Cobblers

[Rubble]

Probably a silly question but can a cobbler widen a shoe a nadge around the toe area, even if it requires a new sole?
Bought some lush shoes on flea bay that are only just too tight on my big toe. Either that or it's scalpel time!

[FuzzedOut]

You can try stretching it

[Rubble]

Will look into this, thanks.

On a related note, the insole on the shoes concerned have stiching around the edge and this also rubs my big toes rotten. Is this a normal way to make shoes? I have both cheaper and more expensive shoes but none have this rather crap feature. It has a leather insole stuck in but it doesn't go the whole way down?