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Originally Posted by Accumulator
What bert31 and EdLancer said, though I've had better luck with the Kiwi than bert31 might've expected (better than *I* expected to tell the truth).
Kiwi shoe polish works great and I can't get that ultra-mirror spitshine look with the others I've tried. My Johnson & Murphy and Allen Edmunds dress shoes are mostly from the late 1980s and they're holding up just fine with the Kiwi (which sorta surprised me). I had wondered if the leather would suffer from not being treated with something more "nourishing", but that hasn't been the case.
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Hmmmm. My dad uses Kiwi. Maybe next time I will have to swing by the house and give Kiwi a try. Not that I doubt you Accum, but I just can't see it doing a better job than my J&M shoe cream. You know what has become popular now as the best form of shoe preservation??? Answer - Carnauba Wax!!! If you don't believe me, check out Allen Edmonds website. How ironic on this site!
One thing I really like about using a show cream is being able to use a shoe dobber. Using a dobber I can reach places I could never reach using a cloth. Polish may be too thick for a dobber.
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Originally Posted by Accumulator
Last time I had some old AE's resoled (via the AE rebuild service) I told them to do a complete refurbishing if they thought they could render any improvement; they said there was no need for anything other than the new soles, that the shoes were holding up great.
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You have to love the quality of AE's and J&M Aristocrafts. My friends poke fun at me for buying such "snobby" shoes but while they are tossing there Florsheims and Bostonians in the trash every few years, my AE's and J&M's just keep holding up wonderfully. I think I like AE a little more than J&M but both are great quality shoes.
When it comes to shoes and suits, I won't pay big dollar for the "designer" brands but I will pay more for good quality. For suits, I don't mind paying for a Hartz Schaffner and Marx or Austin Reed suit. I will never buy an Armani or Versace suit, period. You are paying for 90% hype.
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Originally Posted by Accumulator
They did polish them and give me new laces...heh heh, their factory polish job wasn't up to my standards so I spent some time getting them back up to snuff with the Kiwi  |
