patrick_b
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I know what you mean. It's tough to see in the image but the toebox is twice as shiny as the rest of the upper. I worked hard on the transition between mirror shine and standard shine. It's easy to get a real noticeable line where the mirror hits the non-mirror. For once, I transitioned it fairly well.
However, when the transition is more abrupt, it doesn't look right either. Like these, I needed another thin coat of wax on that transition point.
I can tell you worked your @ss off on that job. I like that sort of a shine for the toebox treatment, but when performed on the entire uppers, it gets a "corrected grain feel", I think. If you like that mirror shine, though, to heck with what others think.
I know what you mean. It's tough to see in the image but the toebox is twice as shiny as the rest of the upper. I worked hard on the transition between mirror shine and standard shine. It's easy to get a real noticeable line where the mirror hits the non-mirror. For once, I transitioned it fairly well.
However, when the transition is more abrupt, it doesn't look right either. Like these, I needed another thin coat of wax on that transition point.
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