r/oddlysatisfying • u/lonewolff321 • 1d ago

absolute perfection

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u/CPLCraft 1d ago edited 1d ago

How does a shoe like this have any grip on the floor? Is leather a naturally grippy surface to use for walking?

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u/Beautiful_You3230 1d ago

Had to look it up. Apparently you... Scuff them.

So literally the first thing you do after getting these kinds of shoes, is you take them out to rough asphalt and walk on them a while, so the leather sole gets all scraped and scratched, and textured. Then the sole has some grip.

Alternatively you take sandpaper and do it yourself, or some people supposedly use a knife or something like that to carefully add a few lines for texture.

So um. Actually I'm even more confused now, because this entire thing seems completely pointless. So the guy brought in his shoes with a properly walkable sole that was already textured, to get the shoe resoled, and now he has to go and mess the sole up again so he can actually walk on it. Thank god I'm too poor for this kind of shit.

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u/jetsetter023 1d ago

Eventually the sole gets worn out. You take them to the cobbler to get new soles and the process starts again. This video is performative as these shoes still had some life left in them.

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u/nonitoni 1d ago

Reminds me of the scene in Black Swan when they're breaking in their new ballet shoes. 

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u/Outside_Test_1400 1d ago

We all have such crazy methods and rituals for this process. It becomes sacred.

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u/TheAbsoluteBarnacle 16h ago

I learned that after watching the How It's Made on ballet shoes. Way more complicated than I would have thought, way more care and craftsmanship than I could have imagined.

It's like smashing a work of art to bits before you can enjoy it. Wild process

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u/DevelopmentBulky7957 1d ago edited 18h ago

I didn't know this and now I know and understand. Thank you. However, hear me out now:

I'm not going to let my shoes go through ALL that restoration process with all those finishing layers just for me to purposefully ruin my shoes so I can make them usable again!

But that's me. Also, times are tough!

Edit:ypo

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u/EndonOfMarkarth 1d ago edited 1d ago

I’m not a shoe guy but I’ve purchased a fair number of shoes with soles like these. I’ve never had to like deliberately scuff them, but you have to watch where/how you walk while they build some grip. I usually walk a long concrete sidewalk to the building I work in and new shoes are usually passably grippy by the time I walk in the door, but obviously everyone’s (literal) mileage may vary.

It does seem very wasteful to spend so much time polishing something that will be scuffed up immediately, but maybe that solid polish forms better worn patina? Just a theory. I do love my leather sole shoes, they just look a cut above, however finding decent quality in the mid-price range is getting harder.

Edit: “three” to “these”
Edit two: where to where/how

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u/5haitaan 1d ago

You get the sole replaced when the scruffed sole has worn out, not when it has some life left. I've literally had a hold in my sole before I got it replaced.

Then, you scruff up the new sole the moment you wear the shoes again, otherwise they can be quite slippery.

The benefit is that shoes can be re-soled 3-4 times, which means that you can use a shoe for 10-15 or even 20 years if you rotate a few pairs.

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u/MichaelFusion44 7h ago

Provided you buy a decent shoe and the shoe doesn’t fall apart before the sole. 😆

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u/RedditYummyPork 1d ago

Aw man, you made me remember my grandfather. He was constantly doing the "scuff up the leather sole shuffle". I think I used to laugh when he did it (I was likely 5 or 6 years old) so he hammed it up a bit.

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u/talking-tired 9h ago

My dad used to let me sand his new work shoes. Not a regular thing obviously but I remember sitting on the bottom of the stairs as he got ready for work and I sanded them lightly with sand paper. I really didn't want him to fall over lol

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u/DereksRoommate 1d ago

No, leather is not particularly grippy when it’s new like this and needs to be broken in. After a few days of walking, the sole gets a little scuffed and has better grip. But leather soles are never going to have as much grip as rubber, it’s just how it is.

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u/C5H6ClCrNO3 1d ago

No. When I got my first pair of dress shoes the guy at the store rang them up and told me to put them on and go out into the parking lot and do the "mashed potato" dance for a few minutes to scuff them up and give them grip.

It's why I find this video odd. I get the craftsmanship, and the soles of those shoes do look great, but you literally have to destroy that hard work after buying them to make them wearable.

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u/dwntwnleroybrwn 1d ago

When you buy leather shoes you need to scuff them. Basically, find some concrete and slide your feet across the ground a few times to rough them up. 

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u/Random_Name_Whoa 1d ago

So slippery even after scuffing imo. The amount of times I’d ate shit walking on ice in leather soles…let’s just say it’s a lot

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u/DJEvillincoln 1d ago

I have like 7 pairs of Trickers. I actually got a pair in London from the store when it was raining & they're unbelievable in the rain & on smooth surfaces.

I have multiple pairs of Mark McNairy shoes also & same thing... I've worn them in the rain then transferring to a marble floor & not an ounce of slippage.

Phenomenal shoes are phenomenal for a reason.

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u/Knock_Knockkk 1d ago

Also since it's being re-souled, how come the upper part is not worn off or creased.

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u/MineMelodic5454 1d ago

I need to be re-souled

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u/No_Establishment8642 1d ago

We used to, and still do, either go outside, and scuff them up on the sidewalks, or you take sandpaper to them.

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u/Lazy-Moment-7343 1d ago

That was my only q watching the entire video. Pointless effort, it seemed like.

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u/doiveo 1d ago

Didn't you see? He added studded tires. Shoes like this will eat the bejesus out of wood floors.

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u/tsuntsunmaru 19h ago

yay u u wanna

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u/6390508109-- 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/xt7W23wdEPlwA

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u/hmmmhmhmhm 1d ago

Not a single original thought in my head I guess

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u/Specktiger_derSiebte 1d ago

The customer after leaving:

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u/brocktoon13 1d ago

Surely this process would cost more than I’ve ever spent on a new pair of shoes.

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u/DereksRoommate 1d ago

It’s surprisingly affordable. I paid about $75 last time I had my boots resoled. It’s worth it when your shoes are $300 or more. It’s not really worth it if your shoes are less than $150 or so. But the idea is that you buy one expensive pair of shoes/boots and then only have to get them resoled every few years. It’s cheaper in the long run than buying new shoes, but you have to be able to afford the one-time purchase of nice shoes. The poor man’s paradox

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u/Shiizuh 1d ago

Same for me, I'm from Europe and I paid 65€ for shoes that I paid 350€ almost 10 years ago, I could buy new ones because they still exist, they are almost the same price but the big difference is that the quality has dropped unfortunetaly and it's becoming common

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u/DereksRoommate 1d ago

My Florsheim Imperials from the late 1980’s are still going strong. I get them resoled every eight years or so and they’re good as new. I have to get my boots resoled more often, every two or three years, but they get a lot more abuse than the dress shoes. I could buy new Florsheims, but like you said, the quality is not what it used to be. But a $500 pair of shoes has lasted many times the lifespan of an $80 pair

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u/ChromeNewfie 1d ago

The Captain Samuel Vimes "Boots" Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness, in all its glory.

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u/der_innkeeper 1d ago

I did this for my Navy Patent Leathers.

Was worth to keep a nice pair of polished, broken in shoes going for another decade.

Then, the toe crease leather failed because i wasn't polishing them as much after i got out.

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u/jeandaniel143 1d ago

All this effort to ruin a perfectly broken in shoe with a barely used sole to put in a new one which will be slippery again. Great craft, but misplaced efforts.

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u/Savings_Equipment489 1d ago

yeah that sole looked new at the beginning

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u/Savings_Equipment489 1d ago

ahh there was a double sole upgrade

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u/Boolean 1d ago

Yeah, there's part of me that doesn't believe this. My first thought was AI (the sound didn't seem right - too loud), but now I'm thinking more of a content mill kind of post.

And yet, here I am engaging, encouraging it. Fuck.

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u/Fanabala3 1d ago

Being a shoe cobbler is a lost art.

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u/It_is_me-Stoney 1d ago

Weird, the soles are hardly worn out to begin with. Just re-soling for likes?

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u/Subject_Issue6529 1d ago

Resoling brand new shoes? Does he have too much money?

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u/bigmphan 1d ago

This. Use those motherfuckers up a bit before getting them resoled. Cobbler must have some incriminating pics

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u/dessertlover007 1d ago

now thiss... this ... its proper fit to this reddit !

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u/TheLatimerLout 1d ago

You just can’t beat a good shoe

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u/Katman666 1d ago

Yes, you could. Easily. Never seen a shoe fight back.

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u/Ill-Papaya6718 23h ago

Me walking on it to the office be like

https://giphy.com/gifs/BvBEozfsXWWHe

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u/Shalaco 1d ago

slippery souls.

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u/spippo83 1d ago

oxford not brogues

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u/baddestllama 1d ago edited 1d ago

They're not mutually exclusive. Oxford is the closed lacing system, brogues are just the decorative perforations. This looks like both.

Edit: I guess they're balmorals, which is admittedly really close.

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u/spippo83 1d ago

It's a quote from the movie The Kingsman. Just reminded me of it when I saw this vid.

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u/baddestllama 1d ago

Ahh didn't catch that. Well, great movie, sounds like they had that little bit wrong though 😅

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u/Dr_Skot 1d ago

Per Allen Edmonds "Lace-up balmoral dress shoe with brogue detailing"

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u/waiting_in_vain1 1d ago

They’re Derbys, not Oxfords… and they are also Brogues.

The differnce is Oxfords use a closed lacing system where the shoelace eyelet tabs (quarters) are stitched under the vamp, creating a seamless, V-shaped closure.
Derbys use an open lacing system where the eyelet tabs are stitched on top of the vamp, leaving the flaps free to open wider

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u/EndonOfMarkarth 1d ago

Thanks for explaining this! I’ve purchased quite a few pairs of dress shoes and never appreciated these differences.

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u/Shalaco 1d ago

"It's not a Oxford schooner it's an Oxford sailboat"

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u/Basic_Novel_9203 1d ago

How much does this type of expertise cost?

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u/Dr_Skot 1d ago edited 1d ago

Getting shoes re-soled by a cobbler is around $75 depending on location.

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u/Basic_Novel_9203 1d ago

That’s amazing. I was guessing around 250USD

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u/Rukia94 1d ago

I would slip and fall in these, 😂

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u/Entgegnerz 1d ago

no banana peels needed with those

https://giphy.com/gifs/fYYpNdX624AAU

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u/jin827 21h ago

You mean ab-Sole-lute

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u/cinderalla4knights 1d ago

yay slipitty slip splits on their way

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u/Civil_Television_311 1d ago

Oh he went and broke out the black gloves for this one. The mark of a true pro

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u/OwMyUvula 1d ago

Not satisfying when video isn't completely in chronological order. Start at the beginning and just let it go. No need to start 10 seconds in then jump backward.

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u/GRNASKD 1d ago

Id like to one day have a nice pair of dress shoes and go to one of those shoe shinners with the big chair. Looks fun.

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u/Beneficial_Cash_8420 1d ago

Too nice to actually wear

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u/PieHole_Poker 1d ago

This video's been reposted so much it's starting to degrade like an old vhs cassette tape 😂

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u/pjtpassword 1d ago

Fantastic work. Such a craft. Nice.

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u/isoAntti 1d ago

I bought expensive gant shoes because they had stitching meaning they could be fixed. Little did I know Gant had glued them on. Fake stitching.

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u/Comfortable-Bag1182 1d ago

Very good 👍

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u/CDR57 1d ago

No spackle? Or rocks? Wtf

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u/EvelcyclopS 1d ago

There was nothing wrong with that pair of shoes. The soles had seen hardly any wear

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u/Cubie_McGee 1d ago

I'd fell bad walking on that nice looking sole

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u/MyCatIsLenin 1d ago

Perfection would have been finishing with a berlutti knot.

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u/wariorld 1d ago

I asked for a ‘peach cobbler’.

https://giphy.com/gifs/nFPdxF5kxDUkHSDy1T

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u/MeisterManson 1d ago

How much?

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u/tackleboxjohnson 1d ago

I dunno yall it looks cobbled together

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u/ereinionmithrandir 23h ago

I love this shit. It gives me tingles

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u/Ok_Attempt8534 22h ago

And this is precisely why only the wealthy can afford to own hand cobbled shoes anymore.When that guy was finished, that single shoe was worth roughly $500.00.

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u/EmergencyPirate1538 22h ago

👞 🌟🪡🧵👏

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u/MaeDay01 22h ago

oh lawd he cobblin

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u/silveredstars 21h ago

That dye job is terrible. So streaky!

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u/HumblePothole 20h ago

I want to have this level of craftmanship without having to worry what to eat tomorrow

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u/DCrockt 18h ago

„Oxfords, not brogues“

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u/arihalbkram 15h ago

Mmmm. Anyone else want some cobbler now?

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u/Snerak 15h ago

Why not replace the cork midsole when replacing the sole?

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u/After_Perspective180 10h ago

Getting through airport security with leather soled shoes is a game. But I do like my brogues.

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u/Cummly 6h ago

That's not Timpsons'

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u/professorcg 5h ago

These types of videos bring me so much joy!

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u/slarkz 4h ago

This one is a Stacy Adams brown oxford with a brogue pattern, I have the same exact one for 12 plus years - because I was recommended that exactly brown oxford brogue, and boy did I find this one after visiting 15 odds stores, and fell in love imnediately. Easily the most stunning any room you walk into for several years. Got so many compliments for it. Love it even today! Usd 189

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u/Such-Variety9470 1d ago

It’s nice and real craftsmanship, but I’m just happy with my cheap comfortable Chinese plastic shoes.

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u/slowhorse9 1d ago

The soles look better than the uppers now! Need new uppers

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u/cosmos_jm 1d ago

That"ll be 800.dollars

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u/Sooperballz 1d ago

That’ll be $1800, please.

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u/Humble-Nose5872 1d ago

Yeah I can’t imagine the price on a pair of shoes like this.

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u/Dr_Skot 1d ago

They're Allen Edmonds McAllister wingtips, I believe. Usually around $350 new.

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u/Random_Name_Whoa 1d ago edited 1d ago

Probably a couple hundred to resole at most.

Edit - Allen Edmonds recrafting service:

Standard Service ($150): Includes new heels/toplifts, outsoles, leather welts, cork in-lays, upper refinishing and hand polishing, and brand-new laces.

Prestige Package ($175): Includes everything in the Standard Service plus cedar shoe trees, a flannel shoe bag, and polish.

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u/Basic_Novel_9203 1d ago

Wouldn’t they actually be worth more used? They’re broken in, which I would imagine has to be the toughest part of owning these.

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u/Random_Name_Whoa 1d ago

Would you rather own used shoes or new?

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u/Basic_Novel_9203 1d ago

Used, actually. I like loved shoes.

I’m wealthy but we all wear the same shoes and I take that as a personal meaning.

I will walk in your shoes.

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u/brett5566 1d ago

Remember when people just did stuff and didn’t have to show everyone?

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u/JustHereForTheBeer_ 1d ago

You’re following a sub that literally every post is someone doing something and showing everyone. Go stare at a wall.

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u/brett5566 1d ago

Doing now. What’s the next step?

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u/DevelopmentNo5632 1d ago

Stop watching sports and live music shows. That's just people showing stuff for everyone. 

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u/DevelopmentNo5632 1d ago

No. But if it bothers you so much, why are you on reddit watching videos of people showing stuff? 

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u/madgoat 1d ago

The Sound seem fake... This trend of adding sounds or enhancing sounds is stupid.

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u/nikdahl 1d ago

Still ugly as shit.

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u/wakandaforeffort 1d ago

Annnnnd still ugly but the finish is amazing.

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u/Glittering_Dog_1845 1d ago

I would not trust all these nails