About the shop
A working bench, not a drop-off counter
We opened on Main Street in the Kentlands in 2000 and never moved. The repairs are done here, by hand, by the people who quote them — shoes, boots, handbags and luggage all on the same bench.
Our Story
A neighborhood cobbler, still at the same bench
The Craft Shoe Shop opened its doors in 2000 as a small family business with a simple belief: well-made things deserve to be repaired, not replaced. Two and a half decades later, we're still on Main Street in the Kentlands, still doing the work ourselves.
Our craftspeople handle everything from a quick heel tap to a full leather re-dye — the kind of specialty work most shops send away. Every item is inspected, quoted honestly, and finished by hand.
In recent years we expanded to a second location in Cape Coral, Florida, bringing the same bench, the same standards and the same care to a new community.
- 25+
- Years in business
- 2
- Locations
- 5
- Repair specialties
Why Choose Us
The difference is in the finish
Every leather item, one bench
Shoes, boots, handbags and suitcases are all repaired in the same shop by the same hands — you are not sent to three different specialists to put one wardrobe back together.
On Main Street since 2000
A quarter century in the same Kentlands storefront on Main Street, serving Gaithersburg and the towns around it.
Expert, in-house staff
Nothing is shipped out to a factory. Trained cobblers and leather workers do the work on site.
Hard-to-find specialties
Custom leather dyeing, color matching and designer handbag restoration few shops still offer.
Customer Stories
What our neighbors say
“They resoled a pair of boots I'd almost given up on and they came back looking better than the day I bought them. Fair price, and done when they said it would be.”
Marcus D.
Kentlands, Gaithersburg