Posts by Expat Simon

In the interests of fairness, an update.   Barbour Cust. Serv. finally replied asking how to resolve this. I simply asked for an English made Barbour as a replacement for my imported coat, they supplied me with a list to...

I am writing this tardy response, because I feel that this is an essential part of using the internet.   Unfortunately several of the responses above are incorrect. Not all Barbour wax jackets are 'Made in England'. As I have...

There are some Walk Over shoes on threedifferent.com for 59 euros. I just snagged a pair myself.

Euxeus, a 'factory reset' might be possible, but not very easy. Leather's a porous, fibrous structure, it would be like trying to get a water mark out of cardboard.   I can only speak for me, but I would just darken the other...

To the OP, you were right that is a good idea to give a new pair of shoes some polish. You started with very good intentions, and it's a shame about the slight water stain on a new pair of good shoes, but don't worry too much. Using...

The thing that somebody like that never thinks through, is that when you make a blanket statement -with the arrogant belief that you are the chosen representative of all human-kind, and that you know everything. When you talk as if...

Yes it is. Many years ago I only used Kiwi, and always had problems with polish build up. After time, I also had shoes that cracked and split -implying that the leather wasn't getting adequately nourished. So I switched over to kiwi...

Hi dsmivtr,   I hope I can answer your question as I recently (6 months ago) bought those exact shoes.   I have been reading the forum for years, but seeing your question go without answer provoked me in to finally...