On February 14th 1944 Alfred Sedlak opened the doors of his new shoe making and repair business in Corvallis, Oregon.

A 38 year old master shoe maker from Germany Al was not new to the occupation. But he was a Johnny come lately in town as there was 10 other repair shops already here making his number 11.

Now, at 70 years, Al Sedlak’s Shoe Repair Service in the only remaining shop in town... the definition of the word winner is the last one standing...

In those 70 years we’ve seen footwear of nearly every type and style. Although the years in the footwear industry has seen changes in construction techniques we have continually gained the knowledge necessary to fix almost any type of newly constructed footwear to say nothing of traditional types of constructions that have been around now for decades.

It doesn’t matter the type or style or any particular brand . . . we do them all!

If we can’t fix it for a reasonable price, most likely it isn’t worth fixing...

Cordially,
The Repair Department Crew