Who still polishes shoes?

[Brewdude]

My late Pap had one of those boxes with a foot rest on the top and the box contained all necessary polishes, brushes for applying and buffing, polishing rags, and so forth.

As a kid it was my task to polish his shoes on a regular basis. I grew to love this as the scent of the polish and the task brought me pleasure.

Even now when I no longer have any shoes that need polishing I can still recall the aroma of the polish and how much it meant to my Pap.


Cheers,

RR

 

[Bonanzadriver]

Great Thread!

Growin up, in the 60's and 70's, I used to sit on the back porch with my pop and help him polish his cowboy boots.

When I enlisted in the Navy I found that I and the other recruits from the Philippines were the only ones in our company that knew how to polish leather shoes.

After the navy (81-87) I was a suit and tie guy until about 2 years ago. Polished my Johnson & Murphy's every weekend throughout that entire period.

My wife still finds it amusing that I have way more shoes in the closet than she does. I'm not exactly sure but I think I've got somewhere over 20 pair of dress shoes, not to mention sneakers, boots, flip flops and a dozen or so pair of golf shoes.

To this day I can't stand to have scuffed shoes. Call it OCD or anal retentive, I just feel like I've got a mustard stain on my shirt if my shoes are roached out. (lawn mowing sneakers excluded)

 

[Lonecoyote]

Yup, I still polish my leather shoes and boots. On my Boots I finish off with a mixture of Bee's wax and mineral oil, let stand for an hour then buff. Great water repellent and leather protectant.



KEEP ON PUFFING!!!

 

[Bonanzadriver]

Yup, I still polish my leather shoes and boots. On my Boots I finish off with a mixture of Bee's wax and mineral, let stand for an hour then buff. Great water repellent and leather protectant.



KEEP ON PUFFING!!!

I picked up a good trick (hack) while in the Navy.

For years I traveled and found it impractical to bring shining supplies along with me.

If the shoes had a good basic shine, which they always did, I would simply put a sock over my hand and buff em up when i got back to the hotel or before I would head out in the morning.

To this day, I'll give the sock a quick try before I break out the kit.

Funny enough, now that we're getting into the spring/summer season I find that I wear golfin shorts and shirt most days, and as a result, most days I'm sportin flip flops.

However, on Sunday, I don the slacks and dress shoes and head off to church.

 

[ontariopiper]

Count me as a polisher, too. I wore a school uniform as a teen and a military uniform as a young adult, so I guess the shoe-shining things is baked into my DNA at this point. Can't stand to see or wear scuffed, dirty, or otherwise messed up dress shoes. Cleaning and polishing a pair of shoes takes 2 minutes out of your life but adds so much more to your appearance, IMHO.

I don't have call for dress shoes very often at this point, but when I do, they shine before I go out the door. :sunny:

 

[arkansaspiper]

i can make ya shoes look like mirror's

 

[Lonecoyote]

can make ya shoes look like mirror's

Great, now stand in front of the hottest woman you know wearing a skirt, just look down at your shoes...lol



KEEP ON PUFFING!!!

 

[hobie1dog]

Trying to sell the last pair of shoes I have that would need polish now. No more tying or polishing of shoes for me being disabled.

 

[DoverPipes]

Geez, I get harassed at work for my shoes / boots being "TOO SHINY"!!!  

I had a Sergeant tell me once that he could never trust a Cop with shiny shoes. He said they were one of these: 1) A "rat suck up", 2) An "OCD Mental Case" or 3) An "******* house mouse" (Someone who wouldn't go out on patrol and would hide in the office). He looked at my shoes as he was walking away and said "Which jerk-off would you happen to be?" Nice......really nice.
:lol!:

 

[DoverPipes]

i can make ya shoes look like mirror's

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[arkansaspiper]

when i went to military school we had these wonderfull Co's from the USMC if boots where not mirror's we where smoked. most military men should know the term smoked.