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3 Main Birkenstock Repairs - Resoles, Reheeling and Cork issues

14/2/2022

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Brown Leather Arizona Birkenstocks Before Repair at Shane Barr Shoe Repairs Tauranga
Birkenstocks needing repair
Brown Leather Arizona Birkenstocks Repaired at Shane Barr Shoe Repairs Tauranga
Birkenstocks with new soles
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Fresh comfy Birkenstock soling on some old favourite Birks

Birkenstock sole repair

You can have the entire sole replaced and the cork footbed can be repaired. 

Birkenstock upper repair

Your Birkenstock uppers can have anything from a polish to a full refresh. Including touching up scratches, new buckles or old buckles reattached. Torn leather or dog chews can be repaired.
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Birkenstock Buckle Replacement

How to get your Birkenstock Repair sorted

Drop them off or have a friend drop them off

​You'll find us in ​Piccadilly Arcade, 44 Grey St, ​Tauranga
Our shop is at the Grey Street end of the arcade, beside the Lotto shop.
While we do prefer the owner drops the repair off we understand this is not always possible. If you have someone else dropping them off it is a good idea to write a brief note with your mobile number and what it is that you want done.

Send them to us by post or courier

Find your nearest NZ Post Shop 
You are welcome to use your normal courier or click the link above to find your nearest Post Shop.
While you can send them straight to us and we will call you with a price and arrange payment. You can work out a price and pay online using the button below.
Book Resole online

My first experiences with Birkenstocks

At around 9 years old ... back when I wanted to be a saddler. My Dad brough me home a pair of Birkenstock knock offs from overseas.
I loved those little blue beauties. Even when on week 2 the uppers started to split and cut into my feet.
My Grandma must of shown me the basics of hand stitching, as I remember sewing the splits back together and getting a few more wears out of them before they split next to the splits. 
So I understand how attached people get to their Birkenstock footwear. Especially when they have owned them for many years. Heck I'd only had my knock offs for a few weeks and that was 34 years ago and I'm still talking about them.
The next time I was exposed and yes exposed is the right word. Was when my brother returned from Holland with a pair he had been wearing on the dairy farm where he worked. I still wonder how they got through customs ... and he wanted me to fix them!
As Kiwi's we are used to gumboots for wet and dodgy conditions. You can only imagine what happens to leather and cork that has been worn in water and umm other greener liquids! 
Anyway we ground off the rotten bits of cork and replaced it with foam like sneaker midsoles are made from. Then glued a new sole over top. They lasted for many more years.
Since that time we have resoled over 100 pairs and have access to replacement Birkenstock cork, Birkenstock footbeds and the original Birkenstock soling. We even have replacement Birkenstock ​buckles. 

Birkenstock Repairs from Nelson to Tauranga

Pauline from Nelson found us online as her local cobbler had sadly passed away. We sorted her worn Birkenstocks out and she is happily wearing them probably year round in sunny Nelson.
Ladies Arizona Big Buckle Birkenstock sandals with worn soles arriving at Shane Barr Shoe Repairs in Tauranga
Birkenstock Sandals before Resole
Ladies Birkenstocks with new soles at Shane Barr Shoe Repairs ready to send back to Nelson
Birkenstock Sandals after Resole
8 Comments
Pauline Marnane
19/1/2021 02:56:34 pm

Hi there,
I’m located in Nelson and was wondering how or where to get my Birkenstock’s resolved. The shoe repair guy here has sadly passed away.

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Shane Barr
5/5/2021 08:25:41 am

Hello to anyone reading this.
Yes I emailed Pauline direct and she sent her Birkenstocks to us for a resole.
Her soles were a light grey colour that we didn't have in stock. We called our supplier and the Birkenstock importers but no one has any in NZ.
After talking to Pauline we decided to go with the white Birkenstock soling and colour up the edge with light grey shoe paint once it was trimmed to shape. Once we had this done it looked worst than plain white. We removed the grey paint and left them both a crisp white.
A good result with a bit of added trial and error. Will add photos on this page.

Pauline emailed us after wearing them.

Afternoon, arrived yesterday and happily had a spring in my step at work today. My students even commented how cool the white sole was! Love your work, I’ll be back.
Thanks heaps,
Pauline - Nelson

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Shane Barr
21/9/2021 11:53:45 am

Update - Pauline's are the ones with the gold buckles and are all done.

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Shona Drake
15/12/2021 12:56:25 pm

Hello, How much does it cost to have my shoes resoled?

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Virginia Mitford-Taylor
21/1/2022 10:23:00 am

Hi, I have 2 pairs of Birkenstock Arizona style that need repairs. One Black and one Red. The Red pair need the most work. The cork on the Read pair needs replacement.
The Black pair needs the soles replaced.
Do you also touch up the leather with polish?

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Shane Barr
4/2/2022 07:47:22 am

Greetings, Shane here. We do reply to all comments, often via email so some replies don't show here.

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Elley
6/2/2022 05:49:35 pm

Hi there

How much to resole a pair of Birkenstocks please, plus shipping back to me in Auckland.

Thanks!

Elley

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Shane Barr link
10/2/2022 02:34:08 pm

Hi Elly

Thank you for your question

To resole a pair of Birkenstocks, plus shipping back to you in Auckland.
Full resole plus non rural courier will be $117.90 inc GST for the pair.
If the cork is worn at the heels we will need to repair that before we do the resole, which adds $24.90pr.

Here is the product page
https://www.shanes.co.nz/store/p217/Birkenstock-Repairs.html#/

And if you would like to send a pic of your birks you can do so here
https://www.shanes.co.nz/contact-shane-barr-shoe-repairs.html#/

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