The power of a good shine...

[BirdofSydney]

A young colleague complemented me on my "new shoes" this afternoon.

"These old things? Why, they're at least six years old!"

...

So, how often do you shine yours?

[Melcombe]

Nowhere near often enough.

I do keep them on wooden shoe trees, which helps hugely in keeping them in good condition.

I always admire the professional approach to shoe shining :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-3ed17J3F8

Also this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpVxJoUeDmE

[Dr T]

A young colleague complemented me on my "new shoes" this afternoon.

"These old things? Why, they're at least six years old!"

...

So, how often do you shine yours?

A great compliment - I have shoes 15 plus years old and they are superb. A good friend of mine has shoes that are 20 plus and are immaculate . I cream all new shoes before wearing them, then polish on a very regular basis. Depending on the wear, also cream every month or so. For brown shoes or special colour shoes a great cream to use is Saphir mink oil renovateur.