[Poor Sod]

I came up with a cheap substitute for expensive shoetrees and like to share my little invention with you:


1. You need some old socks that you don't need anymore and some newpapers


2. Crumble up the newspaper


3. Stuff the newpaper in the sock and shape it so it fits in your shoe


4. Tie a knot to keep the shape and leave the "tail" empty


5. Press the “Poor Sods Cheap Shoetree” into the shoe and shape it further to fit properly. Use the “tail” to pull it out!

[pukkabruv]

like a shoe tampon

[Sneakerpimp]

That's so Pikey I'm actually thinking of sending you money to buy some proper ones :/

[nikosg]

or just get paper thats not printed on and stuff it in like whats in all of my shoes except the nice ones

[Whisky-Ace]

Agh... M8 your from sweden the home of IKEA....
They have som really cheap one i payt 7 or 9 dansih kroners for a par...
They are plastic but hey netter then paper in a sock

[pokey27]

I'd say if u have to revert to that idea for shoe-tree's...You might wanna become a dunlop collector!!

[sab]

LOL Did u stiff then with the ikea catalogue ??

[Poor Sod]

That's so Pikey I'm actually thinking of sending you money to buy some proper ones :/

Thanks. I need 25 pairs Size UK 9

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or just get paper thats not printed on and stuff it in like whats in all of my shoes except the nice ones

Well yeah I did that before, but it's a mess with all the crumbled paper and hard to pull out the pieces from the toe. With my solution you just pull the "tail" out. Yeah like a tampon.

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Agh... M8 your from sweden the home of IKEA....
They have som really cheap one i payt 7 or 9 dansih kroners for a par...
They are plastic but hey netter then paper in a sock

I'm not putting plastics in my shoes! That's baad, m'kay?

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I'd say if u have to revert to that idea for shoe-tree's...You might wanna become a dunlop collector!!

What? Cigarettes?

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LOL Did u stiff then with the ikea catalogue ??

Hum Hum nah that one's printed on glossy paper. Not good!

[Samo]

Interesting idea PS. I have to say though that none of my pairs have any shoe trees or padding in them and I havn't noticed any adverse effects...

[streak]

Not really sure what you're trying to do? Shoe trees don't look anything like that and don't work like that either.

[Samo]

Its a ghetto way to pad out the shoe to keep its shape when the shoe is not being worn...

[Poor Sod]

Not really sure what you're trying to do? Shoe trees don't look anything like that and don't work like that either.

I'm making an easy and cheap solution so you don't have to buy a lot of these:

I came up with a cheap substitute that works fine. It keeps the shoes dry and in shape. Off course on a superstar the shell toe do most of the work but it's good anyway.

[GeeBee]

I've never used shoe trees. Don't like the idea of stretching the supes.
Have you copyrighted this idea Poor Sod ?

[Poor Sod]

I've never used shoe trees. Don't like the idea of stretching the supes.
Have you copyrighted this idea Poor Sod ?

Oh no!!

Crumbled newspaper in a sock
©Poor Sod 2010

[kungfuyoazz]

I've found that using shoe trees stretch out the shoes if left in too long. Better just to wear and rotate more often.
Of course your tinkerer version won't have that problem.