Monday, April 13, 2020

Learnin' the Leather While Sheltering at Home

You've worn out Netflix.  You're sick of the wife and kids.  You can only manicure the front yard so much.  It's not hunting season and you can't go fishing on the Rez. What to do, what to do.  Here's an idea: Try shining your shoes.  By shoe shine, I don't mean a quick 10-minute Kiwi job but rather a more professional job.  Hell, you've got time so why not learn how to go for the Holy Grail itself: the mirror shine.

You might as well learn how to do it.  Mr. Sam is staying home as the virus would surely kill him at his age and the shoe stores are closed right now. Shoe-shining is somewhat of a lost art.  There is no time like the present to learn how to do it since you can't go anywhere.  What? You already know how to shine shoes? You just bought the shoes so they don't need polishing. Guess again.  They probably sat on the shelf for awhile and really need some extra loving.

Preston Soto is a shoe care expert and has his own Youtube channel, The Elegant Oxford.  He provides a nice lesson on how to take care of those brand new shoes.  



* Avoid Kiwi when possible.  It shortens the life of the shoe and is just not that good.

* First use conditioner on the leather before shining shoes.  Soles & Heels sells Bick 4 (great for Chromexel leather) although larger sizes are available on Amazon.  Great Scott sells Saphir's Renovateur. It is considered the gold standard of shoe leather conditioner.

* Get some good shoe cream or polish.  The gold standard again is Saphir.  Great Scott sells it or you can buy it online.  The prices are about the same so don't expect to save money shopping online.




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Learnin' the leather.


Posted by Kingfish at 11:55 AM

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

However, It is hunting season. Turkey season is in full swing and the population will take a huge hit this year with people being able to hunt as much as they are with the lockdown.

April 13, 2020 at 12:13 PM
TheClintonscantsuicideusall said...

Good article, thanks.

April 13, 2020 at 12:31 PM
Anonymous said...

Delwyn Thornton at Soles and Heels is the best! He does great work.

And no, this isn't Delwyn, but a happy customer of his who takes all of his shoes to Delwyn for repair.

The lesson in life is similar to the lesson with shoes - buying quality shoes/boots and taking care of them saves money in the long run. Unfortunately it took 40 + years to learn that lesson.

THanks for the video Kingfish. Can't wait to watch it when I get home.

April 13, 2020 at 3:23 PM
Anonymous said...

Spot on 3:23 about Souls and Heels.....

I used Delwyn for years. Was always friendly & courteous and in this day & age of more work to turn bigger profits, he continued to turn out quality work. Can't begin to tell you the times I carried work in and went back to pick it up and him or his wife would tell me "only took five minutes" to fix, there's no charge.

That is why I used him faithfully, not to mention buying the quality shoes he sold in house, Allen Edmonds, but since retiring I haven't seen him much. Not much reason to polish or repair the tenny sneakers used in the yard when the water hose cleans 'em and the CROCS just find!!!

April 13, 2020 at 4:57 PM
Anonymous said...

Speaking of Turkey Season, for a year or so, Supertalk Radio has featured a bunch of game warden types in the studio every Monday for a live show about various hunting and fishing topics. For the past four Mondays, however, they have played the same tape of the same 'Turkey Season' program. How lazy is that? Gobble Gobble.

At least put Gilmore Gippert in that spot on Monday.

April 13, 2020 at 6:29 PM
Anonymous said...

Shine your shows??? What a laugh. I'll bet you couldn't find a dozen cans of shoe polish in the metro Jackson area in homes where the wearer of the shoes is under 50.

April 14, 2020 at 8:27 AM
Kingfish said...

I use that store and the work is good. However, he uses inferior materials. Can't get JR soles or Vibram soles there. It's a case of his distributor doesn't offer them. He is a Silver Cup winner and does good work. I've used him and recommended his shop to friends.

But if I had a Shell Cordovan pair of Aldens and wanted JR soles (which applies to maybe ten people in the metro area), I'd send them to the guys in Nashville or Steve in Virginia.

April 14, 2020 at 10:16 AM
Anonymous said...

If you have any kind of streaming, watch "Idiocracy" 2006 starring Luke Wilson. Its supposed to be the US in 500 years, but Jackson is already there. I don't think you can watch it just once. Most CL readers won't get it, but JJ readers will.

April 16, 2020 at 3:58 AM

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