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Harvard in dark brown cordovan. Trying out the white sock / Ivy look …
 

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Whiskey Harvard after a dose of Saphir cordovan crème.
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Neutral or Fawn cordovan cream Crafty ?
A polish master at a big label shoe store was attempting to scare me recently by saying that applying neutral cream strips the pigment and lightens the colour of the leather. Which seems contrary to the advice that saphir itself gives on its website saying that neutral is the safest choice
 

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Neutral or Fawn cordovan cream Crafty ?
A polish master at a big label shoe store was attempting to scare me recently by saying that applying neutral cream strips the pigment and lightens the colour of the leather. Which seems contrary to the advice that saphir itself gives on its website saying that neutral is the safest choice
Haven't seen that happen, however last time i applied renovateur on whiskey shell that has gotten a bit wet in the rain, all the rain spots immediately became dark and wouldn't come out again.

I used neutral cordovan cream on the other boot without issuees.

It took me quite some time to get them out again with a bone and a polish cloth. I'm exclusively sticking to neutral cordovan cream now.
 

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Neutral or Fawn cordovan cream Crafty ?
A polish master at a big label shoe store was attempting to scare me recently by saying that applying neutral cream strips the pigment and lightens the colour of the leather. Which seems contrary to the advice that saphir itself gives on its website saying that neutral is the safest choice
I always use neural mate. Some makers apply polish so when you use it it takes an element of “colour” but it’s probably just polish.
 

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