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    **The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**

    I feel really bad for the Loakes and the AEs, but the quality of leather seems to be the culprit. The cheapest solution would be to polish over the damaged areas over and over to at least give it a 'distressed' look.
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    **The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**

    What brand are these? I would agree with coloring the cracks and then polish the shoes.
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    **The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**

    Hi, I don't have Haglund's, although I regularly place pads on my heels so that I don't get blisters. And that is another thing I noticed since I started buying nicer shoes, I never had to use blister pads when I was young until I graduated from medical school, but now my formal shoes would...
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    **The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**

    it's difficult to take a photo of the toe box, but they have the same abrasions on the contact points between wood and leather.
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    **The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**

    i do use the trees properly, so it is not due to me simply pulling the trees out, if that was the case then you'd see vertical scuff marks. these instead are horizontal abrasions which correspond to the contact points between the leather and the trees when they are stored. it's not very clear...
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    **The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**

    worst damage, probably because the jm westons have the most supple lining and the shape of the tree simply concentrates too much pressure on one point a wider shape on a tree but it still bore a hole, again because the last isn't exactly rounded and two lasted shoe trees from the...
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    WARNING! Wooden Shoe Trees Damaged My Pairs of Shoes

    It was a cold night last night, and since I had a large pile of wooden trees on my floor last night, it was tempting to build a campfire. :D
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    ** Quintessential Crockett & Jones Thread ** (reviews, quality, etc...)

    Cottesmore Jodphur boots, a treat to wear and style; although the 341 Last is tighter than the 348 Last on my Camberley boots, especially around the widest part of the toes. I'd recommend getting half a size larger.
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    WARNING! Wooden Shoe Trees Damaged My Pairs of Shoes

    UPDATE: These are the five types of trees I have, and having looked closely at my shoes, sadly all of them have holes or scuffs on the lining, even my newest pair of boots that I bought last Christmas.
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    WARNING! Wooden Shoe Trees Damaged My Pairs of Shoes

    as a man of science, I was also looking forward to a proper study on the moisture-wicking properties of cedar trees, although that subject may be moot for me because I am trying to avoid/ minimize the use of shoe trees until I find out how to stop damaging my shoes. and yes, they do look better...
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    WARNING! Wooden Shoe Trees Damaged My Pairs of Shoes

    I have been moisturizing the inside of the shoes and I also have shoe trees from some of the manufacturers (lasted and smooth as opposed to plain cedar trees) and the shoes still have worn linings. Since dieworkwear mentioned it, it just might be my "corrosive" sweat because the inside of my...
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    **The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**

    some of the trees are, but I have shoe trees from the manufacturer (lasted and smooth as opposed to plain cedar trees) and the shoes still have worn linings.
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    **The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**

    no, not really, I live in the tropics where the relative humidity is 80-90% and the shoes are always in a shaded corner of my apartment
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    **The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**

    thanks for the update!
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    Nice loose underwear

    I usually go for fruit of the loom boxers, the higher the cotton content, the better. Since these tend to get loose, try a smaller size.
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    **The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**

    let us know how they hold up, thanks
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    **The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**

    A cautionary tale and a proposal for a more specific way of using of shoe trees... I have always loved leather shoes, from when I was a small child and my pairs would only cost 50-100USD, to now when my pairs go higher than 1000USD. When I started buying these expensive shoes, I read about shoe...
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    Reducing tension in shoe trees (split-toe)

    Hi, my experience with shoe trees have not been good, I am not sure we need any more of them. A cautionary tale and a proposal for a more specific way of using of shoe trees... I have always loved leather shoes, from when I was a small child and my pairs would only cost 50-100USD, to now when...
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    WARNING! Wooden Shoe Trees Damaged My Pairs of Shoes

    A cautionary tale and a proposal for a more specific way of using of shoe trees... I have always loved leather shoes, from when I was a small child and my pairs would only cost 50-100USD, to now when my pairs go higher than 1000USD. When I started buying these expensive shoes, I read about shoe...
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    Shoe Trees: How Important Are They?

    A cautionary tale and a proposal for a more specific way of using of shoe trees... I have always loved leather shoes, from when I was a small child and my pairs would only cost 50-100USD, to now when my pairs go higher than 1000USD. When I started buying these expensive shoes, I read about shoe...
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