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leather care
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Issue with leather shoes
See the second pic below For some reason the leather is creasing/wearing in a way that the left shoe (first pic) is not. Does anyone know the cause? And how to fix?- reallymemorable
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- leather care shoe care
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- Forum: Menswear Advice
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Burnt Hender Schemes
I think i ruined my shoes.. i tried ironing the toe box to restore the shape, have had no problems on other shoes with this, but the heat seems to have burnt the leather on these sweet hender schemes. What to do? Anyone think its possible to lighten the discoloration? Should i try to even out...- Bozwick
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- hender scheme leather leather care problems shoe shoe advice shoe care shoe polish street wear
- Replies: 50
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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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...- ernestgraingergrace
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- cedar shoe trees leather care leather shoes shoe shoe care shoe tree shoe trees
- Replies: 28
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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How to Remove SCratches from a Leather Bag
Kirby Allison, founder of the Hanger Project, shows you how to remove scratches from your leather bag in 4 simple steps. If you have a bag that is looking rough, don’t worry it’ll look new in no time! Steps Apply Saphir Juvacuir to damaged areas Apply Saphir Canadian to damaged surface on a...- hangerproject
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- hanger project kirby allison leather bag leather briefcase leather care remove scratches saphir
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- Forum: Classic Menswear
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How long do you expect your leather wallet to last you?
The obvious answer, of course, is "as long as possible" and I would assume most would expect the life of the wallet to be proportional to the purchase price paid, and the amount of stuff someone shoves into the wallet, however, what is the amount of time you would say is a reasonable life...- tombarrington
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- leather care leather wallet wallet
- Replies: 23
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Favorite Leather Conditioner??
It's that time of the year, where leather needs extra moisture to combat the frigid temperatures and salty streets here in the Midwest. I'm wondering what everyone's favorite leather conditioner is? I've used both lexol and leather honey. I have not noticed a a big difference between them in...- DannyB1
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- conditioner leather care leather conditioner leather honey lexol
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Scratched patent leather : Is there anyway to save my shoes?
Hi everybody, I'm pretty sad because I scratched my Givenchy patent leather shoes i just bought (worn 5 times), after falling on the stairs (I'll spare the details on how it happened, l'm already quite embarassed :S) the left shoe is scratched on the ankle area and it's quite visible, (the sole...- Moonchild
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- givenchy shoes leather care patent patent leather shoe advice shoe care shoe repair shoe revival
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Leather Quality and Properties
About leather grades and tensile strength; From Direct Selling Shoe Manual (1940). From Analysis of Leather and Materials Used in Making it (1931).- VegTan
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- chrome tanned crust leather full grain leather leather leather care leather conditioner leather cream leather products saphir shell cordovan shoe-care shoes shoes-explained suede vegetable tanned
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- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Oiling down suede (is it possible? how?benefits?)
hi gents, I have a pair of suede boot that i like and what to give the more rugged oiled suede look like some items i have seen. I have a few questions. 1. can i myself oil down the suede? 2. will it darken the boots and make them water proof? 3. are there any bad reifications for doing so? 4...- sinnedk
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- boots leather leather care oil oil suede shoe care shoe cream shoe polish suede suede care
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Restoring suede nap
Hi there, I recently sprayed my suede shoes with some protector and noticed that the nap had sort of flattened. I noticed it felt a bit harder and rougher than before. Therefore I tried brushing it with a wire suede brush, but I noticed that the nap was actually being removed and so I...- ClassAct
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- leather care shoe advice shoe care shoe cream shoe polish suede suede care suede shoes
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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How to remove a shoe dent?
I could use some help with a pair of shoes I recently bought. Something was dropped on one of my AE oxfords recently, right on the toe, and now there is a dent in the toe that I can't remove. I've tried pushing up the dent by putting newspaper on my shoe tree, and generally making it as tight...- thecheat
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- allen edmonds leather care leather shoes shoe advice shoe care shoe cream shoe dent shoe leather shoe repair shoe revival shoe tree
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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how to fix "hairy" suede shoes?
i got caught in the rain in a pair of snuff suede alden chukkas a couple weeks back in nyc (live in san francisco and forgot how unpredictable east coast weather can be). they looked/felt a little worse for wear after drying out, so i tried brushing them with a nylon-bristle suede brush bought...- sfnapolifan
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- hairy suede leather care shoe advice shoe care shoe repair shoe revival suede suede care suede shoes
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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How to fix a cut in a shoe
I bought some new chelsea boots - nice ones - several times more expensive than I would normally pay for shoes. I wore them out, and a young lady stepped on my foot. As a result, there's a one inch gash, about 1mm deep, on the toe of one of the shoes. I took the shoe to a shoe repairer, and...- davepit
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- chelsea boots cut in a shoe leather leather care shoe advice shoe care shoe cream shoe cut shoe rapair shoes
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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mink oil....bad for good leather?
So I used to use a quick wipe down of mink oil on my EGs or C&Js every morning and the other day the shoe shine guy who comes by my work scolded me. He said that the oil is not good for nicer leathers.....and said it makes it harder to polish the shoes. Is he just trying to get me to need a...- Ward
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- how to use mink oil leather leather care leather cream leather polish mink oil leather mink oil review mink-oil oil shoe care shoe-care shoes
- Replies: 27
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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alcohol stains on leather shoe
Someone spilled their drink on my on my leather shoes. Has anyone successfully removed alcohol from leather dress shoes, or should I have them dyed dark brown? Thanks, David- davidj19
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- alcohol stain leather care leather shoes shoe care shoe repair shoe revival stains
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Leather Gucci Shoes - Leather Care & Protection
I have just returned from Florence, Italy, with two new pairs of leather Gucci shoes. One pair is a tan colour whilst the other is brown with brown suede on the top part of the shoe. From my research so far, I believe the leather used by Gucci is aniline (unfinished) and thus marks easily from...- EViS
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- boots gucci gucci shoe care gucci shoes review leather leather care leather gucci shoes shoe care shoe maintenance shoe-care shoes
- Replies: 22
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Does sunlight darken or lighten leather?
Anyone definitively know what sunlight does to leather? Does it make it darker or bleach it out? I would guess it lightens it by kind of bleaching it out, like you see on very old car seats sometimes. However, a girl I know got some sort of LV purse which has that natural tan leather on it and...- Tarmac
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- leather leather care leather shoes shoe advice sunlight
- Replies: 15
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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What is the toughest leather?
I was having a debate of what is the toughest leather known to man.... I thought it was stingray but I understand there is another leather made from a fish that is even tougher then stingray but I have no idea what fish that would be. I know that ostrich, elephant, kangaroo and deer are also...- HitMan009
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- elephant leather hide kangaroo leather leather leather care ostrich leather stingray toughest leather
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Restoring sun-faded shoes
I just bought a pair of shoes that must have been the store's display pair as one shoe is significantly lighter in color than the other. Aside from sitting the darker shoe on a sunny window sill for a couple months, is there a good way I can equalize the colors of the shoes?- dah328
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- faded shoes leather care shoe advice shoe care shoe cream shoe leather shoe polish shoe repair shoe revival sun damage sun damaged shoes sun fade
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Changing the Color of Black Leather Shoes
I've decided as of today that I have too many pairs of black shoes. So I'd like to try and change the color on one or two pairs. Has anyone done this, and how?- contactme_11
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- black leather shoes black shoe dye leather care shoe advice shoe care shoe color shoe dye shoe polish shoe revival
- Replies: 38
- Forum: Classic Menswear