• Whether they've been re-soled or re-heeled already
• What they're suited for — a hill boot isn't a dance shoe
• For repairs — turnaround, price, and whether the cobbler posts
• For home-made — the maker's lead time and materials

A word on the Scottish picture

This listing is posted from Edinburgh City, where the high street meets the Old Town closes — but Footwear belongs to all of Scotland. From the hill-boot shops of Aviemore to the cobbler's closes of the Borders, from the wellie stalls of the agricultural shows to the dance-shoe makers of the Isles, every council area has its own footwear culture.

The weather makes it so. A Scot goes through more pairs of boots than most — and a good cobbler is worth more than a dozen shoe shops.

Post your footwear

If you sell, make, or repair footwear anywhere in Scotland, this is where you belong. List the size, the condition, the price, and the honest state of the pair. Buyers will find you. And the good ones — the boots that last, the cobblers who care, the makers who stitch by hand — rise to the top.

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